Citi Foundation Awards $2.1 Million for Student Mentoring Initiatives
The Citi Foundation has announced two grants totaling $2.1 million in support of initiatives designed to connect high-potential students from low-income households with mentoring and career counseling provided by early- to mid-career professionals.
Through the foundation's Pathways to Progress program, New York City-based Management Leadership for Tomorrow was awarded $1.1 million in support of MLT Ascend, which seeks to pair nearly one thousand undergraduate students across the country with the mentors, skills, and opportunities they need to pursue the career paths of their choice. As they prepare to graduate college, the students will be connected to MLT alumni mentors, each of whom is in a position to offer individualized career path planning and coaching...