Our Supporters

Next City is a nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities through journalism and events around the world. Next City's journalism is supported directly by its readers, and by sponsors and foundations that care about issues such as poverty, discrimination, housing equity, greater access to capital, sustainable development, and many more. When solutions are plentiful, so will our lives be in the city. We are grateful to the many generous supporters who make our work possible.

Major Donors and Partners

The following foundations and partner organizations have supported Next City with $1,000 or more since January 2023. The individuals listed have contributed $1,000 or more in that period.

Next City is also is a recipient of a Google Grants award. The Google Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google's philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Google Grants is an in-kind advertising program that awards free online advertising to nonprofits via Google AdWords.

  • The Emma Bowen Foundation
  • Google Ad Grants and Google News Initiative
  • Heron Foundation
  • Independence Public Media Foundation
  • The Kresge Foundation
  • Liberation Ventures
  • Mastercard Foundation
  • Mayors' Institute for City Design
  • Mellon Foundation
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • NewsMatch
  • Partners for Common Good
  • Resolve Philadelphia
  • Solutions Journalism Network
  • Surdna Foundation
  • Michelle Bove
  • Efrem Bycer
  • Cathy Dolan
  • Lucas Grindley
  • Lou Huang
  • Casius Pealer
  • David Porter
  • Mary Pustejovsky
  • Lynn Ross
  • Jason Schupbach
  • Tamar Shapiro
  • Eric Shaw
  • David Smiley
  • Elizabeth Wade-Smith
  • Sas Weber
  • Jess Zimbabwe

Sustainers

Sustainers are a vital source of support to Next City. By donating monthly, these individual members save us time better spent producing the journalism you value. The names listed below are of people who give monthly. In addition, Next City welcomes institutional members that subscribe to our content. For a listing of institutional members, refer to our directory. 

We are currently supported by 1029 people donating $6,342 per month.

