Corporation For Enterprise Development (CFED) — www.cfed.org.  CFED and the Center for Social Development, affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, are the major information and technical assistance resources for IDAs.  The CFED website has extensive policy background and operational information on IDAs.  CFED’s IDA program design handbook can be found on their website. CFED also sponsors an interactive IDA list serve with over 1000 participants at www.idanetwork.org. 

Center for Social Development (CSD) —  http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/csd.  CSD has an array of publications on research, evaluation, state policy and new asset development strategies.  These publications are available on their website.   CSD also developed MISIDA, the first management information system that many IDA programs utilize.  CSD sponsors training sessions on a quarterly basis and provides free technical assistance to sites.

Doorway to Dreams (D2D Fund) — www.d2dfund.org.  Doorway to Dreams is a non-profit organization formed to develop new ways to offer financial services to traditionally under-served low and moderate-income households. D2D is developing “Online IDA,” a web-based record keeping, financial transaction and product delivery system.  Online IDA leverages existing 401(k) technology to enable pooled investing for IDA participants, to provide real-time access to a central data source for IDA holders and other stakeholders, and to slash the administrative costs associated with offering IDAs to thousands of low-income families.  It has the potential to change the fundamental economics of serving these families, making them an attractive segment for the for-profit financial sector. 

National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) — www.ncrc.org.   NCRC’s Financial Education Campaign empowers participants by providing financial understanding through "Train-the-Trainer" courses. NCRC provides training to community organizations that train their community members. The Financial Education Campaign builds and strengthens long-term, mutually beneficial relationships among community organizations, residents, small and minority businesses, and financial service providers throughout the nation by helping organizations identify partners and collaborative opportunities around financial education.  Also available at its website is NCRC's Anti-Predatory Lending Toolkit, which provides tools to challenge lending practices that contribute to the problem of predatory lending.

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC) — www.nw.org.  NRC has pioneered one-stop Homeownership Centers (HOCs) through its local NeighborWorks Organizations (NWOs).  There are now over 80 HOCs that can be a resource to low and moderate income households interested in homeownership.  HOCs offer pre-purchase education, home inspections, renovation specifications and cost estimates, links to neighborhood organizations and associations, real estate agents and services, insurance services, contractor referral and construction monitoring, post-purchase counseling, workshops on home maintenance and repair, affordable first-mortgage financing and affordable second-mortgage finance.

One Economy Corporation — www.one-economy.com.  One Economy has developed the Beehive, a multilingual self-help website that connects consumers to information and services concerning asset-building, employment, career ladders, housing, health care, education, and other critical resources.  This information can be brought to the participant through the internet either at their home or place of work. The Beehive contains information on the EITC.  This past year, One Economy collaborated with San Francisco Tax Aid to implement the I-CAN EIC on-line tax filing program.