Institute for Community Research

Name

Institute for Community Research

Legal name

Institute for Community Research

Website

https://icrweb.org/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Institute for Community Research offers applied and action research partnerships for healthy communities and organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community-Based Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Sexual Health & STI/HIV Prevention Health Departments (HLAJAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Student Wellness & Prevention Programs (Substance Use, Sexual Health, Bullying) (EDAJAIAG), Crisis Response & Threat Assessment (Suicide Prevention, Violence Prevention) (EDAJAIAH)

Keywords

• Participatory action research
• Public health research
• Youth development programs
• Nonprofit research services
• Community-based research

Headquarters

HQ city

Hartford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: ICR generated over $100,000,000 in federal, state, local, foundation and private donor funds for creative socio/cultural and health related programs, which it shared equitably with its community and university partners. This represents the primary revenue source for the organization's research and programming activities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Institute for Community Research (ICR) is a nonprofit community-based research organization that conducts participatory research on health, mental health, substance use, and cultural issues affecting urban communities. It develops and applies Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) methodologies, partnering with academic institutions, public agencies, and community organizations to design, implement, and evaluate interventions.

Product overview

The Institute for Community Research (ICR) operates as a community-based research organization rather than a traditional product company. Its offerings span multiple research programs, intervention methodologies, cultural programs, and alliances. Core services include Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) training and programs. Major research programs cover HIV/AIDS prevention (including the Risk Avoidance Partnership/RAP peer intervention and HIV Care Continuum System Dynamics Model), children and youth health, older adult health, international health, and substance use prevention. Cultural programs include the Jean J. Schensul Community Gallery, the Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CHAP), and the Urban Artists Initiative. ICR also maintains multiple alliance networks (Youth Action Hub, Community Research Alliance, OHRSA, West Hartford Prevention Partnership, Youth Food Justice Alliance) and offers specialized research methodologies including mixed methods research, Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS), system dynamics modeling, and social network analysis. ICR publishes the Ethnographer's Toolkit (7-book series) through Bloomsbury. The organization generated over $100,000,000 in research funding and trained over 125 graduate students over its 37-year history.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jean J. Schensul Community Gallery: A venue for exhibiting the work of contemporary urban artists and traditional culture bearers, named in honor of ICR's founding director.
• Cultural Heritage Arts Program (CHAP)
• Urban Artists Initiative (UAI)