  • Marie Walkiewicz
  • Richard Young
  • Diane Gallin
  • Peter Estes
  • Robin Abrams
  • Kelsey Oesmann
  • Quinton Ward
  • Clare Ross
  • Eric Brakken
  • Orrin Williams
  • Susan Harman
  • Paul Bindel
  • Elizabeth Brodek
  • Jaime Fearer
  • Lauren Sage
  • Nancy Kete
  • Aloma Marquis
  • Maxine Clark
  • Jerry Michael Brady
  • Syed Ali
  • Robin Spinks
  • Dave Snyder
  • Emily Settlecowski
  • Alec Martinez
  • Kim Klein
  • Alyssa Perez
  • John Mackowiak
  • Susan C Seifert
  • Danny Yadegar
  • Cara Bertron
  • John Colgan-Davis
  • Gregory dyson
  • Roberta Gratz
  • Dan Curry
  • Patricia Deinhart-Bauknight
  • Dennis James Carlone
  • Kay Schwarzwalter
  • Mary Howard
  • Eric WM White
  • lorna mangus
  • Jim Brown
  • Debbie Milam
  • Thomas Jack
  • Paul Gleye
  • Janel Hovde
  • Jeff Muckensturm
  • Rachel Mulbry
  • John Paul Knox
  • John Lamont
  • Allison Joe
  • Alek Zayas-Dorchak
  • ROHIT BHATT
  • Rebecca Lurie
  • Rosalind Williams
  • Leslie Elizabeth Hildula
  • Brian Stuart Skeele
  • Michelle Sturm
  • Moses Timlin
  • Jon Gottshall
  • Nikki Flionis
  • Jason Schaefer
  • John C Stanesco
  • Robert Saarnio
  • Jazz J
  • Roberta Gratz
  • Mona Jenkins
  • Timothy Maher
  • Sandra Geary
  • Kate Taber
  • Matt Kayhoe
  • Saskia van Wolferen
  • Daniel Hoffman
  • Velma M Smith
  • Diane Pagen
  • Chris Schutte
  • Anthony J Chattley
  • Steve Baker
  • Lonny Stern
  • Karla Ebenbach
  • Stella Shinn
  • waltmcree
  • Liz Curry
  • Kelly McGowan
  • Heidi Reijm
  • Erin Cigliano
  • Joan Fitzgerald
  • Craig Brookins
  • John Cheek
  • Anita Alexander
  • Anne-Marie Lubenau
  • Susan Morton Blaustein
  • Lisa Church
  • Maryann Hulsman
  • Nora Riemenschneider
  • Peg Moertl
  • Trinity Simons
  • Deborah Myerson
  • Sibyl D Pettie
  • Kelvin Green
  • Laura Woltanski
  • Allison Fultz
  • Ananda Wiggins
  • Karen Hiller
  • Sharon B Smith
  • KATE LITTLE
  • Ellen Shachter
  • LATOYA WILSON
  • Castle Sinicrope
  • Tom Pace
  • Jean A Bonander
  • James E. Herr
  • Sharon Lim
  • suzanne Isher
  • Eileen Bartley
  • Jenny Krikava
  • Kelly Ingram
  • Matthew Cox
  • Connie S Binkowitz
  • Tori Key
  • Ronald Whitmore
  • Karen Nemsick
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  • Gloria McNair
  • Nicole Foster
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  • Catherine Duarte
  • Xilin Huang
  • Emily Robinson
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  • milti leonard
  • Merrill Ring
  • Michael Barba and Mary Chalich
  • Dina Wilderson
  • Rachel Wuerstlin
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  • Marilyn Lamensdorf
  • Chelsea McDaniel
  • Karen Beck Pooley
  • Charles M Lacy
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  • Caryn Ernst
  • Brian Bonanno
  • Carol Friesen
  • TATUM WILLIAMS
  • Brianna Hodge
  • Bob and Pamela Mang
  • Elizabeth Alley
  • Robert Veranes
  • Maggie Ussery
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  • Susanne Marten
  • Jeff Fugate
  • Lucy Zappone
  • Ben Russak
  • John F. (Jack) Crowley
  • Christian Willauer
  • Judith Benedict
  • Hannah Sorkin
  • Noorma M. Sweson
  • Allison ONeill
  • Erin Roth
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  • Collin Evenson
  • Megan R Smith
  • Leilah Powell
  • Gita Nandan
  • Katy Stanton
  • Michael Holzheimer
  • Sami Kitmitto
  • Audie Kincaid
  • Marla Y. Newman
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  • Marvin Rocha
  • Deborah J Winter
  • Michael Kavate
  • Sharon Gallagher
  • Lynn Ross
  • June Grant
  • Douglas Stewart
  • Nyesha McCauley
  • Casius Pealer
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  • Kindy Kruller
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  • A A Aidala
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  • Michael A Stanton
  • Alise Willis
  • Heather Cantino
  • Phebe Quattrucci
  • Irena Ehrenfeucht
  • ROHIT BHATT
  • Juan Parra
  • Kevin Jones
  • Andrea McGrath
  • Eli Pousson
  • Stephanie Fortunato
  • Shelley Poticha
  • Dianne L Riley
  • Jon Gottshall
  • Carl Winfield
  • Nancy W Riffer
  • Thomas Jack
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  • Jesse Weiss
  • Carl Winfield
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  • Rebecca Waldman
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  • Theresa Chalich
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  • Kristin Koptiuch
  • Samantha Miller
  • Paul Silvern
  • Chip Filson
  • Scott Guter
  • Helen Seitz
  • Claudia Aiken
  • Nidhi Madan
  • Christine Littig
  • Carla Valdes
  • Alberto M. R. Paranhos
  • Stephen M Kern
  • Laura A Lane
  • Michelle Gomez
  • Louise Gorenflo
  • Jenifer Thom
  • Debra-Ellen Glickstein
  • Jillian Croci
  • Kaebra Theba
  • Casey Sebetto
  • Kimberly Toskey
  • Bruce Gottschall
  • Dallas Tetarenko
  • Wendy Denton
  • Scott Love, LISC Louisville
  • Yvette Jordan
  • Seth Beattie
  • Kathy Shannon
  • Tamara Greenfield
  • Robert Stein
  • Katharine Crenson Burgess
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  • Larry Pusateri
  • Eric Peterson
  • Jennifer Frost
  • Kouhei Haruguchi
  • Julia S Michaels
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  • Andrea Hollen
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  • Bridget Childs
  • Tracy Shimek
  • Amy J Mayer
  • Krishna Omolade
  • Brian Skeele
  • Kathryn Moody-Arndt
  • Robert Hickey
  • Michael Barsotti
  • Meghan Mullin
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  • Nicholas L Mulligan
  • MarySue Barrett
  • Kenneth Kruckemeyer
  • Norman Levy
  • Susanne Marten
  • Susan Lloyd
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  • Linetta J. Gilbert
