Community-Oriented Market Design for Nonprofit Resource Exchange

The authors thank Mike Mitchell for conceptualizing SWAP and championing nonprofits; Rita Hamlet and Kristopher Madore for coordination and legal support; Elise Deshusses for early-stage experiment design and execution; Özge Aygül, Utku Yakar, and Aditya Madabhushi for refining the SWAP Hub; and P. J. Sawchuk and Christina Bauer for operational support. The present paper is an extended version of a conference paper first appearing at ACM EAAMO 2023. The authors are grateful to Oleg Prokopyev, Faidra Monachou, and Vahideh Manshadi for insightful discussions that have improved the manuscript. The authors also thank the National Science Foundation for supporting this work, as well as the T. Rowe Price Foundation, Barbara Shapiro, Paul Wolman, and the France-Merrick Foundation for initial funding of the SWAP Hub. Finally, the authors sincerely thank the Association of Community Services, Baltimore Community ToolBank, Baltimore Tree Trust, Break a Difference, Bridges to Housing Stability, Columbia Housing Center, Evolving Minds, Glass Soldier, Luminus, MakingChange, Maryland Works, Neighbor Ride, Reveille Grounds, Science is Elemental, ShareBaby, and numerous other nonprofits for their partnership in organizing events and participating in SWAP episodes. Their collaboration made this research possible.