Catalytic Supports

StriveTogether is a national network that partners with communities to ensure every child has the tools and resources they need to succeed, from cradle to career, so youth and families can thrive. The organization has a successful track record in scaling innovative approaches in 66 communities, reaching more than 11 million youth across the US, in places that range from large urban centers to rural areas.

Housed at the Harlem Children’s Zone, The William Julius Wilson Institute is a national hub for place-based, people-focused solutions that open pathways to social and economic mobility. The Institute works with on-the-ground collaborators and national partners to deliver comprehensive strategies, support services, and tools that systematically root out poverty and close opportunity gaps in neighborhoods across America.

Race Forward’s Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) is a network of member jurisdictions that works to advance racial justice and build a strong multiracial democracy. GARE supports racial equity practitioners to design and implement strategies that transform government to create an equitable society. Towards these ends, GARE fosters critical connections, shared learning, and leadership development support as racial equity practitioners build the skills, influence, and capacity to create change.

Purpose Built Communities is a philanthropically funded nonprofit organization that provides pro bono consulting services to a network of local leaders engaged in inclusive, resident-centered, long-term neighborhood revitalization efforts. Together, they share the vision of well-resourced neighborhoods that create greater racial equity, improved health outcomes, and increased upward mobility for all residents.

Partners for Rural Impact (PRI) is a national organization born out of a place-based partnership in Appalachia and committed to rural student success. PRI’s goal is an America where all kids are successful regardless of zip code, income, background, or ability. Launched in 2022, PRI is the national leader in aggregating federal funds for cradle-to-career place-based work, an approach it implements in rural spaces.

The Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) supports state and local governments in building just and effective service systems. The GPL does this by developing and implementing programs and practices designed to improve outcomes for local residents.

The Haywood Burns Institute (BI) is a Black-led national nonprofit that supports organizations, community, and public sector stakeholders in developing and strengthening locally driven collaborative processes to achieve impact and transformational change.  Through their strategic approach and facilitative expertise, BI supports diverse stakeholder and community groups to anchor their efforts in the shared values and trust that are necessary to establish equitable and sustainable economic mobility outcomes. 

Results for America is a national organization that supports government decision makers to fund and replicate solutions that work to accelerate progress on economic mobility outcomes.  The organization has a track record of shifting more than $37B in government funding to invest in evidence-based economic mobility solutions, through changes to budget, grant and procurement practices, and supporting governments to replicate and champion effective economic mobility efforts.

Code for America works at the intersection of technology and government to build digital tools and services, change policies, and alleviate poverty. The organization has helped hundreds of government teams—from city departments to federal agencies—take a human-centered, iterative, and data-driven approach to address the needs of the people they serve.