Year in Review 2024
Our 2024 annual report focuses on three key pillars: research, reinvestment and rebuilding for change. These simple yet powerful focus areas speak to Reinvestment Fund’s unwavering dedication to fostering economic opportunity, advancing community resilience, and ensuring lasting social progress.
2024 Annual Report
Research
Our research & analysis informs policies and investments that strengthen communities, ensuring development is inclusive and sustainable.
Across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions our research illuminated critical economic and social challenges, providing a strong foundation for equitable development in 2024. By leveraging data-driven insights, local leaders can make informed decisions that enhance housing access, economic opportunities,
and social well-being. Our financing in 2024 strengthened communities with 3,061 homes constructed, rehabilitated, or preserved, more than half of which are affordable to low-income families.
[Photo: The Community of Practice (COP) hosted “The Housing–Jobs Connection: Spotlight on Commercial Corridors & Entrepreneurs,” a session with community development experts who have worked
in housing, commercial development, and small business support.]
Reinvest
We are putting financial resources back into the improvement and expansion of schools, colleges, and other learning spaces—ensuring that they remain functional, innovative, and responsive to the evolving needs of students and educators alike.
Access to high-quality education throughout life is a critical resource that all people deserve and is necessary for communities to thrive. Reinvestment Fund continues to make targeted investments to support access to high-quality education opportunities for success in school and beyond. In 2024, we financed 131 early learning providers, two K-12 schools, and one university, with the capacity to provide high-quality education to 5,640 students.
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[Photo: Fund For Quality has expanded high quality childcare for all children—with over 50 grantees and over 3,200 new seats created, many new jobs, and hundreds of thousands of square feet developed in Philadelphia.]
Rebuild
Our investments strengthen the future of communities—directing resources toward their growth and their ability to be resilient and adaptable to evolving needs.
Building sustainable, healthy communities is critical to the success of Reinvestment Fund’s mission and vision— in 2024 alone, we supported the reduction of 6,156 fewer metric tons of greenhouse gases, equivalent to saving more than 692,000 gallons of gasoline. From creating data-driven real estate insights such as the Market Value Analyses (MVAs) to partnering with experts in creating a better energy future, we focused on a wide spectrum of community improvement projects and partnerships this past year to accommodate the changing world around us.
Explore the report[Photo: Created by local artist Aysha Pennerman, this mural was a collaborative effort by our staff in our new Atlanta office—embodying our vision for creating thriving, equitable communities.]
