The Promise Neighborhoods grantees have been announced. They are:
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR ($430,098)
California State University at East Bay, Hayward, CA ($499,406)
Proyecto Pastoral at Dolores Mission, Los Angeles, CA ($499,524)
Youth Policy Institute, Los Angeles, CA ($500,000)
Cesar Chavez Public Policy Charter High School, Washington, DC ($500,000)
Athens-Clarke County Family Connection, Athens, GA ($500,000)
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA ($500,000)
Berea College, Berea, KY ($500,000)
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Boston, MA ($500,000)
Community Day Care Center of Lawrence, Lawrence, MA ($500,000)
United Way of Central Massachusetts, Worcester, MA ($456,308)
Guidance Center, River Rouge, MI ($500,000)
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, MN ($500,000)
Delta Health Alliance, Indianola, MS ($332,631)
Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, Northern Cheyenne Nation, MT ($499,679)
Lutheran Family Health Centers, Brooklyn, NY ($498,614)
Abyssinian Development Corporation, Harlem, NY ($471,740)
Westminster Foundation, Buffalo, NY ($500,000)
Universal Community Homes, Philadelphia, PA ($500,000)
Neighborhood Centers, Houston, TX ($500,000)
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, San Antonio, TX ($312,000)
Congratulations to all the winners! Just as important, congratulations to everyone who applied. Whether your organization won or not, we are going to bring everyone into the winner’s circle! We promise!
Stay tuned for additional announcements from us and from the organizations that are part of the National Neighborhood Alliance. And to all you winners, we want you to be part of the Alliance, too. That’s your gift back to the community!
We will write more as soon as we can. For more information please check here and here.