Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Administered in conjunction with the MetLife Foundation, this awards program recognizes 501(c)(3) community-based or regional nonprofit organizations and tribes or tribally-designated housing entities that excel in property and asset management or provide housing to senior citizens. Grants of $50,000 each will be awarded to applicants that showcase models of excellence in the design, operations, and property management of affordable senior housing; and that increase the understanding of how to achieve success in providing innovative and high-quality independent living for seniors

The fellowship creates partnerships between new architects and community-based organizations to direct the skills and passions of the architects in the service of low- and moderate-income communities. The fellowship is designed to promote architectural and community design in low-income communities and encourages architects to become life-long leaders in public service and community development

Grants of up to $5,000 for affordable housing developers is available to cover the design and distribution of an operations and maintenance manual and the development as well as the implementation of a training curriculum that supports long-term operations and maintenance

This competition is seeking submissions from multidisciplinary teams working to create multifamily affordable housing projects that improve neighborhoods and reduce traditional developmental and building costs. Up to $250,000 in program-related investments will be awarded to the winning proposal. There is an additional $50,000 in grant funds to be awarded to proposals that show innovation in practice or industry understanding of cost-lowering measures. Applications from teams comprised of architects, developers, and policy professionals are strongly encouraged, and entrants are further encouraged to develop creative collaborations that include policy makers, planners, social service providers, academic departments, and research institutes.

$10,000 awarded annually to nonprofits in Cleveland/Cuyahoga County as seed money for innovative ideas. Crowdfunding component that allows competing organizations to keep all funds raised outside of the $10K award.

This initiative works to build healthy, efficient homes for low-income people, and to make environmentally-sustainable development the mainstream in the affordable housing industry, by providing funds and expertise to enable developers to build and rehabilitate homes that are healthier, more energy-efficient, and better for the environment. Three types of grants are available under this program. Planning and construction grants award up to $75,000 to cover planning and construction expenses, including additional costs of architectural work, engineering, site surveys, and costs associated with items such as a more efficient HVAC system, green materials, and energy-efficient appliances. Charettes grants of up to $5,000 assist housing developers with integrating green building systems in their developments and engaging in a serious discussion of green design possibilities. Sustainability training grants of up to $5,000 are also available for affordable housing developers, to cover the design and distribution of building operations and maintenance. Under this initiative, loans are also available to fund any or all of the typical costs related to affordable housing development prior to closing construction financing, or the acquisition of land or buildings intended to be developed as affordable homeownership or rental housing. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, public housing authorities, tribally-designated housing entities, for-profit entities, and for-profit entities participating through joint ventures with qualified organizations. Visit http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org for more information

Grants for up to $5,000 to assist housing developers with integrating green building systems in their developments and engage in a serious discussion of green design possibilities. Awards are given to affordable housing developers to coordinate a green design charrette

Fellowships to architects to encourage them to become lifelong leaders in public service and community development

Enterprise works with partners across the United States to create affordable housing that’s connected to opportunity in thriving communities. Together, we identify, pilot and scale solutions designed to end housing insecurity for low-income people. Our approach is innovative and comprehensive. We know that a healthy and stable home must be affordable -- as well as located in a community connected to good schools, jobs, transit and health care.

Enterprise has identified five key housing outcomes that determine economic success, power and autonomy, and being valued in community – the three core principles that define mobility, according to the US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty. We frame these housing outcomes as the “housing bundle” because they are interconnected and must work together for housing to act as a pathway to upward mobility: 1. Housing stability 2. Housing quality 3. Housing affordability 4. Housing & neighborhood as a platform 5. Housing that builds assets & wealth

In January 2019, Enterprise launched a new national initiative, Health Begins with Home. Working with a broad group of partners and guided by data-driven insights, Health Begins with Home will put $250 million to work over five years to promote health as a top priority in the development and preservation of affordable homes and to elevate homes as an essential tool for improving resident and community health. For both children and adults, the quality, affordability, stability and location of home are seen not just as important factors but as foundational to health and well-being.

Our Building Resilient Futures initiative brings together three vital Enterprise programs that collectively work to help protect people, homes and communities: Culture & Creativity: One of Enterprise’s newest programs, this initiative promotes art, creative placemaking and more to build vibrant communities where engaged residents thrive and local economies succeed. Green Communities: For over 15 years, Green Communities has continued to break new ground by offering a framework and technical resources for healthy, environmentally sound affordable homes and communities. Recovery & Rebuilding: Since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, we have introduced important risk-mitigation resources to help vulnerable communities prepare for, recover and rebuild after natural disasters.

Enterprise Advisors raises up new ideas and strategies to cultivate more inclusive, equitable communities so that everyone in the community has a chance to live, grow and thrive. A mission-based consultancy, to date we have worked with over 500 communities across the nation to create strategies, connect partners and leverage funding – building success from the ground up.

Design is a key element of successful affordable housing development. Our Design Leadership initiative provides tools, programs and research to support developers in mastering their design process, allowing them to drive positive resident and community outcomes, solve increasingly complex development challenges and control costs. Our programs and tools to support developers include the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI), The Rose Fellowship, the Design Matters framework and toolkit, Policy Research and wide-ranging project case studies.

Enterprise helps rural communities respond to high rates of poverty by advocating for rental assistance and other funding programs, promoting development of safe, quality homes and advancing best practices in green building. Enterprise works with tribal and community partners to create healthy, safe, green affordable housing and to increase opportunities for economic advancement for native people on reservations and in pueblos across the United States. Enterprise also deploys public and private grant funds for preservation of reservation-based properties, increasing Native homeownership, developing permanent supportive housing projects and supporting development that leverages arts, culture and creativity to achieve social, economic, environmental, and health outcomes.

The Enterprise Public Policy team works to safeguard, expand, analyze and improve programs that support housing affordability and neighborhoods of opportunity. The team works at the federal, state and local levels conducting research, advocating for affordable housing and providing public testimonies on the Hill. - See more at: http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/policy-and-advocacy#sthash.cIKVa9U9.dpuf

Enterprise's programs have great impact across the U.S., as well as a deeper focus on communities in our key markets with offices and staff in: - Chicago - Denver - Detroit - Gulf Coast - Mid-Atlantic - New York - Northern California - Ohio - Pacific Northwest - Southeast - Southern California See more at: http://www.enterprisecommunity.org/where-we-work