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In 2013, your support helped us award $911,180 to 482 projects in 162 neighborhoods.
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Our mission is simple: to help New Yorkers—especially those in low-income areas—come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. 

Recently Funded Projects

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Food & Health

Bountiful Harvest Farm

St. George

Bountiful Harvest Farm is building a rain water harvesting shed reducing its water consumption and increasing their sustainability.

Beautification

Resident Association of Lafayette Gardens

Clinton Hill

The Resident Association of Lafayette Gardens is organizing a clean-up day to beautify the area around the housing development by planting new flowers, caring for their street trees, and building t

Physical Fitness

Brooklyn Alliance for Safer Streets

Bedford-Stuyvesant

Brooklyn Alliance for Safer Streets is expanding its project to promote physical fitness by offering more weekly opportunities for neighborhood residents to participate in walks, runs, and bike rid

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In 2013, Citizens Committee...

Distributed $911,180.

Worked in every borough & OVER 162 different neighborhoods.

Mobilized more than 9,640 NYC residents.

Supported 482 grassroots projects.

327 generous donors and partners made this possible.

Upcoming Events

Sep 20 11:00
am

Basics of Community Organizing

Bring neighbors together on issues that matter to you. 
Sep 27 11:00
am

Group Structure

Build and maintain an effective neighborhood association or community group. 
Oct 18 11:00
am

Media Tools

Increase public support for your group by framing your message and alerting local media. 
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Community Map

What's happening on your block? Take a Citizens Committee tour through New York City using our Community Map. Zoom in on your neighborhood to find out what's happening in your community.

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