The Resilient Community Impact Funds (RCIFunds)
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The Resilient Community Impact Funds (RCIFunds)
The Resilient Community Impact Funds (RCIFunds) is an emerging funding platform that brings together public and private partners to secure a resilient future in the cities we live in. With more than half of the world’s population living in urban areas and expected to reach 70 percent by 2050, urgent action is required to ensure our cities can withstand the effects of multiple shocks and stresses.
The RCIFunds will provide cities with the connections and resources to secure that resilient future. The RCIFunds platform is the first of its kind to focus on building holistic, equitable resilience that generates measurable reductions in vulnerability around the world.
The RCIFunds leverages funding from local and global institutions, while engaging city programs and budgets to invest with a return on ”Resilience Value.” Projects are designed to deliver co-benefits that are key to planning and retaining holistic resilience with a focus on equity in urban communities.

It designed to be flexible and provide catalytic grant funding for resilience projects from multiple donors. Under the platform, the sub-funds are aligned with R-Cities priority themes and programs, and can be geographically specific . As partnerships evolve and scale, our impact on the ground will grow.
The initial phase of fundraising and funds disbursement will focus on projects and programs prioritized by Chief Resilience Officers (CROs) and cities themselves, as well as the thematic action areas created by Resilient Cities Network, its Global Steering Committee of CROs, and the RCIFund Advisory Board.
Resilient Cities Network will raise funds for the RCIFund, targeting a minimum fund size of $10 million USD over the next two years, to be put towards prioritized resilience projects. Funding can support project preparation, innovative pilots, small to medium scale projects, as well as act to further leverage and layer funding on the ground for larger projects from key financing and grant making stakeholders.
Click here to learn more about the Resilient Community Impact Funds (RCIFunds)
For more info on Resilient Community Impact Funds and North America Climate Resilience Program, please contact rcifund@resilientcitiesnetwork.org
At R-Cities, we are building partnerships to design, invest and scale urban resilience solutions worldwide to make urban communities thrive in the face of acute shocks and chronic stresses.
The Resilience Prospectus: North America, is a compilation of 52 priority resilience projects submitted by 19 network cities in the United States and Canada. Throughout the Prospectus you will learn about each city’s resilience objectives, project descriptions and the impact of each project, and who to contact for more information.
R-Cities’ Resilient Community Impact Funds (RCIFunds) platform is a funding vehicle established to support investments in projects such as those highlighted in this prospectus – please contact us to learn about other opportunities across the global network as well!
Cities cannot do this work alone. Resilience requires public, private and philanthropic partnerships. Cities are seeking funding and partners to assist with implementing these important initiatives. Together we can increase urban resilience!
If you have interest or questions on any of the projects or the RCIFunds, please reach out at RCIFund@resilientcitiesnetwork.org.
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