$1.0M in expenses

Independent business - the independent business initiative champions locally owned businesses, leads efforts to fight the unchecked power of corporate giants like walmart and amazon, and seeks to reverse the government policies that work against these small, independent businesses.

$1.4M in expenses

Communications - ilsrs communications outreach program builds relationships with reporters, media outlets, and other allies to gain widespread coverage of our reports, activities, and perspectives on critical policy issues. Our communications team is responsible for our web site, social media networks and delivering content via ilsrs various newsletters and podcasts, including our flagship channel,building local power, which continues to lift up successful grassroots campaigns and popularize understanding of anti-monopoly strategy and policy across a range of economic sectors. Our communications program also holds pass- through grant funds from a number of foundations that are distributed to a network of grassroots organizations that are part of the athena coalition

$1.6M in expenses

Community broadband networks - the community broadband network initiative promotes locally rooted, democratically accountable broadband networks that provide fast, affordable and reliable internet access to all americans.

$2.0M in expenses

Energy democracy - our energy democracy initiative empowers households and communities to produce their own local, clean, and renewable energy and oppose the excessive power of monopoly utilities. The public good - this initiative works to change the narrative that currently views the private sector as sacred and the public sector as inherently harmful. The program identifies research that challenges this narrative and educates the general public about the benefits of public goods and the risks attendent to a culture providing immense subsidies to privatization in all sectors. Composting for community - our composting for community initiative is advancing local composting to cut food loss, enhance soils, protect the climate, and create jobs through advocacy, training, research, education, and coalition building. Waste to wealth - the waste to wealth initiative provides hands-on technical assistance, as well as vital research, to help community organizations, government agencies, and private businesses convert discarded materials from environmental and economic liabilities into valuable resources that add value to the local economy while enhancing community resilience and development opportunities.