What We Do

To ensure that our network organizations are strong and healthy in their operations, we conduct rigorous assessment before acceptance into the NeighborWorks network and every year after. We offer programs and support to help our network organizations establish and maintain healthy operations, measure the reach of their efforts, expand their program offerings to meet community needs, and move toward long-term stability and growth. NeighborWorks builds the skills, supplements the resources and amplifies the reach of network organizations so they can empower more individuals and transform more communities than they could on their own.

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We help build strong, resilient communities by providing people with opportunities to live in safe, healthy and affordable housing. 

• Grants. In fiscal year 2019, $91 million in grant funding was distributed from our annual core appropriation. 
• Community impact. In fiscal year 2019, NeighborWorks network members reported more than $9.65 billion of investment in their communities. This level of investment is possible because for every $1 of federal appropriation we award, NeighborWorks organizations are able to attract another $64 to expand local impact.
• Technical assistance. We offer multiple grant, capacity-building and peer-exchange opportunities designed to help our members expand their work, pilot and replicate new approaches, build new partnerships, and improve their performance and governance.
• Training and leadership development. NeighborWorks America is the nation's leading trainer of community-development and affordable-housing professionals, awarding nearly 14,000 certificates in fiscal year 2019. Our offerings serve residents, network organizations and the field generally. All courses are regularly updated to reflect industry standards and current trends.
• Organizational assessment. To ensure that our network organizations are strong and healthy in their operations — and remain that way — we conduct rigorous assessments before their acceptance into NeighborWorks and every year thereafter. We also help our members incorporate evaluation into their own "ethos" through Success Measures, a NeighborWorks social enterprise that helps nonprofits and their funders measure the impact of their community development efforts and investments.