Culture Builds Communities is an extensive developmental program that began in 1993 and aims to systematically place cultural assets within the portfolio of community development efforts. 

Partners believes that cultural strategies are not only a major economic force in many communities, but that they also contribute tremendously to education, cultural identity, race relations, community pride, quality of life and other, less quantifiable but important, social functions.

Culture Builds Community Technical Assistance Clients (since 1993)

Philanthropic
Eugene & Agnes Meyer Foundation
Ford Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Heinz Endowment
Kellogg Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
MetLife Foundation
Pew Trust
The Rockefeller Foundation
San Francisco Community Foundation
Surdna Foundation
William Penn Foundation

Corporate
Ally Bank
American Express Financial Services
Bank of America
BB&T Bank
Citigroup
E*TRADE Bank
Synchrony Bank
Wachovia Bank
Wells Fargo Bank
US Bank
Zions Bank

Civic
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Boise, ID
Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, NC
Chattanooga, TN 
Hillsborough County, FL, City-County Planning Commission
Lafayette, Louisiana
Orlando, FL
Salt Lake City, UT
San Diego Commission for the Arts 
Teaneck, NJ

Joint Ventures
AARP 
American Association of Museums
American Library Association
Americans for the Arts
Audubon Institute
Forum for Youth Investment
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
National Recreation and Parks Association
Neighborhood Housing Services
NeighborWorks America
Project for Public Spaces

Shifting Sands Initiative
Hawai’i Arts Alliance/The ARTS at Marks Garage
Honolulu, Hawai’i

Ashé Cultural Arts Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Bindlestiff Studios/South of Market Community Action Network (SOMCAN)
San Francisco, California

Center for Creative Community Development (C3D)
North Adams, Massachusetts

International Sonoran Desert Alliance
Ajo, Arizona

Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA)
San José, California

Nuestras Raices
Holyoke, Massachusetts

Project Row Houses
Houston, Texas

Queens Museum of Art
Queens, New York