America Needs You

America Needs You

America Needs You
Formation 2009
Founder Robert Reffkin
Legal status Nonprofit Organization
Purpose Nonprofit organization
Headquarters New York, N.Y., U.S.
Region served
 United States
CEO
 Kim Harris[1]
Main organ
 Governing Board
Budget
 US$2.7 million (2013)[2]
Website www.americaneedsyou.org/

America Needs You (ANY), is an American non-profit organization with headquarters in New York City. ANY pairs low-income college students, who are first in their family to go to college, with mentors. It provides professional development mentoring and job placement services to its clients.

History

America Needs You was founded in 2009 by Robert Reffkin under the name New York Needs You while he was a vice president at Goldman Sachs.[3] Reffkin faced several challenges in his youth, but was aided by nonprofit organizations that helped him achieve college and career success, and founded NYNY at the age of 29 to mobilize a movement of young professional volunteers to assist low-income, first-generation college students in realizing their college and career ambitions.[4]

The NYNY program expanded to New Jersey in 2012, and America Needs You was launched in January 2014 as an umbrella organization.[5]

In January 2015, America Needs You launched America Needs You - Illinois[6]

Programs

ANY recruits young professionals who are leaders in their fields who volunteer as mentors for low-income college students who are first in their families to go to college, called fellows.[4]

Over a three-year program, mentors provide professional development advice and coaching, and the program helps with professional attire and job placement.[4][3]

The organization has an annual gala that traditionally takes place at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.[3][5]

Leadership

Kimberly Harris became CEO of ANY in 2013, with Reffkin remaining chairman of the board.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Leaders of New York Needs You". America Needs You. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ "NYNY Annual Report 2013" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 3 "Young Wall Streeters at a Dinner for a Cause". The New York Times. October 10, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 David Zax for Fast Company. October 25, 2013 How A Darling of the New York Tech Scene Gives Back
  5. 1 2 Polya Lesova (January 26, 2014). "New York Nonprofit Expands". The Wall Street Journal.
  6. ↑ America Needs You- Illinois
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