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Invest in Civic Engagement and Community Development

For more than 50 years, CFN has evolved with the work Louisville neighborhoods need most. As funding priorities shift, we are building the next generation of neighborhood support: using AI to bring civic education and policy knowledge to scale, connecting resident leadership to planning and investment, and creating new pathways to community ownership.


Our investment strategy is built around a simple idea: keep strengthening the work that matters and keep finding better ways to sustain it.

Ways to get involved

Every neighborhood’s path is different. Some are just beginning to organize. Others are ready to build, invest, or scale. CFN exists to support all of it without rushing the process or skipping the people.


If you’re ready to engage, learn, plan, or invest in the future of Louisville neighborhoods, we’re ready to walk alongside you.

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Neighborhood election poster with houses and a hand placing a ballot into a box at sunset

Your Neighborhood Is on the Ballot

By Center For Neighborhoods • September 8, 2026
When a vote like HB 8 exempting companies from data center taxes comes up, the calculation is straightforward: the companies lobbying for the exemption are organized, present, and paying attention. Most residents are not. The bill passes.

The NDA Loophole: How Data Center Deals Can Start Before Neighbors Know

By Center For Neighborhoods • August 26, 2026
Louisville just hit pause on new data centers. But here’s the bigger question: what can happen before the public ever knows a project exists?
Protest scene with signs in a city, overlaid with headline “When the rules leave neighborhoods out”

When the Rules Leave Neighborhoods Out

By Center For Neighborhoods • August 19, 2026
CFN analyzed the proposed framework of the recent data center vote in Louisville so neighbors and neighborhood organizations have what they need to engage.