National Advocacy, Public Policy and Non-Profit Agencies
AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for
people age 50 and over. AARP is dedicated to enhancing quality
of life for all as we age. We lead positive social change
and deliver value to members through information, advocacy
and service. AARP also provides a wide range of unique benefits,
special products, and services for our members.
601 E. Street NW
Washington, DC 20049
Marie Smith-President
1-888-687-2277
www.aarp.org/revmort/ri
Adaptive Environments
Adaptive Environments is a 25 year old educational non-profit
organization committed to advancing the role of design in
expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people
of all ages and abilities.
Adaptive Environments' work balances expertise in legally
required accessibility with promotion of best practices in
human centered or universal design. Projects vary from local
to international.
All are characterized by collaboration and user participation.
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: (617) 695-1225
Fax: (617) 482-8099
Valerie Fletcher- Executive Director
info@adaptiveenvironments.org
www.adaptiveenvironments.org
Affordable Housing Design Advisor
If you're part of the solution to America's critical affordable
housing challenge, this site is for you. The Affordable Housing
Design Advisor brings together experience and ideas from successful
affordable housing projects all over the country, and the
people who developed, designed and built them.
www.designadvisor.org
APA
American Planning Association
APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization
committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning.
APA and its professional institute, the American Institute
of Certified Planners, advance the art and science of planning
to meet the needs of people and society.
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Mary Kay Peck - President
Phone: (202) 872-0611
Fax: (202) 872-0643
customerservice@planning.org
www.planning.org
CCC
Center for Community Change
The Center for Community Change is a progressive social
justice organization whose central project is to support the
emergence of one or more movements for social and economic
justice in the U.S. The Center strives to transform the national
debate and national politics as well as the institutions,
economic systems and policies that affect low-income people
and working class people, especially people of color.
1000 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Deepak Bhargava - Executive Director
Phone: (202) 342-0519
info@communitychange.org
www.communitychange.org
CDFI
Community Development Financial Institutions
(The Coalition of Community Development Financial Institutions)
Our mission is to promote the work of community development
financial institutions (CDFIs). Nationwide, over 1000 CDFIs
serve economically distressed communities by providing credit,
capital and financial services that are often unavailable
from mainstream financial institutions. CDFIs have loaned
and invested over billions in our nation’s most distressed
communities. Even better, their loans and investments have
leveraged billions more dollars from the private sector for
development activities in low wealth communities across the
nation.
3240 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 220
Arlington, VA 22201
Jennifer A. Vasiloff - Executive Director
Phone: (703) 294-6970
Fax: (703) 294-6460
info@cdfi.org
www.cdfi.org
CHAM
Consortium for Housing & Asset Management CHAM’s
mission is to better enable community-based organizations
and others in the nonprofit housing industry to responsibly
own and professionally manage affordable housing. To support
industry managers, CHAM has developed a certification program
called Nonprofit
Housing Management Specialist (NHMS®).
Sally Digges President
10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 500
Columbia, MD 21044
Phone: (410) 772-2725
Fax: (410) 964-1918
www.cham.org
CHAPA
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association
(CHAPA) is the non-profit umbrella organization for affordable
housing and community development activities throughout Massachusetts.
Established in 1967, CHAPA is the only statewide group which
represents all interests in the housing field, including non-profit
and for-profit developers, homeowners, tenants, bankers, real
estate brokers, property managers, government officials, and
others.
www.chapa.org
Corporation for National Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service provides
opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to
serve their communities and country through three programs:
Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America. Members
and volunteers serve with national and community nonprofit
organizations, faith-based groups, schools, and local agencies
to help meet community needs in education, the environment,
public safety, homeland security, and other critical areas.
The Corporation is part of USA Freedom Corps, a White House
initiative to foster a culture of citizenship, service, and
responsibility, and help all Americans answer the President's
Call to Service.
National: 1201 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20525
Phone: (202) 606-5000
webmaster@cns.gov
Local: 400 Westminster Street, Rm 203
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 528-5426
Fax: (401) 528-5220
Vincent Marzullo - State Program Director
vmarzullo@cns.gov
www.nationalservice.org
CNT
Center for Neighborhood Technology
The Center for Neighborhood Technology has a unique mission:
To invent and implement new tools and methods that create
livable urban communities for everyone.
2125 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
Phone: (773) 278-5415
Fax: (773) 278-3840
info@cnt.org
www.cnt.org
CPA
Center for Policy Alternatives
The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) is the nation's
only nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to strengthen
the capacity of state legislators to lead and achieve progressive
change.
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 710
Phone: (202) 387-6030
Fax: (202) 387-8529
info@cfpa.org
www.stateaction.org
Fair Housing Accessibility First
Grassroots.org is a 501c3 non-profit organization that serves
other nonprofit organizations and informationConsumers worldwide.
We provide free Internet services to charities, including
full-featured web hosting
and email services. We also provide legal consulting to charities
at no charge including assistance with thefollowing: incorporation,
application for tax- exempt 501c3 status with the IRS, general
employment,
tax and risk management issues.
www.fairhousing.org
Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
The mission of the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and
Livable Communities is to inform and strengthenphilanthropic
funders' individual and collective abilities to support and
connect organizations working to advance social equity, create
better economies, build livable communities, and protect and
preserve natural
resources. Click here for a description of
the Network's core values.
1500 San Remo Avenue, Suite 249
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Phone: (305) 667-6350
Fax: (305) 667-6355
www.fundersnetwork.org
Good Jobs First
Good Jobs First helps grassroots groups and policy-makers
ensure that economic development subsidiesare accountable
and effective.
1311 L. Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 737-4318
Fax: (202) 638-3486
info@goodjobsfirst.org
www.goodjobsfirst.org
HAC
Housing Assistance Council
HAC has been helping local organizations build affordable
home in rural America since 1971.
1025 Vermont Ave, N.W., Suite 606
Washington, DC. 20005
Phone: (202) 842 8600
Fax: (202) 347- 3441
hac@ruralhome.org
www.ruralhome.org
ICE
Institute for Community Economics
The Institute for Community Economics (ICE) is a national
community development organizationpromoting economic justice
through community land trust (CLTs) and community investment.
57 School Street
Springfield, MA 01105
Phone: (413) 746-8660
Fax: (413) 746-8862
www.iceclt.org
Knowledge Plex
Created by a distinguished team of founding partners and
implemented by the Fannie Mae Foundation, KnowledgePlex®
is designed to support the efforts of practitioners, grantors,
policy makers, scholars, investors, and others involved or
interested in the fields of affordable housing and community
development.
c/o Fannie Mae Foundation
4000 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
North Tower, Suite one
Washington, DC 20016
feedback@knowledgeplex.org
www.knowledgeplex.org
The Trust for Public Land
Land conservation is central to TPL's mission. Founded in
1972, the Trust for Public Land is the only national nonprofit
working exclusively to protect land for human enjoyment and
well-being.
TPL helps conserve land for recreation and spiritual nourishment
and to improve the health and quality of life of American
communities.
116 New Montgomery St, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 795-4014
Fax: ( 415) 495-41033
www.tpl.org
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