Start with people.
Understand the needs, strengths and priorities of the community before shaping a response.
The National Neighborhood Initiative
The next generation of community infrastructure.
NNI is the nonprofit parent of eight specialized companies connecting health, homes, workforce and enterprise. Rooted in Ohio since 2016, and building toward the scale America’s communities deserve.
- Since 2016
- 8 companies
- 8 fields of work
- 4 states
- 6 markets
Editorial illustration
i. Community development
ii. Economic development
iii. Business development
iv. Charitable development
About NNI
From a neighborhood initiative to a national institution.
A family’s well-being is shaped by more than one service. Health, housing conditions, employment and community support influence one another.
NNI is the nonprofit parent that gives its ecosystem a shared purpose. Specialized organizations bring focused expertise; NNI connects the work, with clear leadership, defined responsibilities and a long-term commitment to the communities we serve.
Our first decade began with neighborhood action in Warren, Ohio. Our ambition for the next is to grow into one of the nation’s most consequential nonprofits in community and economic development. That is a goal we are building toward, not a ranking we claim.
The capacity to deliver. The purpose to connect.
Bring the right expertise.
Match each part of the work to the organization and qualified people equipped to deliver it.
Build for continuity.
Connect workforce, operations and resources so the work continues beyond a single project.
Our first decade
A broader platform at every chapter.
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2016
Founded in Warren
The Warren Neighborhood Initiative begins with neighborhood action in Warren, Ohio.
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2018
Into Cleveland
Community development work extends into Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.
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2019
A national name
The board renames the organization The National Neighborhood Initiative.
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Today
A connected portfolio
Eight companies, and a mySHO partnership reaching Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Chicago and Columbus.
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Next decade
Our ambition
A national institution with a connected presence in every major U.S. market.
Historical milestones are distinct from the next-decade ambition, which describes where NNI is headed, not current operations.
How NNI is organized
One nonprofit parent. Two ways to serve.
NNI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit parent. It runs charitable programs directly, and it owns and oversees a group of specialized social enterprise companies. Select a program to read about it, or a company to open its profile.
501(c)(3) nonprofit parent
The National Neighborhood Initiative
Mission · Governance · Oversight · Coordination
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Run directly by the nonprofit
Charitable Programs
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Where NNI began in Warren in 2016: residents, volunteers and partners organizing cleanups and projects that improve the places they call home.
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NNI organizes neighborhood volunteers for cleanups, projects and charitable initiatives, and for outreach when a community needs it.
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Community development that began in Warren and extended into Cleveland and Cuyahoga County in 2018, with business planning and organizational development that help the work continue beyond any single grant.
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Place-based initiatives, workforce preparation, community engagement and organizational capacity, developed with foundations, public agencies and community partners.
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NNI is listed in SAM.gov’s Disaster Response Registry and acts as one accountable point of contact, coordinating its organizations across preparation, response, recovery and rebuilding.
See the response model
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Operate as businesses, overseen by NNI
Social Enterprise Companies
- NCR – Neighborhood ConstructionDivision: Risk Removers Environmental
- N-Med – Neighborhood MedicalMedical staffing & clinical workforce support
- NBS – Neighborhood Behavioral ServicesWarren Family Recovery, Shaker Family Recovery · clinical workforce
- NTI – Neighborhood Technical InstituteWorkforce education & technical training
- NPS – Neighborhood Property ServicesProperty stewardship & housing development
- NFE – Neighborhood Food EnterprisesFood enterprise & community-based agriculture
- NSS – Neighborhood Security ServicesOhio licensing in progress
- NIT – Neighborhood Intelligence & TechnologyTechnology, innovation & operational systems
Charitable programs are operated by the nonprofit. Social enterprise companies operate as businesses; their net profits support community revitalization through NNI.
Where the money goes
Businesses that serve. A cycle that reinvests.
NNI’s social enterprise companies earn revenue by providing services. After each company covers its operating costs, net profits support community revitalization through NNI, alongside the donations and grants NNI receives directly.
Profits support community revitalization through NNI.
Text description of the diagram: the funding cycle has six steps that repeat. Step 1 leads to step 2 and so on through step 6, which leads back to step 1. Donations and grants are a second input that goes directly to NNI at step 3.
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Clients & customers pay for services
People and organizations pay NNI’s social enterprise companies for services such as care, construction, environmental work, staffing and training.
