About

Intend Indiana (Intend) is a non-profit that connects people to opportunity and advances collaborative community development through equitable financing and housing solutions.

Intend is the result of Renew Indianapolis and King Park Development Corporation joining together in 2020 to leverage the strengths and expertise of two successful organizations. Intend focuses on four main initiatives:

• Affordable HomeMatters (Housing Development) — Provides equitable and affordable homeownership opportunities.
• Build Fund (Small Business Lending) — A certified CDFI that connects underserved businesses to equitable financing.
• Edge Fund (Affordable Housing Lending) — A certified CDFI that offers flexible financing that creates equitable and affordable housing opportunities.
• Renew Landbank (Vacant & Abandoned Properties) — Partners with communities to return vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties to productive use.

Intend partners with community-based organizations, non-profits, foundations, banks, and state and local governments to leverage resources and deliver impactful programs designed to meet the needs of the community.  Intend Indiana is a chartered member of NeighborWorks America.

Our Mission

Intend Indiana connects people to opportunity and advances collaborative community development through equitable financing and housing solutions.

Our Core Values

• Accountability: Committing to openness, responsibility, transparency and alignment in all the work we do
• Collaboration: Emphasizing the impact of working together by building and sustaining dynamic partnerships to achieve collective community goals
• Empathy: Recognizing and acknowledging the experiences and viewpoints of others
• Equity: Actively working to create fair opportunities and outcomes for all to ensure that everyone has the freedom and resources to thrive
• Innovation: Developing creative approaches to how we address existing challenges

Our Theory of Change

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