Products and services

• Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Services Applied community-based participatory research on health disparities, substance use, mental health, and social issues affecting urban communities, delivered for academic, government, and foundation clients.
• Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Programs Youth-focused participatory research and leadership development programs using the YPAR methodology, engaging young people in studying and addressing issues in their own communities.
• Health and Intervention Research Programs Research and evaluation studies on public health, substance use, mental health, and cultural issues, including design and assessment of community-level interventions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Generated over $100,000,000 in grant funding over 40 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of Connecticut (UConn)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-decade partnership with UConn Health Department of Community Medicine (now Department of Public Health Sciences) and UConn Center on Aging and UConn School of Dental Medicine for collaborative research projects in HIV, older adult health, and oral health research
• Mauritius Family Planning AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarly international collaboration exploring ideas about sex and intimate relationships among young women and men working in the international industrial sector
• University of Peradeniya, Sri LankacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Departments of Pediatrics and Sociology on HIV related intervention research investigating gender differences in intimacy, sex, and sexual risk behavior among college students and youth in Kandy, Sri Lanka
• Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), ChinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaboration including work on ethnography of service workers, acute respiratory disease/pneumonia, tobacco use, and nearly a decade of HIV prevention research with commercial sex workers in southern China
• Capital Institute of Pediatrics (CIP), ChinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContinued collaboration with CIP on pneumonia diagnosis and referral research, and HIV related studies with public health researchers at PUMC
• International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple HIV related studies with counterparts at IIPS focused on rural male sexual health, HIV prevention in married couples, and alcohol consumption as HIV driver among young men in Mumbai
• Guangdong Provincial CDC, ChinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative studies on sociocultural aspects of HIV risk behaviors among people who injected drugs and synthetic drug abuse from 2002 onwards
• Lanzhou University, ChinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on UNICEF funded breast feeding projects with qualitative studies conducted in remote rural Northwest China
• Universidad Peruano Cayetano Heredia, PeruminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation through University of Connecticut for student exchanges and research on the evolution and development of asentimientos humanos in Lima
• Fundación Antidrogas Salvadoreña (FUNDASALVA), El SalvadorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormative research on the social context of crack use and sexual risk-taking in communities in the San Salvador metropolitan area
• North Central Area Agency on Aging (NCAAA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership spanning nearly 40 years for research, education, and advocacy with older adults including HIV research, depression studies, and COVID-19 research in senior housing
• Braceland Center of the Institute of Living, Hartford HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Alzheimer's Disease education and mental health research with older adults, producing manuals in English and Spanish and onsite counseling programs
• West Indian FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on chronic health problems including diabetes management, cardiovascular problems, and lung and breathing problems with community-oriented providers
• Youth Action HubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnduring alliance focused on youth homelessness advocacy and action
• Oral Health Research, Service and Advocacy Alliance (OHRSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStatewide network of researchers, policy makers, state agency representatives, and resident stakeholders focused on oral health and older adults advocacy
• Community Research Alliance (CRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnduring alliance focused on community partnered research and capacity building
• Youth Food Justice AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliance focused on youth food justice initiatives
• West Hartford Prevention PartnershipminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnduring alliance focused on substance abuse prevention, continued under West Hartford Department of Social Services guidance
• New Haven School SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeven-year multi-funded study introducing social development curriculum to 5th, 6th and 7th grade students with sex risk prevention, substance use prevention, and HIV risk avoidance components
• National Institute of Research on Reproductive Health (NIRRH), IndiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on seminal study addressing use of smokeless tobacco among women of reproductive years in Mumbai
• International Center for Research on Women, DelhiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in HIV study focused on relationships between younger married couples in India
• Population Council DelhiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in HIV study on married couples intervention research in India

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Prevention Institute: A nonprofit that develops frameworks and tools for community-based prevention research and action on health equity, violence, and trauma. Highly comparable to ICR as a CBRO focused on translating research into community-level change through alliances and capacity building.
• Community Science: A consulting firm that partners with foundations, government agencies, and communities to conduct participatory action research, evaluation, and capacity building. Directly comparable to ICR's community-based participatory research model and alliance-based delivery approach.
• Wellesley Institute: A Toronto-based research and policy organization advancing health equity and social justice through applied research. Comparable to ICR in its focus on health disparities, marginalized communities, and translating research into structural change.
• PolicyLink: A national research and action institute advancing racial and economic equity through community-driven policy change. Comparable in mission, community-engaged research approach, and focus on marginalized populations.
• WestEd: A nonprofit applied research and evaluation organization working on health, education, and community wellbeing with participatory methods. Comparable to ICR's use of mixed-methods participatory research and alliance networks for community impact.
• Trust for America's Health: A nonprofit policy and research organization focused on community-based public health prevention, including HIV, substance use, and health equity. Comparable to ICR's emphasis on community-driven prevention research and translation into policy advocacy.

Broad incumbents

• Urban Institute: A major economic and social policy research organization conducting community-focused studies on health, housing, and equity at scale. Comparable in research rigor and topic areas (health disparities, vulnerable populations), but much larger in scope and footprint than ICR.
• RAND Corporation: A large nonprofit research institution conducting health, social, and policy research with significant community-engaged methods. Overlaps with ICR in health research, social network analysis, and community intervention design, but operates at much greater scale and broader scope.
• CDC Prevention Research Centers Program: A network of academic research centers funded by CDC conducting community-based participatory research on chronic disease prevention. Directly comparable to ICR's CBRO model, HIV and chronic disease focus, and training of graduate researchers in participatory methods.

Emerging players

• AcademyHealth: A health services research membership organization that convenes researchers and disseminates community-engaged health research. Comparable as an adjacent player in the health research dissemination ecosystem where ICR operated.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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