Helping Communities Achieve Their Visions
At CCI, we see a future where communities have the resources they need and the capacity to collectively shape their futures.
The Latest From CCI
The latest news, resources and program updates from CCI.
CCI Update
A Word From CCI’s Executive Director
Shared Ownership
Nexus Community Partners Fosters Community Ownership in the Twin Cities
Shared Ownership
Little Tokyo Service Center’s Role in Catalyzing Community Ownership
Affordable housing push for first-time buyers on the West Side is seeing early results
Capital Absorption
Changing the System: How HouseATL Transformed Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Landscape
What We Do
Since CCI’s founding in 2017, we have partnered with communities across the country to strengthen local community investment ecosystems. Today, practitioners and communities can engage with CCI through:
Our Programs
We design and deliver leadership development and multisector programs that help practitioners collaborate across sectors—including climate, economic development, housing, and sustainability—to address complex, place-based challenges.
Learn more about our programs and initiatives.
Our Network
We facilitate a national community investment network that connects leaders to support and learn from one another, share strategies, and collectively strengthen the field.
For more information about our Network, please email [email protected].
Our Influence
We develop and share inspirational and instructional content for practitioners at all stages of transforming their community investment ecosystems, from newcomers to the field to experienced leaders.
Explore our Resources page and sign up for our monthly newsletter for the latest news, events, and more!
Capital Absorption Framework
Communities use CCI’s Capital Absorption Framework (CAF) to collaborate on strengthening their investment systems and accessing resources to achieve their visions.
Defining a Shared Priority: A shared priority guides your capital absorption work. Affordable housing? Economic development? Climate resilience? Your community will decide.
Building and Moving a Pipeline: Your pipeline is a set of deals and projects that will help achieve your community’s shared priority—and make your investment system work better.
Shaping the Enabling Environment: The enabling environment is what makes investments easier or harder (policies, practices, funding, skills, relationships, and more). You can change it!
Get Started
CCI offers many entry points to equitable community investment. Take a look at our programs, dive into the resources, or subscribe to our newsletter.
Leadership Development
CCI offers leadership development opportunities based on our Capital Absorption Framework. To ignite lasting change in communities, leaders focus on community investment, racial equity, and adaptive leadership.
Initiatives
Community leaders in CCI’s initiatives use the capital absorption framework to strengthen collaborative networks, increase the supply of financial resources in their communities and direct them to community priorities, and advance transformative changes in local policies and practices.
Resources
Search the CCI Resource Library for publications, videos, case studies, research, and more. Search by topics or resource types to find the resources you need.
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Our monthly newsletter is the place to learn more about Capital Absorption, CCI’s programs, resources, and network, as well as the exciting community investment work happening across the country.
