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Project KCUMA (Kansas City Urban Market Assets – a public-private partnership between Social Compact, UMKC, NonProfit Technologies, the City of Kansas City, MO, development councils and local community organizations) represents a unique model for DrillDown collaboration and innovation. Social Compact worked with project partners to embed the DrillDown methodology locally, generating information necessary for stimulating investment in Kansas City’s underserved markets and establishing a framework to keep the information continuously updated.
United Way
Surdna Foundation
Union Bank of California
SAS Institute
PMI
PNC Bank
Neighborhood Housing Services of America
The Kresge Foundation
Knight Foundation
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Ford Foundation
First American Real Estate Information
CoreLogic Inc
Fifth Third Bancorp
Federal Home Loan Bank System Bank President’s Conference
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Enterprise Community Foundation
Consumer Bankers Assocation
Bank of America
Annie E Casey Foundation
Affinity Bank
KeyBank National Association
State Farm
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Social Compact Selects Alyssa Stewart Lee As New Chief Executive Officer
Washington, D.C., May 16, 2011—Social Compact, a national non-profit organization that helps underserved urban areas develop accurate economic data needed to attract investment, announced today that Alyssa Stewart Lee has been selected as the organization’s chief executive officer (CEO).
With the exception of the U.S. Census Bureau, Social Compact is the only organization that conducts original demographic research in major cities across the U.S. Social Compact’s research often identifies Census under-reporting issues and quantifies the purchasing power and stability of urban and micro-markets to support community development and investment. To date,…
Report Finds Detroit is Ready for New Investment
Social Compact and Detroit Economic Growth Corporation’s 2009 DrillDown Report for Detroit will serve as a foundation for comprehensive economic development strategic planning for the City of Detroit through 2012.
(DETROIT, MI, February 23) - In the face of the national recession, many of Detroit’s neighborhoods are continuing to show strong market strength for retail and other economic investment. The Social Compact 2009 DrillDown Report shows that while Detroit experienced an overall population loss, many neighborhoods remained stable or had grown slightly since the 2000 U.S. Census report. In anticipating a Census 2010 undercount, this information has allowed Detroit…
Social Compact Launches Exciting New Online Tool in Washington DC
WASHINGTON, Mar 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE)—Social Compact announced today the launch of its Washington, DC-based ‘CityDNA,’ a new easy-to-use web-based system that will serve as a one-stop-shop for visualizing and analyzing local market data. CityDNA aims to help local governments, investors and community groups understand and respond to the unique market characteristics of their communities.
CityDNA is made possible through support from the Citi Foundation and marks a giant leap forward in the technical capacity available to stakeholders working toward sustainable community development in the District. “The Citi Foundation’s support of Social Compact’s…
Public-private partnerships created 1,200 jobs, 30 businesses in Columbia Heights, according to SC
More than 1,200 jobs and 30 new business have been created in Columbia Heights since 2002, the result of a public-private partnership that has helped transform a struggling inner-city community into a thriving neighborhood. And an additional 30,000 square feet of retail development is in the pipeline. These figures were reported by Social Compact, a coalition of business leaders from across the country who are promoting successful business investment in lower-income communities for the benefit of current residents.