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Companies cover operating costs
Revenue first pays for running each business: staff and payroll, materials, and licensing and compliance.
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Net profits support NNI
Net profits support community revitalization through NNI, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit parent.
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NNI invests in neighborhoods
NNI funds its charitable programs and neighborhood revitalization: cleanups, volunteer programs, and community and economic development.
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Stronger neighborhoods
Revitalization work helps residents build stronger, more connected neighborhoods.
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More local jobs & demand
Stronger neighborhoods support more local jobs and demand for services, and the cycle continues at step 1.
A second input · directly to NNI (step 3)
Donations & grants
Gifts from donors and grants from foundations and public agencies also go directly to NNI.
The cycle continues: local jobs and demand bring new clients and customers back to step 1.
This diagram shows how funds move through NNI’s model, not amounts. NNI’s financial information, including its tax filings, is published on its Candid profile.
The NNI ecosystem
Eight specialized companies. One strategic vision.
Each company holds defined service and business responsibilities in its own field. For how they fit under the nonprofit parent, see how NNI is organized. Select a company to read its profile.
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NNI
Nonprofit parent
NBSBehavioral Services
NCRConstruction
N-MedNeighborhood Medical
NTITechnical Institute
NPSProperty Services
NFEFood Enterprises
NSSSecurity Services
NITIntelligence & Technology
Quick index
- NCRNeighborhood ConstructionConstruction, restoration & environmental services
- N-MedNeighborhood MedicalMedical staffing & clinical workforce support
- NBSNeighborhood Behavioral ServicesBehavioral health care & clinical workforce
- NTINeighborhood Technical InstituteWorkforce education & technical training
- NPSNeighborhood Property ServicesProperty stewardship & housing development
- NFENeighborhood Food EnterprisesFood enterprise & community-based agriculture
- NSSNeighborhood Security ServicesSecurity services · Ohio licensing in progress
- NITNeighborhood Intelligence & TechnologyTechnology, innovation & operational systems
Homes & environments
Construction, restoration & environmental services
NCR – Neighborhood Construction
Connects construction, rehabilitation and restoration with environmental inspection and hazard reduction through its related brand, Risk Removers Environmental.
Ecosystem role Property improvement & environmental work
Explore services & role
What the company does
NCR brings building work and environmental expertise into the same property conversation: construction, rehabilitation, restoration and project coordination. Risk Removers Environmental adds lead risk assessment, inspection, abatement and hazard reduction, helping partners define and document the work a property needs.
Capabilities
- Construction and property rehabilitation
- Restoration of existing buildings
- Lead risk assessment and environmental inspection
- Lead abatement and hazard reduction
- Project coordination and quality documentation
Related brand
Risk Removers Environmental, connecting inspection and hazard-reduction work with the wider property project.
Project scope, professional credentials and jurisdiction determine which services can be provided.
Health & care
Medical staffing & clinical workforce support
N-Med – Neighborhood Medical
Supports medical workforce planning, staffing coordination and qualification alignment so service organizations can organize dependable coverage.
Ecosystem role Medical workforce support
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What the company does
Neighborhood Medical contributes the medical staffing component of the ecosystem. It connects workforce needs with the qualifications and responsibilities of a particular assignment, working with service organizations on reporting relationships, supervision and continuity of coverage.
Capabilities
- Medical workforce planning
- Coordination of staffing requirements
- Alignment of qualifications and assigned responsibilities
- Support for continuity of medical coverage
Staffing availability and assignments are confirmed individually; the staffing role does not itself establish a clinical service.
Health & care
Behavioral health care & clinical workforce
NBS – Neighborhood Behavioral Services
Delivers mental health, addiction recovery, psychiatric services and practical support through Warren Family Recovery and Shaker Family Recovery, and coordinates the clinical workforce behind that care.
Ecosystem role Behavioral health care & workforce
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What the company does
NBS is NNI’s behavioral health company. Through Warren Family Recovery and Shaker Family Recovery it brings counseling, psychiatric evaluation, medication management, trauma-focused care and case management into the same service relationship, and it coordinates the staffing, orientation and coverage behind that care. Federal Bureau of Prisons community treatment services through the Shaker location connect clinical capacity with reentry needs. Qualified clinical leaders direct and supervise care.
