“Purpose Built is deeply engaged in helping transform communities, serving as a consultant. It is working with about 60 communities across the country, with about half of them being an official part of its network.
Purpose Built has been revising its community HOPE VI model for the past 15 years. Naughton said the organization continues to ‘learn, grow and change’ to improve its neighborhood strategy model – ‘building on the model created 30 years ago.’
In the past five years, it has diversified beyond its initial three funders. The Cousins Foundation still supports the nonprofit, and it has attracted support from other major national organizations, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Truist, and its largest grantor to date, Blue Meridian Partners, which awarded Purpose Built $25 million a couple of years ago.”