GREENWOOD PROJECT

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Education & Literacy
  • Employment

Location

2729 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUECHICAGO, IL 60616 United States
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Mission Statement

To introduce academically talented minority youth from under-resourced communities to the financial industry.

Description

Since its inception in 2016, Greenwood Project has exposed high achieving students from Chicago's south and west sides to career opportunities within the financial industry. The number of participating firms helping to support this initiative has grown each year and Greenwood students continue to be converted from interns to full-time employees.

Greenwood Project introduces youth to careers within the financial industry via paid summer internships, educational field trips and our summer financial institute for high school students. In many cases, our programming gives young people strong motivation to succeed in their remaining high school tenure and also a compelling reason to attend college.

As a result of our exposure initiatives, recent college graduates have received employment offers from top financial companies. Other students have changed their college majors as they are now interested in financial services opportunities.

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