About ILI
Championing innovation—empowering communities since 2012.
Since our inception, the Institute for Local Innovations, Inc. has been at the forefront of community development, fostering innovation particularly in underserved communities. Strategic partnerships have brought our work onto a national stage.
Our Innovation Fund is a transformative venture designed to drive sustainable change through six connected areas.
We pursue innovative responses to environmental challenges, from removing pollution in waterways to advancing environmental stewardship. Our work embraces the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with emphasis on Zero Hunger, Good Health and Wellbeing, Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, and Climate Action.
ILI supports Mi Rialiti [my reality], a media-enhanced story capture and storytelling platform designed to give historically marginalized people and communities a voice—and help influence public, private, and philanthropic policy.
Our Innovation Hub connects promising ideas, practical support, and aligned funders. It includes the TIME Challenge Competition and a flexible funding model for the episodic needs of grantee partners.
Our hybrid wholesale-retail technical assistance approach helps mission-driven organizations strengthen their operations, capacity, and ability to deliver lasting impact.
ILI brings decades of experience in affordable housing, architecture, planning, and locally driven development to work that helps communities realize their potential.
Community development in Atlanta
Partnerships with NASA T2X and leaders across the public, private, philanthropic, and academic sectors advance STEM, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and inclusive opportunity.
The next chapter
ILI continues to explore how artificial intelligence and machine learning can support sound business strategy and community-led progress. Contact us and share your story.