Putting Assets to Work (PAW) is an incubator program designed to help cities and counties leverage existing government assets to generate new revenue for impact-oriented programs without raising taxes on citizens.

Led by Ben McAdams, former U.S. Representative and Senior Fellow for the Sorenson Impact Institute, the Institute produced proposals for the PAW program implementation in six U.S. cities. The Institute developed strategy recommendations to leverage underutilized assets, work alongside private and philanthropic partners to make those assets generate revenue, and use the revenue to address societal and environmental needs to benefit the community.