The Greenlining Institute | 14,502 followers on LinkedIn. Building a Nation Where Communities of Color Thrive and Race is Never a Barrier to Opportunity. | Founded in 1993, The Greenlining Institute envisions a nation where communities of color thrive and race is never a barrier to economic opportunity. Because people of color will be the majority of our population by 2044, America will prosper only if communities of color prosper. Greenlining advances economic opportunity and empowerment for people of color through advocacy, community and coalition building, research, and leadership development.