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“We believe in the power of youth and communities to transform themselves. Our job is to give them the tools, training and technical assistance they need to succeed.”

— Wendy Wheeler, President, Innovation Center

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Funders

Innovation Center thanks its funding partners, who advance the field of community and youth development, and strengthen all our efforts to create a just and equitable world.

  • Corporation for National and Community Service
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Fieldstone Alliance
  • Ford Foundation
  • Headwaters, Inc.
  • Philip Morris U.S.A.
  • RGK Foundation
  • Surdna Foundation
  • Time Warner Foundation
  • W. Clement & Jesse V. Stone Foundation
  • W. K. Kellogg Foundation
  • William Randolph Hearst Foundation
  • and the many generous individuals who have supported our work

Community Organizations

Innovation Center partners with diverse organizations to support youth and adult community leaders in community building, rural development, and sustainability efforts.

  • Asian Immigrant Women Advocates, Oakland, CA
  • Big Creek People in Action, War, W. VA
  • Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor,  Benton Harbor, MI
  • C-Beyond, Concord, CA
  • Children's Home Society of West Virginia, Charleston, W. VA
  • City of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA
  • The Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth in Boston, MA
  • Joint Enrichment Project, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Kiberia Community Self Help Program, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Ksanka Language Commission, Elmo, MT
  • Hopi Pu’tavi, Inc, Second Mesa, AZ
  • The Institute for Intergovernmental Research, Tallahassee, FL
  • Leadership Excellence, Oakland, CA
  • Lummi Cedar Project, Bellingham, WA
  • Maine Youth Action Network, Portland, ME
  • Mi Casa Resource Center for Women in Denver, CO
  • National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Washington, DC
  • Nkwusm, St. Ignatius, MT
  • OUTRIGHT, Portland, ME
  • Roca, Inc. in Chelsea, MA
  • Rural Development Initiative
  • Salish and Kootenai Confederated Tribes, Montana
  • Slums Information Development & Resource Centres, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Tohono O’odham Community Action, Sells, AZ
  • 21st Century Youth Leadership Project, Selma, AL
  • Waupaca Healthy Community / Healthy Youth, Waupaca, WI
  • Young Women’s Project, Washington, DC
  • Youth Development Network, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Youth Ministries for Peace and Social Justice, Bronx, NY
  • Youth United for Community Action, East Palo Alto, CA

Other Partners

  • ACLU's National Office
  • ACLU of Northern California
  • Amy Sutnick Plotch Communications
  • Applied Developmental Science Institute, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University
  • Camino & Associates
  • CREA
  • DDB Issues
  • Ellipsis Partners
  • Forum for Youth Investment
  • Girl Scouts of the USA
  • Goddard College
  • Infosys Networks
  • Mid-Atlantic Network for Youth and Family Services
  • National 4-H Council
  • National Network for Youth
  • New England Network for Child, Youth, & Family Services
  • Palestinian Vision
  • Sage Quest Associates
  • Social Policy Research Associates
  • Tamer Institute for Community Education
  • The Culture and Free Thought Association
  • Todd Accounting and Business Services
  • University of Arizona, Coconino County Cooperative Extension
  • University of California, Davis-4-H Center for Youth Development
  • University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service
  • University of Maine, Oxford County Extension
  • University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
  • University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil
  • University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service
  • University of Wisconsin, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
  • Youth Association for Population Development
  • Youth Leadership Institute