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HOME OWNERSHIP GRANTS — 2009
AAFE Community Development Fund, Inc. $50,000
New York, NY
General support for affordable home ownership in New York City, especially for low- and moderate-income Asian Americans. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Abyssinian Development Corporation $75,000
New York, NY
General support to develop and implement comprehensive community development strategies. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Affordable Homes of South Texas, Inc. $75,000
McAllen, TX
General support for creating affordable home ownership opportunities in the city of McAllen and Hidalgo County, Texas. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Affordable Housing Corporation of Lake County $25,000
Gurnee, IL
General support to increase affordable home ownership opportunities in Lake County. Second payment of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Avenue Community Development Corporation $35,000
Houston, TX
General support for Avenue CDC's home ownership and commercial real estate development in the Near Northside neighborhood of Houston. First payment of a two-year $70,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Bethel New Life, Inc. $50,000
Chicago, IL
General support a broad range of strategies to build wealth for residents in the west Garfield Park and Austin communities in Chicago's west side.
 
Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation $75,000
Ventura, CA
General support to develop affordable homes and increase home ownership for low- and moderate-income people.
 
Center for New York City Neighborhoods $75,000
New York, NY
General support for a city-wide effort to coordinate comprehensive services to address mortgage foreclosures.
 
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc. $25,000
Charlotte, NC
General support to expand affordable housing in stable neighborhoods for LMI families with a continuing interest in the ability of occupants to more fully enter the economic mainstream.
 
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. $50,000
Chicago, IL
To support the Community Economic Development Law Project that provides and coordinates pro bono legal assistance to community groups seeking to strengthen Chicago's neighborhoods.
 
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. $100,000
Phoenix, AZ
General support for community-building efforts in Arizona, including small business lending, home ownership development, migrant Head Start, and a credit union. First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
City Vision Ministries $50,000
Kansas City, KS
General support for home ownership and commercial real estate development and housing counseling, in low-income Kansas City, Kansas neighborhoods. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, Inc. $50,000
Brownsville, TX
General support for the development of home ownership opportunities in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Community Development Corporation of Long Island $75,000
Centereach, NY
General support to develop and implement home-ownership and small business assistance programs. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Community HousingWorks $55,000
San Diego, CA
Project support for the Homeownership Center. Second payment of a two-year $110,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Atlanta $100,000
Atlanta, GA
Project support for housing counseling and foreclosure prevention First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Corporation for Enterprise Development $125,000
Washington, DC
General support to promote enterprise development and asset-building in low-income communities. First payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Development Action Group $25,000
Cape Town, South Africa
Project support for the People's Housing Process to operate support centers to accelerate the building of subsidized housing while promoting job creation and local economic development. Second payment of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
DHIC, Inc. $35,000
Raleigh, NC
General support for building and developing high quality, affordable housing in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina.
 
DuPage Homeownership Center, Inc. $25,000
Wheaton, IL
General support to provide counseling and financial assistance to low-income residents to enable them to become or remain home-owners. Second payment of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
East Side Neighborhood Development Company, Inc. $75,000
St. Paul, MN
General support for community revitalization efforts including home ownership and business development on the east side of St. Paul. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Easter Seals-Central Texas, Inc. $35,000
Austin, TX
Project support for the Home of Your Own program that provides downpayment assistance and home buyer counseling to people with disabilities. Second payment of a two-year $70,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises, Inc. $100,000
Berea, KY
General support for the construction and rehabilitation of quality housing and affordable mortgage financing for low-income Appalachian families. First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
The FinMark Trust $25,000
Marshalltown 2107, South Africa
Project support for a workshop on sustainable housing microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa.
 
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund $100,000
St. Paul, MN
General support to advance home-ownership opportunities in low-income Minnesota communities. First payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
The Greater Southwest Development Corporation $50,000
Chicago, IL
General support for the residential, commercial, and industrial revitalization of Chicago's southwest side communities.
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership $75,000
New Orleans, LA
General support for the development of affordable housing, including home ownership, in the Gulf Coast region. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey $75,000
Trenton, NJ
General support to provide technical assistance and training in organizational development, management, community planning, and policy evaluation to community development practioners. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Housing and Neighborhood Development Services, Inc. $50,000
Orange, NJ
Project support of the Community Asset Preservation Corporation.
 
Housing Assistance Council $125,000
Washington, DC
General support for technical assistance and financing for rural home ownership programs in low-income communities. First payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Housing Partnership Development Corporation $50,000
New York, NY
General support for homeownership development for low and moderate-income New Yorkers. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
The Housing Partnership Network $100,000
Boston, MA
General support to enhance impact data systems to support policy efforts and to expand the cooperative purchasing platform infrastructure to include a green/energy efficietn product line.
 