Capabilities
- Mental health and substance-use counseling
- Psychiatric evaluation and medication management
- EMDR and trauma-focused treatment
- Case management and coordinated recovery support
- Federal community treatment services through the Shaker location
- Clinical workforce planning, staffing coordination and orientation
Locations
Warren Family Recovery (WFR), community behavioral health and recovery services in Warren. Shaker Family Recovery (SFR), community behavioral health and recovery services in Greater Cleveland.
WFR and SFR are CARF-accredited. That accreditation covers the services at those locations and does not extend to other NNI entities.
Workforce & enterprise
Workforce education & technical training
NTI – Neighborhood Technical Institute
Aligns workforce education and instructor development with the practical needs of NNI’s environmental and behavioral health organizations.
Ecosystem role Workforce education
Explore services & role
What the company does
NTI is the education component of the ecosystem. NCR’s field work and NBS’s service needs inform its training priorities, relating classroom preparation, instructor development and internal workforce development to the work communities need.
Capabilities
- Workforce education coordination
- Instructor development
- Internal workforce development
- Alignment with environmental and behavioral health team needs
Contact NNI for current training availability and applicable credentials.
Homes & environments
Property stewardship & housing development
NPS – Neighborhood Property Services
Connects property stewardship, housing development planning and construction coordination with NNI’s neighborhood investment objectives.
Ecosystem role Property & housing coordination
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What the company does
NPS is the property-focused company in NNI’s ecosystem. It connects the long-term perspective of property stewardship with housing objectives and the practical work of development. N-HOMES, the housing component, sits within that structure, and coordination with NCR brings construction and environmental expertise into property planning.
Capabilities
- Property stewardship
- Housing development planning
- Coordination with construction and environmental capabilities
- Long-term neighborhood investment planning
Specific properties, housing programs and availability are confirmed directly with NNI.
Community infrastructure
Food enterprise & community-based agriculture
NFE – Neighborhood Food Enterprises
Connects food enterprise and Neighborhood Farms with local business activity, employment opportunities and community partnerships.
Ecosystem role Food enterprise development
Explore services & role
What the company does
NFE represents the food and enterprise component of NNI’s model. Together with Neighborhood Farms, it brings food-related development into the wider conversation about how neighborhoods support jobs, business activity and community connection.
Capabilities
- Food enterprise development
- Neighborhood Farms activities
- Connections to workforce opportunities
- Community partnership development
Contact NNI for current food enterprise activities and partnership opportunities.
Community infrastructure
Private security, investigations & protective services
NSS – Neighborhood Security Services
A security portfolio in development. Ohio licensing is in progress; NSS accepts prospective inquiries only.
Ecosystem role Security portfolio · prospective inquiries
Explore services & role
What the company does
NSS brings the security industry into NNI’s community infrastructure model. Its stated portfolio covers armed and unarmed personnel, private investigations, cybersecurity, security systems, protected transportation and security consulting, connecting with property safety, construction environments and community operations.
Planned areas of work
- Armed and unarmed security personnel
- Private investigations
- Cybersecurity and security systems
- Protected transportation
- Security consulting
Ohio licensing is in progress. NSS accepts prospective inquiries only; regulated security services will be offered only after the required approvals are in place.
Community infrastructure
Technology, innovation & operational systems
NIT – Neighborhood Intelligence & Technology
Supports technology capability and systems planning across the ecosystem, connecting technical resources with practical operating needs.
Ecosystem role Technology & systems coordination
Explore services & role
What the company does
NIT is the technology and innovation component of NNI’s organization. It connects systems planning with the needs of a growing group of companies, including care teams, field operations, training and administration, so those functions can work together.
Capabilities
- Technology capability development
- Operational systems planning
- Support for organizational coordination
- Alignment with care, field operations and training needs
Contact NNI to discuss current technology capabilities.
A connected ecosystem with distinct responsibilities. Each company’s services, staffing, credentials and availability are confirmed for the specific engagement. NNI’s own community and enterprise programs are part of the nonprofit parent, not an additional company.
Our work
Eight fields. One accountable structure.
Each field is led by the organization equipped to deliver it, and connected to the others where families need more than one kind of help.
Behavioral health
NBS · Warren Family Recovery · Shaker Family Recovery
Counseling, psychiatry, addiction recovery and case management in Warren and Greater Cleveland. WFR and SFR are CARF-accredited.
Intensive & next-level treatment
NBS
Clinical staffing and coordination for more intensive behavioral health care. Service availability is confirmed directly.
