Citizens Committee For New York City Inc

TO HELP NEW YORKERS - ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOW-INCOME AREAS - COME TOGETHER AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY'S MISSION IS TO HELP NEW YORKERS - ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOW-INCOME AREAS - COME TOGETHER AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. FOR DECADES WE HAVE BEEN DELIVERING PROGRAMS FROM OUR FOUNDATION AS FACILITATORS FOCUSED ON AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES TO UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. TODAY, WE ARE OFTEN THE FIRST FUNDER OF COMMUNITY LEADERS IN NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) COMMUNITIES IN LOW- TO- MODERATE INCOME (LMI) NEIGHBORHOODS.PROGRAMS AND SERVICES: OUR PROGRAMS COMBINE THE POWER OF GRANTMAKING WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, AND NETWORKING TO EMPOWER NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITIES. WE PROVIDE OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS WITH A MYRIAD OF PATHWAYS THAT DEEPEN COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF THEIR COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES, ACCELERATE LEADERSHIP SKILLS, AND PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH SUPPORT THROUGH OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH CAREFULLY CURATED ORGANIZATIONS THAT COMPLEMENT OUR WORK.FOR NEARLY FIVE DECADES, CITIZENSNYC HAS HELPED NYC NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GRASSROOTS ENGAGEMENT WITH STRATEGIES TO ENSURE NO NEW YORKER IS LEFT BEHIND.THREE AREAS OF CITIZENSNYCS PROGRAMMING INCLUDE:1) COMMUNITY LEADER GRANTS, ALSO KNOWN AS CITIZENSNYCS ALL IN NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS PROGRAM, SERVES CBOS DRIVING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS2) NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANTS, ALSO KNOWN AS CITIZENSNYCS NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANTS PROGRAM, SERVES COMMUNITY BUSINESSES DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH 3) THOUGHT LEADERSHIP (CITIZENSNYC:LIVE) AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS ENTAILS A COMPREHENSIVE PORTFOLIO OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND NETWORKING SPACES THAT BRING NEW YORKERS TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN NEW YORK COMMUNITIES.WE FOCUS ON FACILITATING COMMUNITY BUILDING, PROVIDING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND VITAL NETWORKS, ADVANCING RACIAL JUSTICE, AND ENSURING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONG OUR GRANTEE PARTNERS.OUR WORK IS INTENTIONALLY GRANTEE- LED, INITIATED, IMPLEMENTED, AND SUSTAINED. WE PROVIDE GRASSROOTS GROUPS WITH THE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO BUILD SUSTAINED CAPACITY AS CRITICAL COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS BY LEVERAGING THEIR MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY ASSETS- THEIR PEOPLE. THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR PROGRAMS RESTS FIRMLY IN OUR INTENTIONALITY TO CREATE A LEADERSHIP PIPELINE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.WE CENTER BIPOC COMMUNITIES FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY- INITIATED AND LED PROJECTS THAT LEAD TO PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE, WITH 69% OF THE GROUPS WE SERVE IDENTIFYING AS WOMEN, OVER 80% AS BIPOC, AND 98% IN LMI COMMUNITIES. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: IN 2021, OUR ALL IN NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS (AING) PROGRAM AWARDED $1.1 MILLION DIRECTLY TO GRASSROOTS LEADERS ON THE FRONTLINES OF REBUILDING NYC; 278 PROJECTS IN 123 NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL 5 BOROUGHS RECEIVED MICRO- FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY PROJECTS. SINCE INCEPTION IN 2020, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS GRANTS (NBG) PROGRAM HAS AWARDED OVER $1,000,000 TO OVER 100 COMMUNITY BUSINESSES AND RECEIVED OVER 12,000 APPLICATIONS FROM ALL FIVE BOROUGHS. IN 2021, 31 CITIZENSNYC: LIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAMS WITH 11,188 VIEWS ON FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN, YOUTUBE, TWITTER, ITUNES, AND SPOTIFY.