GoodCities

What GoodCities does

GoodCities is a US-based non-profit organization founded in 2007 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, that develops city-focused leadership and collaboration programs for faith-based and community organizations. Its stated mission is to discover, support, and serve vibrant city movements by building processes that cultivate thriving cities, anchored in a faith-rooted definition of "a good city" — one marked by meaningful employment, healthy families, servant leadership, and measurable common-good outcomes.

The organization's core service portfolio comprises four branded programs: City Impact Accelerator (a structured multi-sector collaboration process addressing literacy, health, workforce development, and job creation), City Convene (regional leadership development conferences for city leaders), City Coach (expert one-on-one and team coaching for ministry and city-movement leaders), and the City Impact Roundtable (a strategic-conversation initiative for senior leaders). Service delivery is facilitation- and coaching-led rather than technology-led; there is no proprietary software platform, app, or AI component — the stated technology stack relies on proven collaboration processes, expert coaching methodologies, and in-person team gatherings. Notable disclosed outcomes include the Salvation Army Orlando securing $1M for a Landlord-to-Tenant Program and the Salvation Army Kansas City being guided through a collaboration to end functional homelessness.

Commercially, GoodCities operates as a donation-funded 501(c)-style non-profit, accepting one-time and recurring contributions via PayPal and credit/debit card. It generates no enterprise SaaS revenue, discloses no pricing, and has no institutional investors, parent company, or acquisitions. The customer base is composed primarily of faith-based nonprofits (multiple Salvation Army branches, churches, ministries such as The Luis Palau Evangelistic Association and Love Akron) and government/civic partners (Mayors' Offices, county commissioners), with documented program delivery across at least eight US metros. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven, relying on City Convene conferences (regional, drivable-distance format), accelerator engagements with locally selected cross-sector teams, and direct consultation requests.

Name

GoodCities

Legal name

GoodCities

Website

https://goodcities.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GoodCities is a US non-profit founded in 2007 and based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, that develops city-focused leadership and collaboration programs — including the City Impact Accelerator, City Convene conferences, and City Coach services — for faith-based nonprofits, civic leaders, and cross-sector community coalitions across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (81341), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Capacity Building & Nonprofit Infrastructure Funders (BPAGAKAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD), Community Engagement & Service-Learning Partnerships (EDALAOAI), Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

Keywords

• Community leadership development
• Cross-sector collaboration programs
• Faith-based leadership coaching
• City movement facilitation
• Nonprofit leadership consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Eden Prairie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: GoodCities operates as a non-profit organization that raises funds through one-time and recurring donations. The organization accepts donations via PayPal and credit/debit cards, with recurring donations managed through PayPal accounts. Donations support the organization's mission to develop leaders who advance the common good of cities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GoodCities delivers leadership development and cross-sector collaboration programs designed to help city leaders and faith-based organizations drive measurable community impact. Its core offerings are the City Impact Accelerator (a structured collaboration process for multi-sector teams), City Convene (leadership development conferences), and City Coach (expert coaching for facilitators of city movements). The organization operates as a non-profit, working with leaders from government, business, philanthropy, education, and faith-based sectors.

Product overview

GoodCities offers a portfolio of leadership development and collaboration services organized around three primary offerings: the City Impact Accelerator (a structured collaboration process for multi-sector teams addressing community challenges), City Convene (leadership development conferences), and City Coach (expert coaching for ministry leaders). Additionally, the City Impact Roundtable serves as an initiative for strategic leader engagement. These services work together to develop leaders who advance the common good of cities through cross-sector partnerships, coaching, and peer learning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• City Impact Accelerator: A proven collaboration process that helps teams quickly innovate and implement solutions to societal issues like literacy, health, workforce development and job creation.
• City Convene
• City Coach

Quantifiable outcome

• Salvation Army Orlando secured $1 million for Landlord to Tenant Program; $10 million in additional projects in progress
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Leadership Network: Faith-based leadership development organization that incubates city and church movements. Most directly comparable because GoodCities' City Coach (Reggie McNeal) was previously its Missional Leadership Specialist for a decade, indicating shared DNA in church/city leadership development.
• Mission America Coalition: National coalition convening city and community ministries across the U.S. Highly comparable — Dr. Glenn Barth was its founding COO and National Facilitator — and both organizations pursue cross-sector collaboration for city transformation.

Others

• The Gallup Organization: Analytics and consulting firm where Dr. Reggie McNeal previously consulted on leadership projects. Comparable as an adjacent leadership-research and advisory provider, though operating in the for-profit commercial sector.
• Gridwell: Consulting and advisory firm cited as a GoodCities customer at City Convene. Comparable as a partner organization participating in GoodCities' leadership convenings and serving civic/mission-aligned clients.

Broad incumbents

• Knight Foundation: Major U.S. foundation investing in city success and civic engagement. Comparable as a funder/intermediary focused on cross-sector city vitality, though at significantly greater scale and from a secular philanthropic angle.
• Habitat for Humanity International: Large faith-affiliated nonprofit mobilizing cross-sector partnerships to address community housing challenges. Comparable in bringing together faith, civic, and corporate actors around tangible community outcomes, but operating at vastly larger scale.
• The Brookings Institution: Public policy think tank producing research on cities, metropolitan economies, and civic infrastructure. Comparable as an authority shaping the agenda GoodCities' civic and government clients operate within, but at very different scale and as research rather than convening.

Regional players

• Bakke Graduate University: Christian graduate university offering the D.Min. in Transformational Leadership for the Global City — the program Dr. Glenn Barth holds — and whose current president (Dr. Bryan McCabe) sits on GoodCities' board. Comparable as a feeder of aligned leaders and as a peer in faith-rooted leadership formation.

Emerging players

• Praxis: Faith-based nonprofit that funds and develops leaders working at the intersection of faith, work, and community. Comparable as a faith-rooted leadership and community-development intermediary serving a similar leader persona.
• The Lunsford Foundation: Faith-rooted city movement organization focused on catalyzing collaborative leadership in U.S. cities. Comparable in mission framing and target audience of city pastors and civic leaders seeking Gospel-centered community impact.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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