Schools & prevention
mySHO partnership · SEL360™ · NBS
Social-emotional learning for participating schools and organizations, with a route to licensed behavioral health support when a student needs more.
Environmental safety
NCR · Risk Removers Environmental
Lead risk assessment, inspection, abatement and hazard reduction, joined with construction and restoration so properties return to safe use.
Workforce
N-Med · NBS · NTI
Staffing coordination and workforce education that connect local people with the care and field roles communities depend on.
Government contracting
NNI · with its companies
One contracting point for public agencies, matching each requirement with the right organization and qualified people, with entity-level accountability.
Community development
NNI · neighborhood programs
Where it began: residents, volunteers and partners organizing cleanups and projects that improve the places they call home.
Economic & business development
NNI · NPS · NFE · NIT
Business planning, organizational development and mission-aligned enterprise that help the work continue beyond any single grant.
Coordination respects each person’s choices and applicable authorization requirements. Fields of work do not imply guaranteed service availability in every market.
Disaster response & recovery
When disaster strikes, the whole ecosystem responds.
NNI is listed in SAM.gov’s Disaster Response Registry. This model shows how its organizations could work together across preparation, response, recovery and rebuilding, coordinated by one accountable nonprofit parent.
Discuss disaster response capacityPrepare
Plans, partner agreements, volunteer rosters and community readiness before an event.
Respond
Immediate support for people: outreach, crisis counseling, staffing, food access and coordination.
Recover
Assessment, environmental testing, repairs and continued care as households stabilize.
Rebuild
Safe reconstruction, housing stability and local jobs that leave communities stronger.
Who does what
The National Neighborhood Initiative
Coordination & volunteer mobilization
One accountable point of contact for agencies. Organizes neighborhood volunteers for cleanup and outreach, as it has since 2016, and connects each household with the organization equipped to help.
Neighborhood Behavioral Services
Crisis counseling, behavioral health & staffing surge
Through Warren Family Recovery and Shaker Family Recovery: counseling and behavioral health support for survivors, families and responders, continuity of care for current clients, and clinical staffing support for partners facing increased demand.
Neighborhood Medical
Medical workforce support
Medical staffing support for care partners and community sites that need additional qualified people.
Neighborhood Construction
Assessment, repair & rebuilding
Damage assessment, emergency repairs, restoration and reconstruction that return homes and community buildings to safe use.
Risk Removers Environmental
Environmental hazard testing
An NCR division: mold and moisture assessment after flooding, asbestos surveys and lead inspections before demolition or renovation, and clearance testing after remediation.
Neighborhood Property Services
Housing stabilization
Property stewardship and coordination that help displaced households and damaged properties move toward stable housing.
Neighborhood Food Enterprises
Community food access
With Neighborhood Farms, food enterprise capacity that can support community food access during response and recovery.
Neighborhood Technical Institute
Recovery workforce preparation
Preparing local residents for recovery work, such as hazard-awareness and lead-safe practices, so rebuilding creates local jobs.
Training is offered as course approvals are in place.
Neighborhood Intelligence & Technology
Information & coordination systems
Technology to track requests, coordinate volunteers and services, and keep partners working from the same information.
Neighborhood Security Services
Site security planning
Security planning for shelters, distribution points and recovery sites.
Available only after NSS’s Ohio licensing is complete.
This is an illustrative capability model, not a record of past disaster deployments. Services, capacity, credentials and availability are confirmed for each engagement, and regulated work is performed only by appropriately licensed organizations. NNI is not an emergency service: in an emergency, call 911.
A real place. An expanding purpose.
Rooted in Ohio. Looking toward the nation.
Warren is where the Initiative began. Cleveland is home to our national headquarters. The relationships built in these communities continue to shape the institution we are building.
People at the center
Behind every organization are people who show up, work together and invest in their communities. These moments come from NNI’s own archive.
Our operating footprint
Rooted in Ohio. Connected across regions.
Our Northeast Ohio foundation and the mySHO partnership connect NNI with six markets in four states. Select a market to see its role.
Northeast Ohio foundation
mySHO partnership markets
Ohio · Founding community
Warren
Where the Initiative began in 2016 as the Warren Neighborhood Initiative, with neighborhood cleanups, volunteer projects and local partnerships.
- Founding community of NNI
- Warren Family Recovery (NBS) behavioral health services
- Community development and volunteer programs
The national ambition
A connected presence in every major U.S. market. Built through local expertise, accountable operations and lasting partnerships.
