Neighborhood Prosperity Fund (NPF) incentivizes community development, economic growth, and job creation by providing gap financing for projects that attract private investment to distressed communities. Grant funds support architectural and engineering costs, construction costs, tenant improvements, historical preservation building improvements to maintain compliance with applicable laws, development analysis, rent abatement and/or tenant concessions for up to 3 years to stabilize market rent. Projects must be located within the Neighborhood Prosperity Fund boundary.

The DC Inclusive Innovation Fund is a new program that will invest in and support early stage District businesses led by underrepresented entrepreneurs, including people of color, women, and LGBTQ people and individuals with disabilities. In September 2018, the District selected The Marathon Foundation, a 501(c)3 led by investment veterans, to develop and manage the program.

The District of Columbia’s “Pathways to Inclusion” report sets forth a vision to make Washington, D.C. the nation’s premier hub for tech inclusion.