Founding Partners
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We are building the most creative and collaborative network of housing innovators in America. The Ivory Innovations team and Ivory Prize Advisory Board want to give a huge thank you to our corporate Founding Partner sponsors. With the expertise, leadership and experience of our Founding Partner sponsors, we will continue to lead the housing industry in affordability innovation. Our Founding Partners are made up of national companies and organizations who have spent years on the frontlines of innovation and community development. Thank you for supporting our mission to shine a light on innovative solutions in housing affordability.
Our Founding Partners
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CLARK AND CHRISTINE IVORY FOUNDATION
The Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation provides support at the most fundamental level by focusing on the individual. We create opportunities to amplify an individual’s capacity to advance economically by improving access to education, creating affordable housing, and building sustainable communities.
FREDDIE MAC
Freddie Mac is the leading the U.S housing market forward, making homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable nationwide. Freddie Mac was chartered by Congress in 1970 to support the U.S. housing finance system and to help ensure a reliable and affordable supply of mortgage funds across the country. Rather than lending directly to borrowers, Freddie Mac operates in the U.S. secondary mortgage market, buying loans that meet our standards from approved lenders. Those lenders are then, in turn, able to provide more loans to qualified borrowers and keep capital flowing into the housing market. Freddie Mac then pools the mortgages it buys into securities, which they sell to investors around the world.
BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE
Builders FirstSource is the nation’s largest supplier of structural building products, value-added components and services to the professional market for single-family and multi-family construction and repair and remodeling. Their focus is on providing unparalleled service to both large and small customers.
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy is committed to building a cleaner future for their customers around the world. Dominion’s mission is to Serve our customers safely and reliably; Strengthen our communities; Minimize environmental impact; Reward our shareholders; & Live our lives. They operate in 16 states, from Connecticut to Georgia to California, offering safe, clean, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 7.5 million customers.
Larry and Gail Miller Foundation
The Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation was established in 2007 to continue the philanthropic spirit exemplified by Larry and Gail Miller for future generations. The Foundation supports organizations and programs which provide educational opportunities, community improvements, health and wellness initiatives, and economic empowerment for individuals and families.
WEYERHAEUSER
Weyerhaeuser is working together to be the world’s premier timber, land, and forest products company. They manage the most sustainable, versatile resource on earth: forests. They are experts at using trees to make products people need, and they do it the right way so our forests will last forever. They are responsible stewards of our land for multiple uses, including recreation, conservation, economic development and different forms of renewable energy. And the wood products they make are used to build homes where families are sheltered and raised.
STOKES FOUNDATION
The Stokes Foundation is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ivans, Utah.
TAFT PRICE
Taft Price is a Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.
Housing for Impact Partnership
Over the next three years, Ivory Innovations and the Call to Action Foundation plans to build seven new housing developments in Utah resulting in the creation of approximately 850 affordable homes.
Other Supporters
We rely on the support of many generous partners to accomplish our work, including the organizations below. Thank you for helping us achieve our mission and supporting innovators, students, policymakers, industry leaders, and others in the fight for housing affordability.
Past Supporters
The organizations below have helped us reach our goals and build Ivory Innovations into what it is today. We are grateful for their support, helping us further the mission of housing affordability and housing innovation.
Innovation Partners
Our Innovation Partners consist of centers and institutes from across the nation focused on pinpointing innovative solutions to the housing affordability crisis. We look to our Innovation Partners as leaders in the research and ideas. Together, Ivory Innovations and our Innovation Partners will continue to host, write and publish informative pieces focusing on the housing industry and solutions to the affordability crisis. A huge thank you to our Innovation Partners for continuing with our collaborative effort in the housing affordability space.
david eccles school of business
The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah offers a world-class business education. The wide variety of programs, available through 12 institutes and centers, provides students with real experience and cultivates entrepreneurial spirit. The school offers highly-ranked programs with nine undergraduate degrees, eight specialized Master's degrees, and multiple MBA programs.
Ivory Homes
Ivory Homes is the largest homebuilder in the state of Utah, based on both building units and total revenue. Ivory Homes is unique in its ability to adapt to changing conditions and meet customers’ evolving needs. Ivory Homes has completed over 20,000 homes in the state of Utah. According to Builder magazine, Ivory Homes was the 53rd largest homebuilder in the nation in 2016.
Terner Housing Lab
The Terner Housing Lab is a program of the Terner Center for Housing Innovations, a leading housing policy and research center at the University of California, Berkeley.
THE URBAN INSTITUTE
The Urban Institute is the trusted source for unbiased, authoritative insights that inform consequential choices about the well-being of people and places in the United States. They are a nonprofit research organization that believes decisions shaped by facts, rather than ideology, have the power to improve public policy and practice, strengthen communities, and transform people’s lives for the better.
The Harvard Joint Center For Housing Studies
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies advances understanding of housing issues and informs policy. Through its research, education, and public outreach programs, the Center helps leaders in government, business, and the civic sectors make decisions that effectively address the needs of cities and communities. Through graduate and executive courses, as well as fellowships and internship opportunities, the Center also trains and inspires the next generation of housing leaders.
MOD X
MOD X is a global strategy advisory and knowledge exchange network integrating academic, industry, government, and related non-profit sectors in the prefabricated and volumetric modular offsite construction industry. The organization fosters a rapidly growing worldwide network of industry leaders and organizations interested in advancing sustainable offsite construction through various knowledge exchanges including symposia, factory/site tours, custom research, and advisory services.