This is where NNI is headed, not its current footprint. Services and delivery arrangements vary by market and participating organization.
For foundations
One investment. Multiple outcomes.
Because NNI’s organizations share governance and referral pathways, a single grant can reach a family’s health, home and economic stability, with one accountable nonprofit parent coordinating the work.
Discuss place-based initiatives, workforce preparation, community engagement and organizational capacity. We will identify the charitable purpose, participating entities and evidence needed to evaluate a proposed investment.
Start a foundation conversation
NBS to NCR
A healthier home
A family in care can be referred for a lead-hazard assessment of their home.
N-Med to NBS
A stronger care team
Local staff are recruited and prepared for care programs.
mySHO to NBS
A school partnership
Students who need more can be connected to licensed care.
NTI to NCR · NBS
A prepared workforce
Training priorities follow the real needs of field and care teams.
Pathways illustrate how capabilities can be coordinated. They do not imply automatic enrollment or guaranteed availability, and coordination respects each person’s choices and authorization requirements.
For government agencies
Capability statement.
One contracting partner with an ecosystem of capability, and entity-level accountability for every engagement.
Request the full statement- Legal name
- The National Neighborhood Initiative
- Status
- 501(c)(3) public charity
- EIN
- 81-3499140
- Founded
- 2016 · Warren, Ohio
- Headquarters
- 12600 Triskett Rd., Cleveland, Ohio 44111
- Point of contact
- admin@wnipride.org
- UEI · CAGE
- FWHFVMMA3AN9 · 7UT99
- NAICS codes
- 541611 Administrative & general management consulting (primary)
541690 Other scientific & technical consulting
813410 Civic & social organizations - SAM.gov registration
- Active · expires July 16, 2027 · View record ↗
- Disaster Response Registry
- Listed on SAM.gov · See our response model ↓
- Socioeconomic classifications
- Black American Owned · Minority-Owned Business · Community Development Corporation
- Past performance
- View on Candid ↗
Core capabilities
- Behavioral health
- Intensive & next-level treatment
- Schools & prevention
- Environmental safety
- Workforce
- Government contracting
- Community development
- Economic & business development
Company portfolio
NBS · NCR · N-Med · NTI · NPS · NFE · NSS · NIT
Differentiator
Clinical, environmental, workforce and enterprise capacity coordinated under one nonprofit parent.
How an engagement works
Define the requirement
Scope, deliverables and compliance needs set with the agency.
Assemble capability
The right organization and qualified people matched to each task.
Deliver accountably
Clear agreements, budgets and professional supervision per entity.
Report
Milestones and reporting set to the agreement’s requirements.
Governance & accountability
One mission. Clear accountability.
The strength of an ecosystem comes from knowing what each part is responsible for. The organizational chart shows the structure; here is how accountability works within it.
NNI sets the direction.
The nonprofit parent provides mission, strategic priorities and organizational oversight.
Specialized teams carry the work.
Operating entities, including mission-aligned for-profit enterprises, hold defined service and business responsibilities.
Coordination is intentional.
Clear agreements, budgets, reporting relationships and professional supervision. Shared mission never replaces entity-specific accountability.
Transparency documents
NNI’s organizational and financial information, including its tax filings, is published on its Candid nonprofit profile.
The people behind the direction
Leadership for the whole picture.
Board oversight, executive coordination, financial stewardship and specialized operating leadership support NNI’s long-term mission.
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D’Andre Bowers
Founder · Board Chair · President & CEO
Sets organization-wide direction, aligns the enterprises with NNI’s mission, and develops the leadership capacity needed for responsible growth.
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Michael Audia
Board Vice Chair
Supports board leadership, strategic deliberation, and oversight of the organization’s long-term direction.
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Tyler Wesolowski
CFO · Secretary-Treasurer
Leads financial stewardship, reporting, budgeting, and the financial coordination that supports the ecosystem.
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Michael Mikulski
Chief Operating Officer
Coordinates operational execution and helps translate organizational priorities into dependable daily processes.
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Najee Pate
Chief of Staff · Human Resources
Coordinates executive priorities, leadership communication, and human resources processes across the organization.
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Draye Luton
Vice President · Community Leadership
Supports community relationships, local initiative development, and the connection between NNI’s mission and neighborhood needs.
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James LaPolla, Esq.
General Counsel
Provides legal guidance to leadership on organizational matters, agreements, and governance responsibilities.
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