New Organization works with neighborhood partners to focus on housing affordability, education, health and economic opportunity Atlanta, GA – Atlanta’s Grove Park neighborhood has a new organization dedicated to working with the community for the health and well-being of its residents and their future. The Grove Park Foundation, a newly-formed nonprofit that grew out of … Continue Reading →
The greatest hope of people working in the social sector is to make a positive, long-term impact. However, current funding systems incentivize a short-term focus on “outputs” – like the number of students in a school instead of how many of them graduate from college and find meaningful employment. What Matters: Investing in Results to … Continue Reading →
The Eight Annual Purpose Built Communities Conference will be held in Omaha, Nebraska from October 2-4, 2017. Mark your calendars today. Watch the video below to learn more. Look forward to seeing you in Omaha! … Continue Reading →
Our leadership recently published two pieces in the Huffington post about issues that are critical to our nation’s future – the importance of investing in neighborhoods and how the current education reform debate is missing the point. The first piece was co-authored by our former Executive Board Chair of Purpose Built Communities, Shirley Franklin and … Continue Reading →
Atlanta – Purpose Built Communities is proud to announce that Michelle Matthews has joined the organization as Senior Vice President. She is a trusted advisor with more than 30 years of experience in organizational development, change management and consulting. Most recently, she founded and led the Matthews Consulting Group (MCG), a consulting practice specializing in … Continue Reading →
Growing Together is the 14th Network Member Nationally and the First in Oklahoma Atlanta, GA – Purpose Built Communities recently welcomed Growing Together, the community quarterback of a neighborhood transformation in Tulsa, OK, as its 14th Network Member nationally. Growing Together’s work is focused on the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood, where they are working with partners to … Continue Reading →
Purpose Built Communities is proud to announce the hiring of two outstanding professionals with deep and diverse experience. Melissa Devereaux, who joins the organization as Vice President based in California, brings over 20 years of experience in nonprofit management, development and volunteer/partner engagement to her work with Purpose Built Communities. She is a creative fundraising … Continue Reading →
The Financial Times featured Purpose Built communities in a story published on December 12 titled “Fifth of US adults live in or near to poverty” (subscription required) that discusses the increasing inequality in the United States and what poverty looks like across the country. One in five US adults now lives in households either in poverty or … Continue Reading →
On October 5, 2015, Purpose Built Communities CEO David Edwards kicked off the 2015 Annual Conference in Fort Worth, TX with an overview of the Purpose Built Communities model and its 13 Network members across the country. Watch
What an amazing gathering in Fort Worth! More than 350 people from 49 communities in 47 cities participated in our Sixth Annual Purpose Built Communities Conference. The Renaissance Heights Development Group, our Network Member in Fort Worth, hosted the invitation-only gathering and showed attendees their transformational initiative up close. Our speakers included veteran NBC journalist and author Tom … Continue Reading →
