Start with the idea
Nonprofits and individuals share proposed projects and programs in a private forum, so intellectual knowledge stays protected while it is being considered.
Ideas deserve a path forward
Innovation Hub
ILI's social innovation fund in action: a trusted space where community-led ideas reach funders, partners, and the support they need.
The fund
A social innovation fund built around community-led ideas
The Innovation Hub is how ILI's social innovation fund works in practice. One of the six connected areas of the fund, it starts with what residents already know about their own neighborhoods and backs the ideas that improve everyday life.
Meet aligned funders
Funders review submissions on their own terms, broadening their portfolios with thoughtful community projects they might not otherwise encounter.
Fund what is needed
A flexible funding model answers the episodic needs of grantee partners, with grant request and review processes streamlined for low-wealth individuals and small organizations.
The Innovation Hub addresses a primary goal: helping low-wealth individuals by streamlining and facilitating grant request and review processes for organizations and funding entities.
The iHub gives nonprofits and individuals a private forum to share ideas with funders while addressing concerns about the loss of intellectual knowledge. Funders gain an outlet for broadening their portfolios on their own terms and finding thoughtful projects they might not otherwise encounter.
“A digital repository for proposed innovative projects and programs to improve communities and the lives of residents and stakeholders.”