Building a new urban practice.
Living Cities works with cross-sector leaders in cities to build a new type of urban practice aimed at dramatically improving the economic well-being of low-income people. We believe that these four core elements of our work are key to these ends:
Open-Sourcing Social Change.
We work at the intersections of information, people, story, and technology to accelerate the uptake of promising solutions to social problems.
Collective Impact.
We support ambitious data-driven, results-oriented cross-sector tables who work together differently to achieve large-scale results and enduring change.
Capital Innovation.
We blend public, private and philanthropic financial resources in new ways to better meet the needs of cities and their residents.
Public Sector Innovation.
We work with public sector leaders to foster more nimble, collaborative, and data-driven local governments.
Where We Work
See all of the cities where we work. This map also features cities participating in our Integration Initiative, including highlighting our other work in those places.
What We’re Thinking
Blog Post Demetric Duckett on May 10, 2019
A Different Philanthropic Approach: Seeding Hope in Regional Inclusive Growth
Blog Post Robin Brule & Shanee Helfer on May 8, 2019
Navigating Collective Impact through a Mayoral Transition
Resource on May 13, 2019
Racial Equity Here Learning Report: Lessons from 5 Cities Operationalizing Racial Equity
Blog Post Ellen Ward & Sindhu Lakshmanan on May 1, 2019
Adapt to Changing Needs, and Other Lessons from Living Cities’ Pay for Success …
Blog Post Demetric Duckett & Shanee Helfer on Apr 25, 2019
Centering Community in Collective Impact
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Safety and Justice Challenge
Blog Post Brinda Ganguly & Brian R. Nagendra on Apr 17, 2019
Apply a racial lens, and other lessons from Living Cities’ impact investments
Blog Post Matt Baer on Apr 4, 2019
Accelerating Government’s Knowledge of Undoing Racism
