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Requirements for Membership in the
National NeighborWorks Network
 
  • Adhere to a mission that focuses on community revitalization and the production of affordable housing for people with low and moderate incomes.

  • Create and maintain an organizational structure that reflects a partnership among resident leaders, the private business community and public officials, in which residents are in the numeric majority. For purposes of membership, a resident is defined as someone who lives in the NeighborWorks service area and who brings a strong and demonstrated consciousness of the issues facing the organization’s customers, a clear commitment to the community, and a consistent dedication to the goals and progress of the NeighborWorks organization.

  • Maintain 501(c)(3) status with the IRS and registered as a nonprofit corporation in the state where chartered. Subsidiary corporations are not eligible for membership.

  • Maintain high standards of program operations and service delivery including sound management systems; an adequate level of financial resources to support the operating and capital/programmatic work of the organization; and professional staff necessary to achieve the organization’s objectives.

  • Comply with NeighborWorks America's monitoring requirements by participating in regularly scheduled organizational assessments, providing an unqualified annual audit, submitting reports on expendable grants and annual and quarterly reports and, where appropriate, satisfying the terms of NeighborWorks America’s Grant Agreement.

  • Use the NeighborWorks® registered mark properly.