New Kensington Community Development Corporation
Economic Advancement
NKCDC's mission is to advance social equity and economic empowerment by nurturing and creating opportunities for neighbors to live in and actively shape their neighborhoods of choice. NKCDC uses a strategic combination of real estate development, community engagement, and people-centered direct services to ensure all of their neighbors can remain and thrive where they choose to live.
Grant Partner Since: 2026
NFL Funding Supports:
- Co-Creating Kensington, an ongoing, comprehensive, and participatory planning and implementation process to address the neighborhood's intersecting crises and co-create sustained solutions to local health and well-being.
- Food Systems programming for residents, centering on three areas: nutrition education and food access; diabetes prevention education; urban agriculture and community gardening.
- Cure Violence Kensington, a community-based violence intervention program that addresses the root causes of violence through caseload management, mediation of high-risk situations, and a credible-messenger approach that supports clients and community members in changing community norms and breaking the cycle of violence.