We support organizations and programs that strive for social development in the South Bronx.

Such programs empower South Bronx residents through hands-on learning and job training.

The programs also inspire environmental advocacy by educating youth about the importance of clean environments.

Since 2007, CITGO and our charitable organization the Simón Bolívar Foundation^® have offered grants to numerous non-profit organizations committed to social development in the South Bronx, N.Y., the poorest congressional district in the United States. These organizations provide services in the areas of education, health and nutrition, environmental justice, and arts and culture, all with the common goal of improving the living conditions and outlook for the region's residents.

Our Bronx Social Program has benefited more than 211,000 people across the region. By training thousands of residents to become civically engaged in community change, our resources have changed lives from teaching English as a second language to supporting adults with securing their General Education Development (GED) and providing access to fresh foods.

CITGO Bronx Grantee Finalists 2015-2016

Arts & Culture

• Bronx Documentary Center

• DANCE (Diversity in Arts & Nations for Cultural Education)

• UpBeat NYC

• Voices UnBroken

• YUCA (Young Urban Christians & Artists)

Education

• Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Inc.

• City Limits Bronx Bureau

• Fordham Bedford Community Services

• Masa MexEd

• Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition

• Sauti Yetu Center for African Women

Empowering Communities

• Community Connections for Youth

• Community Voices Heard

• Destination Tomorrow

• Mekong NYC

• Mothers on the Move

• New Settlement Parent Action Committee

• Picture the Homeless

Environment

• The Bronx is Blooming

• Bronx River Alliance

• Green Worker Cooperative

• The Point CDC

• Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance

Health

• Centro Cultural y Educativo, El Maestro

• Give them to Eat

• Hondurans Against AIDS

• Lucha Vida

• Mary Mitchell Family & Youth Center

• South Bronx United

• TriLatino Triathlon Club