This brief is the first in the Pathways to Progress series. In it, we describe the initiative and examine how this investment fits within, and contributes to, the broader fields of youth-, leadership-, and 21st century workplace skills development.
In 2014, the Citi Foundation launched Pathways to Progress, a three-year, $50 million initiative in the United States to help 100,000 low-income youth — ages 16 to 24 — develop the workplace skills and leadership experience necessary to compete in a 21st century economy.
To achieve its ambitious goal, the Foundation enacted a multi-tiered strategy focused primarily in ten cities: Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Newark, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Pathways to Progress portfolio has three intended levels of impact: Youth, Organizations, and the Field. This brief describes the initiative’s members and how they each intend to influence the three levels of impact.
The other briefs in our series on Pathways to Progress are below:
- Setting the Stage for Impact (viewing now)
- The Portfolio and the Field of Youth Economic Opportunity
- Forging Strategies to Broaden Impact
- A Tangible Impact on Youth Economic Opportunity
