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United States - Japan Foundations

The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) is an independent philanthropic organization working to strengthen bilateral ties and address shared challenges. We empower next-generation leaders and fund innovative initiatives, catalyzing collaboration and exchange among stakeholders in search of solutions.

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Southwest BID

The Southwest Business Improvement District (SWBID) serves the area south of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., using public art and creative placemaking as central tools for shaping the neighborhood’s public realm. Through murals, artist collaborations, temporary installations, and other creative interventions, SWBID brings color, storytelling, and a distinct sense of place to streets, sidewalks, and shared spaces throughout Southwest.

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Groundshift Studios

Ground Shift Studio is a Washington, D.C.-based public art and consulting studio working at the intersection of art, transportation, and climate resilience. Founded by artist and urbanist Chelsea Ritter-Soronen, the studio treats the ground beneath our feet—streets, sidewalks, plazas, and other paved surfaces—as both a canvas and a piece of public infrastructure.

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IMK Architects

IMK Architects Partner and Principal Architect, Rahul Kadri

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Jamestown Renaissance Corporation

Jamestown Renaissance Corporation is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen Jamestown, New York, through neighborhood revitalization, downtown development, and community engagement. Working alongside residents, businesses, and local partners, JRC supports projects and programs that improve public spaces, encourage investment, and build a more vibrant and connected community.

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Hollywood Partnership

The Hollywood Partnership is a non-profit organization that manages the public realm within the Hollywood Entertainment District (HED), which is a Property Based Business Improvement District (PBID). Simply, this means that the organization is funded by property owners within the district to provide enhanced services to promote the cleanliness, safety, beautification, and economic vitality of our neighborhood.

Our official mission is to enhance the appeal, vitality, and well-being of the Hollywood Community from the ground up.

Our vision is a Hollywood where experiences EXCEED expectations!

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Chicago Loop Alliance

Chicago Loop Alliance represents the vibrant community and businesses that energize the Loop, making it a thriving neighborhood for all who visit, live, or work here.

Through programs, cultural initiatives, and partnerships, Chicago Loop Alliance brings people, investment, and opportunity to the Loop. As a member-based organization, we connect leaders, innovators, and changemakers shaping the nation’s largest central business district outside of Midtown Manhattan. Together with our affiliate, Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation, we create free cultural experiences that bring the neighborhood to life.

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Coop’s Soup

Coop's Soups is a community-focused social enterprise and ministry founded by pastor Cristin Cooper in Olney, Maryland. It uses locally sourced, vegan, and gluten-free soups packaged in reusable mason jars to fight loneliness, build local connections, and support a participatory dinner church gathering known as Soup Church.

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Santa Cruz Warriors

The Santa Cruz Warriors are the NBA G League affiliate of the Golden State Warriors and have played in downtown Santa Cruz since 2012, when they brought professional basketball to the city for the first time. Playing at Kaiser Permanente Arena, the “Sea Dubs” have become deeply embedded in the community while also serving the G League’s developmental role—helping players, coaches, and staff make the leap to the NBA.

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Minnesota Justice Research Center

The Minnesota Justice Research Center (MNJRC) is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to driving meaningful change to Minnesota’s criminal legal system through rigorous and community-centered research, education, and policy development.

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Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District

Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District (DID)

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GeoSpatial hub

The GeoSpatial Hub supports urban professionals and organisations in turning spatial data into decision-ready insight.

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All Things Urban

Fantastic global resource for every walk of city maker.

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CicLAvia

CicLAvia transforms LA streets into car-free spaces for the community to move, play, and connect together.

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MJB Consulting

MJB Consulting is a retail planning and real estate consulting firm focused on helping downtowns, commercial districts, developers, and communities understand what makes retail environments work. Based in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area, the firm approaches retail as more than a collection of shops and restaurants: because it occupies the ground floor and meets people directly at the sidewalk, retail plays an outsized role in how a street, district, or community is experienced.

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Storefront Mastery

Storefront Mastery works with downtown organizations, local governments, and independent businesses to turn storefronts into active contributors to the life and economic health of their districts. Founded by Jaime Izurieta, its approach treats the storefront not simply as the entrance to a business, but as the place where commerce meets the public realm—and where design, storytelling, hospitality, and customer experience can help give a street its identity.

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Warm Cookies of the Revolution

The worlds first Civic Health Gym

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The Transgender District

Founded by three black trans women in 2017 as Compton’s Transgender Cultural District, The Transgender District is the first legally recognized transgender district in the world.

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Glide Memorial

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through our integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, we empower individuals, families and children to achieve stability and thrive.

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Tenderloin Museum

The Tenderloin Museum celebrates the rich history of one of San Francisco's most misunderstood neighborhoods. The 31 blocks of the Tenderloin district are the beating heart of the city peopled by immigrants and iconoclasts, artists and activists, sinners and saints. Visit the Tenderloin Museum today and encounter a kaleidoscopic American city in all its grit and glory.