Our ClientS
Over our nearly eight year history, Spirit for Change Consulting has partnered with a diverse group of mission-focused organizations working to advance the equitable policies, practices, and systems that sustain just places.
- AARP Livable Communities
- City of Akron, Ohio
- Community Change
- Ford Foundation
- Fund for Housing and Opportunity
- Health and Environmental Funders Network
- Knight Foundation
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- LOCUS/Smart Growth America
- Make Room
- National League of Cities
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Neighborhood Funders Group
- New Growth Innovation Network
- NYU Furman Center
- People's Liberty
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Summit County Continuum of Care
- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- The Funders Network
- Trust for Civic Life
- Urban Land Institute
- Y Combinator Research
The work of Spirit for Change takes many forms while leveraging our expertise in housing, urban planning, community development, and civic infrastructure, as well as strategy development, coaching, organizational change, and policy making. Below are summaries of recent engagements:
- Designing and facilitating a learning network for a diverse group of practitioners working to preserve the places, histories, and narratives of BIPOC people and communities.
- Facilitating a reflection process with a humanities focused foundation and its grantees to gather insights and unpack learning from early programmatic investments.
- Leading a multi-sector initiative to reimagine the federal role in housing policy and to inform the presidential transition that resulted in the New Deal for Housing Justice.
- Partnering with a mid-sized legacy city to set a new course for equitable community development.
- Serving as an advisor for a multi-community demonstration amplifying the transformative power of the public realm.
- Supporting a well being focused foundation in reimagining their approach to building a more inclusive movement for health equity.