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Business for Social Responsibility seeks to create a
just and sustainable world by working with companies to promote
more responsible business practices, innovation and collaboration.
A global nonprofit organization, BSR helps its member companies
to achieve commercial success in ways that respect ethical values,
people, communities and the environment. Advancing the adoption
of business practices that build a more just and sustainable
world, BSR provides information, tools and advisory services
to make corporate social responsibility an integral part of
business operations and strategies. BSR also promotes private,
public and independent sector collaborations and contributes
to global efforts to advance the field of corporate social responsibility.
BSR member companies have nearly $2 trillion in combined annual
revenues and employ more than six million workers around the
world
for more info
For information on contacting BSR, visit
http://www.bsr.org/Meta/About/ContactUs.cfm |
The
Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
produces research that helps advance public understanding and
policy reforms in the areas of metropolitan growth, central
city competitiveness, neighborhood poverty, and community and
family wealth creation.
for more info
Contact: Bruce Katz
Phone: (202) 797-6139
www.brookings.edu/urban
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The Center for Financial
Services Innovation (CFSI), an initiative of Shorebank
Advisory Services, brings together diverse members of the financial
services marketplace to encourage the development of asset-building
opportunities that create value for both customers and companies.
CFSI provides funding and resources, enables partnerships, and
develops and distributes authoritative information on how to
respond to the needs of the underbanked profitably and responsibly.
for more info
Contact: Jennifer
Tescher
Phone: (312) 881-5856
www.cfsinnovation.com
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The
Conference Board, a trusted source for business information
for nearly a century, is a business membership organization
that provides executive conferences, research and case studies
on the country’s most innovative and successful practitioners
of corporate involvement in community economic development.
for more
info
Contact: David
Vidal
Phone: (212) 759-0900
www.conference-board.org |
D2D Fund
provides valuable research and technology to financial institutions
that wish to lower delivery costs associated with Individual
Development Accounts (IDAs) and financial products for low-income
households. D2D increases low-income households' access to mutual
funds and related quality financial services, and enhances financial
literacy and wealth creation for such households. for
more info
Contact: Jeff Zinsmeyer
Phone: (617) 541-9065
www.d2dfund.org |
FutureWorks
is a strategy consulting firm focusing on regional institutions
of economic, workforce, and civic development. It carries out
regional economic analysis and designs growth and development
strategies for metropolitan regions. The firm also supports
learning collaboratives among similar institutions from multiple
regions, including corporate-led civic organizations, and undertakes
applied research and analysis of major public policy issues
related to sustainable economic development. for
more info
Contact: Brian Bosworth
Phone: (617) 484-4443
www.futureworks-web.com |
Initiative
for a Competitive Inner City is a leading source of vital
business data and economic analysis demonstrating the market
potential in America’s inner cities. Founded in 1994 by
Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, ICIC focuses
on the vast market opportunities of inner cities in its effort
to create jobs and income for urban residents.
for more info
Contact: Deirdre Coyle
Phone: (617) 292-2363
www.icic.org |
The
Center for Community Capitalism in the Kenan Institute of Private
Enterprise, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
provides research and analysis to firms on business opportunities
in untapped markets including the market potential and impact
of electronic commerce on low-income neighborhoods.
for more info
Contact: Michael Stegman
Phone: (919) 962-8839
www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu |
Local
Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is the nation’s
leading community development support organization. Established
in 1980 and headquartered in New York City, LISC operates 39
local programs in major urban centers throughout the United
States. In addition, the Rural LISC program supports 76 CDC
partners located in 38 states nationwide.
for
more info
Contact: Oliver Wesson
Phone: (212) 455-9800
www.lisc.org |
The Milken
Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit economic think
tank that focuses its research agenda on four areas including:
corporate finance, capital markets, and financial institutions;
the growing influence of globalization and international trade
on economic development; the key role of education, jobs, labor
markets, and human capital; and regional economic performance
and demographics. for
more info
Contact: Glenn Yago
Phone: (310) 998-2600
www.milkeninstitute.org |
National
Congress for Community and Economic Development is the
national trade association for the country’s 4,000 nonprofit
community development corporations. It offers a variety of services
to businesses interested in corporate community partnerships
including brokering relationships with local community-based
organizations like their member CDCs. Its areas of special focus
are telecommunications, retail/franchising, manufacturing, workforce
development, access to capital, and health care. for
more info
Contact: John
Schall
Phone: (202) 289-9020
www.ncced.org |
NeighborWorks
America strengthens communities and transforms lives
across America by supporting innovative local partnerships of
residents, businesses, and government, collectively known as
the NeighborWorks® network, and by advancing broader community
development goals. The network is best known for its efforts
that have created 40,000 new homeowners over the past four years
through a concept called “full-cycle lending.” for
more info
Contact: Elizabeth Chandler
Phone: (617) 450-0410
http://www.nw.org |
One
Economy Corporation is a nonprofit organization that
leverages technology to make low-income people a viable market
segment for business while fostering national strategies that
help low-income people raise their standard of living, build
assets and connect to the social and economic mainstream. for
more info
Contact: Ben Hecht
Phone: (202) 955-8422
www.one-economy.com |
Shorebank
Corporation is a billion-dollar bank holding company
that invests in diverse markets. The bank is launching Metro
Edge through its consulting subsidiary, Shorebank Advisory Services
(SAS) to provide businesses with accurate intelligence on untapped
emerging markets and diverse consumers segments. for
more info
Contact: Shelly Herman
Phone: (773) 420-4908
www.shorebankadvisory.com |
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