Purpose Built Communities Foundationinc
Purpose Built Communities Foundation (Purpose Built) is a national nonprofit based in Atlanta, GA that incubates, convenes, and supports resident-centered neighborhood transformation across housing, education, health, and economic vitality. The organization’s official website (purposebuiltcommunities.org) includes program descriptions, network resources, news, a staff/team directory, and contact information. External nonprofit databases (Candid/Foundation Center) list the same EIN (45-4056587) and point to this site.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Place-based community development organizations or community development corporations doing resident-centered neighborhood transformation (housing, education, health, local economic vitality), especially those with an existing relationship or regional presence in the foundation’s network.
Good Fit
- • Works on neighborhood-level, resident-centered transformation across housing, education, health, or economic vitality.
- • Requests include general/operations support rather than a narrowly restricted project budget.
- • Has demonstrated local leadership and sustained community partnerships in a metropolitan area the foundation funds (notably Georgia and other southeastern states).
- • Has an existing connection or introduction into the foundation’s network or core partners.
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year span 12 states (and up to 17 in prior years), showing a multi-state national footprint with a clear regional concentration in Georgia, which received 44% of grant dollars in the latest year.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 25 distinct recipients (16–28 in prior years) including many independent local organizations; although dollar awards concentrate among a few large partners, the count of funded organizations is broadly distributed.
New Applicants
Direct application is invitation-based per the foundation’s stated preselection policy, but filings show new recipients each year (10 new grantees in the latest year and a 40% new-recipient rate in 2024), so unfamiliar applicants can enter the portfolio but are likely to do so via referral, network visibility, or targeted outreach rather than an open RFP.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