The Housing Partnership Network $150,000
Boston, MA
Project support of the National Community Stabilization Trust
 
The Housing Partnership Network $125,000
Boston, MA
General support to build affordable homes, better futures, and vibrant communities for low and moderate-income people through partnerships with HPN's member organizations, the business sector, government, and philanthropies. First payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Inner City Christian Federation $60,000
Grand Rapids, MI
General support to increase home ownership and community stability in the central core of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Second payment of a two-year $120,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Isles Inc. $75,000
Trenton, NJ
General support to develop housing for low-income people, counsel first-time homebuyers, encourage savings through Individual Development Accounts, and promote sustainable development. Second payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
The Kuyasa Fund $150,000
Cape Town, South Africa
Project support for micro-loans to low-income households for home improvements. First payment of a two-year $300,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Lake County Sponsors $50,000
Libertyville, IL
General support for efforts to increase affordable home ownership. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Latin United Community Housing Association $50,000
Chicago, IL
General support to provide counseling, training, loans, and home repairs to neighbor residents to enable them to become or remain homeowners. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law $35,000
Washington, DC
Project support for the Community Development Initiative and its provision of pro bono services in the Delta.
 
Local Initiatives Support Corporation $75,000
Greenville, MS
Project support for Mid South Delta LISC's work with local CDCs to develop their capacity to revitalize their communities with a particular focus on affordable home ownership.
 
Mercy Housing California $75,000
San Francisco, CA
Project support for the Affordable Homeownership Program which includes a major self-help housing component.
 
Metro IAF, Inc. $90,000
Rego Park, NY
General support, especially for large-scale home ownership programs and other neighborhood development actions. First payment of a two-year $180,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Metropolitan Planning Council $150,000
Chicago, IL
Project support to local efforts to create municpal workforce housing coalitions and to design and test a national technical assistance employer assisted housing program. Second payment of a two-year $300,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations $30,000
Washington,, DC
General support for a national network of state community development associations to help them better serve their communities through technical assistance, policy formation, and peer-to-peer collaboration.
 
National American Indian Housing Council $50,000
Washington, DC
General support for its work to promote home ownership in Indian Country. First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc. $125,000
Chicago, IL
General support for counseling, training, and loans for homeownership, and foreclosure prevention for low-income residents.
 
Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc. $125,000
New York, NY
General support to assist low-income people to become home owners. First payment of a two-year $250,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation $50,000
Washington, DC
Project support for the Center for Foreclosure Solutions to preserve home ownership in an environment of rising foreclosure rates, to build capacity among foreclosure counselors and to develop strategic solutions. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation $100,000
Washington, DC
General support for its efforts to rebuild homes in the Gulf Coast region. Second payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund, Inc. $75,000
Newark, NJ
General support for organizing efforts and programs for increased home ownership, access to capital, and financial literacy in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods in New Jersey.
 
New York University/Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy $40,000

Project support to include Mitchell-Lama Cooperatives in the "Preservation Data Project."
 
New York University/Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy $50,000

General support to inform public policy on housing and community development through research, data analysis, publications, and convening. First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
North Carolina Community Development Initiative, Inc. $100,000
Raleigh, NC
General support to strengthen capacity, impact and sustainability of community development corporations in "low resource" communities in North Carolina. Second payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency $50,000
Pontiac, MI
General support for asset building efforts, including individual development accounts, foreclosure prevention, and affordable home ownership in low-income communities north of Detroit. Second payment of a two-year $115,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Peoples' Self-Help Housing Corporation $60,000
San Luis Obispo, CA
General support to develop home ownership among low-income people.
 
Proyecto Azteca $50,000
San Juan, TX
General support for self-help housing construction in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
RAISE Texas $25,000
Austin, TX
General support to develop a comprehensive statewide asset building agenda and to foster economic independence through asset based remedies to poverty.
 
The Resurrection Project $100,000
Chicago, IL
General support for comprehensive community development strategies, including expanding home-ownership opportunities and commercial development in Chicago's Pilsen community.
 
Saint Joseph's Carpenter Society $50,000
Camden, NJ
General support to assist low-income people to become homeowners. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
San Antonio Alternative Housing Corporation $35,000
San Antonio, TX
General support to create home ownership opportunities for low and middle-income communities in Texas with special emphasis in Bexar and Travis Counties. Second payment of a two-year $70,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Self-Help Enterprises $100,000
Visalia, CA
General support for affordable home ownership through self-help housing for farmworker families in rural California. Second payment of a two-year $200,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc. $75,000
New Iberia, LA
General support to help low-income people develop healthy and prosperous rural communities in Louisiana. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Texas Association of Community Development Corporations $25,000
Austin, TX
General support to improve the lives of low and moderate income Texans by strengthening CDCs. Second payment of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation $50,000
Austin, TX
Project support for the Affordable Communities of Texas Initiative and Texas Community Capital.
 
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation $50,000
Austin, TX
General support to serve the housing needs of low, very low, and extremely low income Texans. First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
University of Southern Mississippi $50,000
Hattiesburg, MS
Project support for the Home of Your Own Program of the Institute for Disability Studies to assists people with disabilities in the Delta to become home owners. First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Washington Interfaith Network $75,000
Washington, DC
General support for comprehensive community development efforts in Washington, D.C. First payment of a two-year $150,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
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