Citi Community Scholar Intern Program (CSIP) Awards.Grants Totaling $630,000 Awarded to 63 Nonprofit Organizations NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- The Citi Foundation announced today that it has presented a total of $630,000 in grants to 63 nonprofit organizations that focus on community development through the Citi Community Scholar Intern Program (CSIP CSIP Care Services Improvement Partnership (UK) CSIP Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD) CSIP Center for Signal and Image Processing (Georgia Tech) ). Located across the U.S. and in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , the organizations are using these grants to provide undergraduate and graduate students with paid internships. CSIP grants are awarded on a competitive basis with the highest priority given to organizations that can offer interns a valuable learning experience in the field of community development. CSIP directly supports the Citi Foundation's community development strategy by expanding nonprofit organizations' capacity to address the needs of the neighborhoods they serve. "We are very pleased to support this important program that recognizes the critical role community development plays in helping to revitalize underserved neighborhoods," said Leslie Meek, Vice President and Senior Program Officer of the Citi Foundation. "Through this program, we hope to provide additional support to nonprofit organizations toward helping them achieve their goals, while providing college students with a meaningful work experience and insights into careers in the nonprofit sector." The organizations receiving CSIP grants select and hire their interns to ensure that they find the most suitable candidates to meet their needs. Citi has specified that to be eligible for the grants the interns supported by this program must work a minimum of 30 hours per week and must be supervised by a full-time, paid employee of the nonprofit organization. 2008 CSIP Grant Recipients by State: California (12) Affordable Housing Associates (Berkeley) ByDesign Financial Solutions (Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ) California Housing Partnership Corporation (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ) Earned Asset Resource Network (San Francisco) East LA Community Corporation (Los Angeles) Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation (Los Angeles) Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. (Chula Vista Chula Vista (ch  `lə), city (1990 pop. 135,163), San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1911. )
Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services (Ontario) San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State University Foundation (San Jose) Shelter Partnership, Inc. (Los Angeles) South of Market Foundation (San Francisco) United Way of Greater Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Connecticut (2) Housing Development Fund (Stamford) Women's Business Development Center (Stamford) District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). (3) National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (Washington, D.C.) Social Compact (Washington, D.C.) Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Washington, D.C.) Delaware (1) Delaware State College (Dover) Florida (4) Corporation to Develop Communities of Tampa (Tampa) Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation (Jacksonville) Northwood Renaissance Inc. (West Palm Beach) Urban League of Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale) Illinois (5) Center for Economic Progress (Chicago) Chicago Community Loan Fund Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) provides flexible financing to nonprofit community development organizations for the revitalization of low- and moderate-income neighborhoods throughout metropolitan Chicago. (Chicago) Chicago Community Ventures (Chicago) Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (Chicago) Women's Business Development Center (Chicago) Massachusetts (3) Allston Brighton Community Development Center (Brighton) Root Cause Institute Inc (Cambridge) Urban Edge Housing Corp (Roxbury) Maryland (1) CASA Ca´sa n. 1. A house or mansion. I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. - Bret Harte. of Maryland (Takoma Park Takoma Park (təkō`mə), city (1990 pop. 16,700), Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1890. It is the international headquarters for the Seventh-day Adventists. ) Missouri (1) Enterprise Community Partners (St. Louis) New Jersey (3) Greater Newark Business Development Consortium (Newark) Housing and Neighborhood Development Services (Orange) New Jersey Community Development Corporation (Paterson) Nevada (2) Consumer Credit Counseling Credit counseling (known in the United Kingdom as debt counselling) is a process offering education to consumers about how to avoid incurring debts that cannot be repaid. This process is actually more debt counseling than a function of credit education. Services of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. ) Women's Development Center Inc. (Las Vegas) New York (14) Asian Americans This page is a list of Asian Americans. Politics
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Enterprise Community Partners (New York) Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (Queens) Hope Community Inc. (New York) Housing Action Council Inc. (Tarrytown) Long Island City Business Development Corporation (Queens) New Destiny Housing Corporation (New York) Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition (Bronx) Pratt Institute Pratt Institute, at Brooklyn, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1887. Founded by Charles Pratt as a school for practical training, it now offers general and professional studies, including programs in fine arts, art education, art history, library and (Brooklyn) University Neighborhood Housing Program (Bronx) West Brighton Community Local Development Corporation (Staten Island) Pennsylvania (2) Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (Philadelphia) Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (Philadelphia) Puerto Rico (2) Rural Opportunities Inc (Adjuntas) San Juan Neighborhood Housing Services (San Juan) South Dakota (3) City of Sioux Falls - Planning & Building Services Department (Sioux Falls) Miner County Community Revitalization (Howard) Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program Inc. (Sisseton) Texas (4) Avenue Community Development Corporation (Houston) Brazos Valley Affordable Housing Corporation (Bryan) Neighborhood Housing Services of San Antonio (San Antonio) The Plan Fund (Dallas) Virginia (1) Wesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia (Alexandria) Citi Foundation The Citi Foundation is committed to enhancing economic opportunities for underserved individuals and families in the communities where we work throughout the world. Globally, the Citi Foundation is focusing its giving on Microfinance and Microentrepreneurship, which helps individuals become economically self-sufficient; Small and Growing Businesses, leading to economic expansion and job creation; Education, which prepares young people for personal and professional success; Financial Education, which helps individuals make informed financial decisions; and the Environment with a focus on sustainable enterprises that generate jobs and stimulate economic growth while preserving the environment. In the U.S. and Canada, the Citi Foundation supports Community Development programs that help build and revitalize neighborhoods and Education programs that prepare students for college and careers. Additional information can be found at http://www.citigroupfoundation.com/. |
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