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Living Cities
Living Cities is a collaborative organization founded in 1991, comprising philanthropic foundations and financial institutions. It aims to close racial income and wealth gaps in U.S. cities through a multidisciplinary approach.
Overview
What Living Cities does
What Living Cities is
Living Cities is a collaborative organization founded in 1991, comprising philanthropic foundations and financial institutions. It aims to close racial income and wealth gaps in U.S. cities through a multidisciplinary approach.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 1991
- Approximate age
- About 35 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- April 12, 2026
Official channels
Find Living Cities elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Living Cities as a community
Community overview
Living Cities is a collaborative organization founded to address income and wealth gaps in U.S. cities. It is composed of leading philanthropic foundations and financial institutions that work together to promote economic equity and inclusion. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., and New York, NY.
Community focus
Living Cities focuses on advancing inclusive capital in key wealth-building pathways. Its areas of focus include fostering equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems, increasing homeownership among historically marginalized communities, influencing investment practices to support fund managers from marginalized communities, and shifting harmful narratives to center shared humanity and sustainability.
Member value
Members benefit from collaborative initiatives aimed at closing wealth gaps, access to actionable insights and tools for promoting wealth equity, and participation in a network of cities committed to racial equity.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community and other
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- United States
Community activity
Notable members
Joe Scantlebury (President and CEO), Shané Harris (Vice President, Inclusive Solutions), Ahmed Whitt (Director, Center for Wealth Equity).
Common questions
What to know about Living Cities
Upseed classifies Living Cities under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 12, 2026
Known limits
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