Just in time for Small Business Week, Citizens Committee for New York City (CitizensNYC), a micro-funding organization supporting civic leaders and developing tomorrow’s leaders, is thrilled to announce that Wells Fargo has made another $250,000 investment in New York City’s small business community.

Community Gardens: Fertile Ground for Environmental Justice

Community gardens and the gardeners who care for them contribute to the environmental sustainability, public health, and community resilience of their neighborhoods and cities.

Citizens Committee for New York City (CitizensNYC), a long-standing micro-granting organization rooted in showing the resilience of New Yorkers, has had a long-time partnership with Allied World to mobilize volunteers and create educational and nutritional school programs.

#WomenSupportWomen: Network Weaving to Build Your Dream

We don’t go far without each other. Want to launch a business, nonprofit, or other dream?

March is all about celebrating women all around the world and shining a light on all they do! To do just that, we’ve got 2 special guests:

Brandee McHale, Head of Community Investing and Development at Citi

Tella Walker, Interim CEO for the Nonprofit Finance Fund

Trinity Church Wall Street grants $200,000 to CitizensNYC to support neighborhood businesses below 14th Street via CitizensNYC Neighborhood Business Grant (NBG) program

Homeownership & Economic Justice

Economic justice is access to tools that build wealth, such as homeownership, education, and business ownership. When these tools are accessible to all, that is economic justice.

There’s a lot of power in accessibility and opportunity, even when it comes to the game of soccer. Sola Winley (Major League Soccer) & Bobby Akumah (Dare2Dream) talk about the impact that the game had on their lives and what they’re doing to bridge the economic gap in minority communities.

Electeds and New Yorkers Tackling the City’s Biggest Issues

How can you make your voice heard by electeds?

What does leadership look like to you? It’s very rare that you put the words “leader” & “vulnerability” in the same sentence. We’ve partnered up some amazing non-profit leaders to break down that typical visual of what a leader looks like. Leaders are every day people who strive to make change in their neighborhoods.

Leverage that Money!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Grantmaking season!

In this conversation with Jonathan Lambour, Senior Associate, Advisory Services a NFF, Harris shares the forces that shaped him into the leader he is today: embracing vulnerability, expressing authenticity, and a sense of duty to his ancestors.

The holiday season is here, and 2022 is right around the corner! In midst of the holiday madness, we can’t forget to focus on the small businesses that continue to help us get through the pandemic.

From getting back on the subway, to being around one another again for the holidays, Citizens Committee for New York City, CEO Dr. Rahsaan Harris and his wife Elizabeth come together once more to kick-off Season 2 of the CitizensNYC: LIVE podcast.

The micro-granting organization also announces the launch of their inaugural Advisory Council

Ideas Summit: All in for Community Health Watch Party

What is community health? It’s education. It’s access to food. It’s mental health. Community wealth. Civic engagement. It’s holistic, it’s about all of us and each of us. It’s our aim - for NYC to be in good health and have a quality of life.

All in for Community Health

Our one-day Ideas Summit convenes and connects grassroots community leaders, academics, elected officials, strategists, and community residents, working toward the public good of New York City.

New Yorkers, including elected officials, business leaders, philanthropists, will come together for a week of action throughout five boroughs, dedicated to rebuilding the city amid the pandemic

Micro-granting organization also announces upcoming All In for NYC Week Oct. 11-14

New Yorkers are still feeling the immense impact and loss of life due to Hurricane Ida. Now is the time to come together to address issues of climate change and weakening infrastructure in bold, innovative ways  -- the way New Yorkers know how.