D2D Partners and Affiliates
D2D works with, learns from and serves a wide range of organizations and institutions, including:
Community Organizations
- Community Action Project of Tulsa County (Tulsa, OK) partnered with D2D in the creation and testing of Refunds to Assets in every tax season since 2004.
- Boston EITC Coalition (Boston, MA) has offered savings bonds as an R2A-IV and R2A-V site
- Baltimore CASH (Rochester, NY) has offered savings bonds as an R2A-IV and R2A-V site
- The Center for Economic Progress (Chicago, IL) has participated in R2A-III and R2A-V
- Rochester CASH (Rochester, NY) participated in R2A-V
- The Campaign for Working Families (Philadelphia, PA) participated in R2A-V
- Nehemiah Gateway Community Development Corporation (Wilmington, DE) participated in R2A-V
Industry
- H&R Block and H&R Block Bank (Kansas City, MO) have been key partners in R2A, providing a platform to offer refund-splitting (R2A3) and US Savings Bonds (R2A-IV and R2A-V) at VITA sites at no cost to tax clients.
- Bank of Oklahoma (Tulsa, OK) partnered with CAPTC and D2D to offer Refunds to Assets in Tulsa in 2004 and helped to expand the program in the 2005 tax season.
- FleetBoston Financial (now Bank of America) (Boston, MA) launched an extensive product development effort with D2D to pilot test Online IDA.
- SunGard Data Systems (Birmingham, AL) through its Employee Benefit Systems division has been D2D's key partner in the development of Online IDA, which runs on SunGard's flagship OmniPlus recordkeeping system.
- Centra Credit Union (Clarksville, IN) partnered with D2D and Harvard Business School to launch the first test of a Prize-Linked Savings product in the U.S.
- The Filene Research Institute (Madison, WI) has supported D2D’s ZMET consumer research and introduced D2D to credit union partners for Prize-Linked Savings and other initiatives.
- Wright-Patt Credit Union (Dayton, OH) has tested the findings of D2D’s ZMET research in a marketing campaign tailored to low and moderate income households.
- Nets to Ladders (Austin, TX) joined forces with D2D to develop “SavingsPoint,” a remote deposit account opening system for financial institutions and community organizations.
- Metaversal Studios (Boston, MA) is partnering with D2D to complete design and demo work for the financial literacy video game library.
- Deloitte Consulting (Boston, MA) is providing pro bono consulting services to assist D2D with financial literacy video game initiative
- Enspire Learning (Austin, TX) is working with D2D to develop, test, and deploy the first prototype financial literacy casual video game. Skillpoint Alliance (Austin, TX) is also collaborating with D2D and Enspire for user-testing.
Funders
- The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- The Ford Foundation
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- The Wal-Mart Foundation
National Non-Profit & Policy Organizations
- National Community Tax Coalition
- The Corporation for Enterprise Development (CfED)
- New America Foundation
- The United Way of America
- The Aspen Institute