The Phoenix Neighborhood Development Collaborative (PNDC)
The Phoenix
Neighborhood Development Collaborative (PNDC) is a collaboration of private foundations, local
corporations and government agencies who share a common purpose of improving
economic and social conditions in Phoenix’s low income neighborhoods. This group
of partners have come together to coordinate their investment strategies so that
the collective impact of their activity will be greater than sum of the
parts. Direct investors in the PNDC
are:
- Arizona Community Foundation
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
- Chase Bank
- Valley of the Sun United Way
- St. Luke's Health Initiative
- The Lodestar Foundation
Other collaborators include:
- City of Phoenix
Vision of the PNDC is that neighborhoods are economically and socially vibrant, clean, safe and inviting places for families to live, work and play.
Mission of the PNDC is to support the will and the work of residents to create socially, culturally and economically diverse neighborhoods by organizing and directing resources, providing technical assistance and fostering collaboration.
The primary
goals of the PNDC are to
> Increase the impact of community development on neighborhoods by:
- Directing investment of resources to “neighborhood-driven” strategies for comprehensive transformation
- Ensuring strong resident and neighborhood involvement in the development and implementation of revitalization strategies