Economic Development
The purpose of this Subject Search Accelerator is to provide quick delivery of and one-click keyword access to economic development news from Philanthropy News Digest, materials from Foundation Center libraries, and web-based resources via pre-set Google searches, along with lists of related searches. Economic development often falls within the broader subject community improvement/development. Below are recent report and news items on that subject.
Resources from the Foundation Center's Libraries
The latest publications about economic development added to our libraries and the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature.
Recent Reports
The latest reports about community improvement/development posted to PubHub, our repository of foundation-sponsored reports.
Center for Michigan
Michigan's Defining Moment: A Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation
Published: May 2008
Based on roundtable discussions among community leaders, the nonprofit and public sectors, and the public, offers an agenda and strategies to enhance the state's workforce, economy, quality of life, and government. Includes a transformation scorecard.
Funder(s): Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, DTE Energy Foundation, Frey Foundation, Gilmour Fund, Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Power Foundation, Richard and Barbara Van Dusen Fund, Ronda E. Stryker and William D. Johnston Foundation, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Public Affairs; Education
PubHub Link (40 pages; 4.26MB; PDF)
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
A Collective Responsibility, A Collective Work: Supporting the Path to Positive Life Outcomes for Youth in Economically Distressed Communities
Tsoi-A-Fatt, Rhonda
Published: May 2008
Presents data on crime, teen pregnancy, unemployment, and school performance in ten communities with low high school graduation rates and high child poverty rates. Outlines a "community continuum of support" to provide education and work opportunities.
Funder(s): Atlantic Philanthropies
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Children and Youth, Youth/Adolescents; Social Science, Workforce/Labor Issues
PubHub Link (34 pages; 406 KB; PDF)
Urban Institute
America's Second Housing Boom
Gramlich, Edward M.
Published: February 2007
Reviews trends in the U.S. housing market, including homeownership rates, prime and subprime mortgages, and mortgage denial rates by race/ethnicity; and studies on the benefits of homeownership. Discusses implications and recommended policy measures.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Social Science, Urban Studies; Public Affairs
PubHub Link (8 pages; 121KB; PDF)
Recent News
The latest news about community improvement/development gathered by the editors of Philanthropy News Digest (PND).
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Awards $8.8 Million in Second-Quarter Grants
Several discretionary grants were awarded to help develop stronger, safer neighborhoods throughout the city....
Posted: 7/20/08
MacArthur Foundation Awards Grants to Bolster Chicago Nonprofits' International Connections
The eight grants totaling $325,000 are the first from the foundation's International Connections Fund, which will award $1 million over the next year....
Posted: 7/17/08
Gates Foundation Awards $8 Million to Upgrade Computers in Public Libraries
More than eight hundred library branches in eleven states will be eligible for grants awarded through the foundation's Opportunity Online program....
Posted: 7/16/08
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This report includes statistical charts and data tables drawn from the Foundation Center's annual grants sample, lists of top grantmakers and recipients, and profiles of two unique Ohio grantmakers, the Fund for Our Economic Future and the Generation Foundation.
