The POINT Community Development Corporation explained

The POINT Community Development Corporation
Named After:Hunts Point, Bronx
Abbreviation:The POINT CDC
Founders:Maria Torres, Paul Lipson, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp & Steven Sapp
Type:Community Development Corporation
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Status:501(c)(3)
Headquarters:940 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474-5335
Location:The Bronx, New York City
Services:youth development theater group, After-school activities, media arts,
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Maria Torres
Leader Title2:Executive Managing Director
Leader Name2:Danny R. Peralta
Expenses:$1,139,696
Expenses Year:2015
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3] [4]

The POINT Community Development Corporation is a non-profit community development corporation dedicated to youth development, culture, and the economic revitalization of the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx, from which it takes its name. The mission of The POINT CDC is to encourage the arts, local enterprise, responsible ecology, and self-investment in the Hunts Point community.[5] The organization was founded in 1993 by Steven Sapp, Maria Torres, Paul Lipson, and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp.

The POINT CDC is located in a former bagel factory and provides performance art space, visual art galleries, after-school programs, summer camps, circus classes, and community improvement programs.[6]

During Majora Carter's time as a staff member, The POINT CDC was instrumental in the creation of Hunts Point Riverside Park.[7] [8]

The Corporation partners with other organizations such as

The POINT CDC's motto is defined as its "theory of change": "People in the community create the community in which they want to live." [15]

Awards and honors

The POINT CDC has received the following awards and grants:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015 Form 990 The Point Community Development Corporation. foundationcenter.org. 18 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Charity Navigator - Unrated Profile for Point Community Development Corporation. Charity Navigator. 18 December 2017. en.
  3. Web site: Staff Directory. THE POINT CDC. 19 December 2017. 21 June 2016.
  4. Web site: History. THE POINT CDC. 19 December 2017. 21 June 2016.
  5. Web site: Mission. thepoint.org. 2016-07-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602000956/http://thepoint.org/mission.php. 2016-06-02.
  6. Web site: David Hartman. Barry Lewis. A Walk Through the Bronx . See the Sites Thirteen/WNET. www.thirteen.org. 25 December 2017. 2005.
  7. Book: Farbstein. Jay. Jay Farbstein . Emily Axelrod . Robert Shibley . Richard Wener. Urban Transformation: 2009 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. 2009. Bruner Foundation. 9781890286088. 54–86. en.
  8. Web site: Gonzalez. David. Carving Out Havens and Facing Down the Skeptics. The New York Times. 25 December 2017. 8 May 2007.
  9. Web site: Wirsing. Robert. The Point Distributes Shakespeare Tickets. Bronx Times. 25 December 2017. en. June 10, 2017.
  10. Web site: THE POINT CDC - Circus Now. circusnow.org. 25 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Persaud. Vishal. Hunts Point Express – Concrete Plant Park opens after long community struggle. brie.hunter.cuny.edu. Hunts Point Express. 4 January 2018. November 1, 2009.
  12. Web site: Partners and Supporters. bronxriver.org. Bronx River Alliance. 4 January 2018.
  13. Web site: Bikangaga. Samali. Hunts Point Express – New greenway link connects two parks. brie.hunter.cuny.edu. Hunts Point Express. 5 January 2018. October 10, 2016.
  14. Web site: Milosheff. Peter. The Bronx Times - Concrete Plant Park. www.bronx.com. The Bronx Times. 5 January 2018. October 13, 2009.
  15. Web site: THE POINT CDC - NYC Service. www.nycservice.org. 25 December 2017. en.
  16. Web site: Roalf. Peggy. AI-AP DART » Martine Fougeron at The Point. www.ai-ap.com. Design Arts Daily. 23 December 2017. May 16, 2014.
  17. News: City buys South Brother Island on East River for bird refuge . New York . Daily News . Dorian . Block . November 27, 2007. 23 December 2017.
  18. News: Timothy. Williams. City Claims Final Private Island in East River . . November 20, 2007 . 23 December 2017.
  19. Staff (November 29, 2007) "The Daily Plant: South Brother Island Goes To The Birds" New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

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