Our Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors, we are building the most creative and collaborative network of housing innovators in America. With the expertise, leadership, and experience of our sponsors, we will continue to lead the housing industry in affordable innovations. The Ivory Innovations team and Ivory Prize Advisory Board sincerely thank the organizations and individuals below who make our work possible.
Lead Investors
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.
The Call to Action Foundation is a private operating foundation dedicated to increasing access to affordable housing and education for underserved communities throughout the West and Midwest. Since 2022, we have invested more than 80 million dollars to help preserve and secure safe affordable housing for working families and seniors in our region. FJ Management’s subsidiary companies fund the mission of the foundation, including Maverik and Big West Oil.on
Innovators Circle
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.
ZIONS BAncorporation
Zions Bancorporation is comprised of a collection of extraordinary, locally led and community-focused banks serving businesses, households and local governments in some of the best growth markets in the nation. We’re determined to help build strong, successful communities, create economic opportunity and help our clients achieve greater financial strength through the relationships we develop and the services we provide.
Legacy Partners
ENBRIDGE
Enbridge Gas is a leading North American energy delivery company focused on providing safe, reliable, and affordable natural gas to homes and businesses. With a strong commitment to sustainability and community impact, Enbridge Gas invests in infrastructure modernization, energy efficiency programs, and emissions-reduction initiatives that support a cleaner energy future. Through responsible operations and long-term partnerships, Enbridge Gas works to strengthen energy reliability while supporting the communities it serves.
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.
TAFT & Mary Jane PRICE
Taft Price is a Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business.
Stokes Foundation
The Stokes Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to expanding access to transformative residential education for students in need across the United States. The foundation partners with public, charter, and private schools to develop urban boarding school programs that provide safe, supportive environments where adolescents can thrive academically, socially, and personally. Using a replicable and data-informed residential model, Stokes Foundation focuses on addressing educational disparities, fostering student resilience, and equipping young people with the skills and opportunities necessary for long-term success.
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.
The Bilt Foundation is dedicated to advancing housing affordability and economic opportunity through innovative partnerships and community-driven solutions. The foundation supports initiatives that expand access to stable housing, promote financial resilience, and strengthen pathways to homeownership for individuals and families. By collaborating with nonprofits, policymakers, and private-sector leaders, the Bilt Foundation works to create sustainable impact and long-term outcomes in communities across the United States.
Bilt Foundation
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.
Supporters
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Collaborators
Our Innovation Collaborators consist of centers and institutes from across the nation focused on pinpointing innovative solutions to the housing affordability crisis. We look to our Innovation Collaborators as leaders in the research and ideas. Together, Ivory Innovations and our Innovation Collaborators 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 Collaborators for continuing with our collaborative effort in the housing affordability space.
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