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  • Lucas Grindley
  • Barbara Van Kerkhove
  • James Robinson
  • Alida Bográn-Acosta
  • Alexandra Miller
  • Heidi Gulick
  • Heather Stewart
  • Philip Kidd
  • Laurence D Wiseman
  • Joseph David Yeager
  • Cort Gross
  • shanna Draheim
  • joseph schiffer
  • Yvonne Long
  • Evan Bryon Kaufman
  • Sheila Rose Foster
  • Mitra Best
  • Patricia Parcells
  • Lucas Grimes
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  • Jennifer Hernandez
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  • Scott Burns
  • Tomeka Hart Wigginton
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  • susan Goldman
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  • susan lloyd
  • Cary Moon
  • Linda Fogel
  • John Paul Knox
  • Colleen Ryan
  • Mari-Jon Adams
  • Lawrence Reynolds
  • Lane Fury
  • Leslie Moody
  • Eric K Willadsen
  • Kirby Date
  • Sherryl Kuhlman
  • Jessica Gordon
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  • Nicole Brown
  • liz neumark
  • LaQuida Landford
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  • SARAH GOLDBLATT
  • Shelley A Beaulieu
  • Marika Shioiri-Clark
  • Kim Lundgren
  • Joseph M. Schilling
  • Alphecca Muttardy, Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank
  • Jeffry Carpenter
  • Luanda Fiscella
  • Tanya Moreno
  • Melani Smith
  • Andrew Goodman
  • Christian Willauer
  • Jeff Whitelow
  • Mallory Baches
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  • Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney
  • Daphna Ruth Ezrachi
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  • ROHIT BHATT
  • Laura Madden
  • Timothy Dutton
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  • Arielle Steere
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  • Yvonne Caruthers
  • Chih-Wei Hsu
  • Katherine Gajewski
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  • Andrew Jones
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  • Catherine Ittner
  • DANIEL FIRESIDE
  • Rick Girling
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  • Thomas Giangiulio
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  • Ouida Jones
  • Susan Scott
  • John Egan
  • Lauren Grattan
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  • Jen Dolen
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  • Jeuji Diamondstone
  • Bridge Rauch
  • Reese Fayde
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  • Christian Guadalupe
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  • David Crain
  • Monica Chenier
  • Juli Beth Hinds
  • Karen A Nemsick
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  • Amy Menzer
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  • Leslie Schneider
  • Laura Mo
  • Michelle Ishimitsu
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  • Jason William Foster
  • Cristina Garmendia
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  • Lorraine E Garkovich
  • Rachel Dawn Hayes
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  • Jessica Payne
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  • Charlie Metzger
  • Shana Aelony
  • Karen Ranney Wolkins
  • Tarik Abdelazim
  • Collin Yarbrough
  • Jess Zimbabwe
  • David Blaustein
  • Ebony Benjamin
  • susan reynolds
  • Harriet Saperstein
  • John Tallmadge
  • Kathryn Edgecomb
  • Nicholas Montgomery
  • Kate Littleboy
  • Scott Klinger
  • Tony Mainardi
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  • Ray Bromley
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  • Tina Mahone
  • Steven Brigham
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  • Echo Fields
  • Daniel Pontious
  • Richard C.D. Fleming
  • Josh Lerner
  • Patrick M. Jordan
  • Andrea McArdle
  • Dorian McDuffie
  • Liz
  • Robert Embry
  • Kennedy Smith
  • Sarah Parady
  • Deirdre Visser
  • Leslie Lewis
  • Melonie Tharpe
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  • Nikki Huddy
  • Gordon Mayer
  • N Payne
  • Kelly Thomson
  • Karyn Polak
  • Jami Smith
  • Estee Segal
  • Susan D Bennett
  • Efrem Bycer
  • Jodie Harris
  • Cathy K Rifenburg
  • Melissa Jones
  • Damian Possidente
  • Elsie B Garfield
  • Sarah Armour-Jones
  • David Beck
  • Richard E Nisbett
  • Michelle Bandy-Zalatoris
  • Dorine Real
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  • Hugh Scott
  • Alison Mann
  • William Nixon
  • Joan Shigekawa
  • Marseyas S Fernandez
  • Rachel Lee
  • Rosemary Foulds
  • Andrew Zitcer
  • Toyia Watts
  • Patricia Deinhart-Bauknight
  • m hirayama
  • Natalie Prochaska
  • Janet Felsten
  • Michael Grote
  • Nancy Kitz
  • David J Madson
  • Frank Graves Broyles
  • CATHERINE REYNOLDS
  • Ellen M. McCarthy
  • Olivier Lemaigre
  • +210 anonymous sustainers

Sponsors

Corporate sponsors play a valuable role in ensuring Next City's sustainability. We're grateful to all our advertisers and partners.

  • American Planning Association
  • Arthur M. Blank Foundation
  • Center for Cultural Innovation
  • City Parks Alliance
  • Coalesce
  • co:census
  • Democracy At Work Institute
  • Drexel University’s Lindy Center for Civic Engagement
  • FUSE Corps
  • Georgetown University
  • George Washington University
  • Island Press
  • The J.M. Kaplan Fund
  • Knight Foundation
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • The New School
  • Project for Public Spaces
  • Mpact
  • Replica
  • Sightline Institute
  • StreetlightData
  • Rutgers University
  • The University of Chicago Press
  • Urban Consulate
  • Vectorworks
  • Via

Financial Disclosure

Download Next City's Form 990s (Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax) from recent years.

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