IF YOU RECEIVED A NEED GRANT BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1963-2000 INCLUSIVE,
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NEED is a service of the country’s turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s.  Led by two of Pittsburgh’s pioneering women, Marion Jordan and Florence Reizenstein who were members of the Urban League’s Education Committee, the non-profit began as a temporary effort to find funds for 76 black high-school students who had been accepted to college, but, unfortunately, could not afford to experience the benefits and rewards of higher education.  As time and ideologies changed, NEED has evolved into a nationally recognized college access program that is supported by the corporate, philanthropic and general communities. 

NEED is designated as an Education Improvement Organization (EIO) through Pennsylvania’s Education Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and, as a college access program, offers grants, scholarships, mentoring, counseling and internships to help underrepresented, low-income and first-generational youth in college and career opportunities and options. 

Since its inception in 1963, NEED has supported approximately 19,000 deserving youth by providing over $19 million in grant allocations.  These grants have helped to empower Pittsburgh’s and the region’s next generation of leaders and to overcome financial, social status, educational and cultural barriers.



NEED is designated as an EIO through PA's EITC program. We thank the following donors for contributing through this program:

Allegheny Technologies
Bank of New York Mellon
Dollar Bank
Equitable Resources
(now EQT Corporation)
Highmark
UPMC

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

FAFSA Applications available after January 1, 2010. Deadline for PHEAA Grant Applications May 1, 2010

NEED 47th Annual Benefit Dinner
March 15, 2010 Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers

Quick Reminders!!

NEED Board of Directors Retreat Jan. 30, 2010 9am-2pm Baywood Country Club

For free personal income tax/FAFSA preparation offered by United Way
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FAFSA Workshop Schedule:
Allderdice
6:30pm-8:30pm
Jan. 20, 2010

CAPA
6pm-8pm
Feb. 3, 2010

Allegheny K-5 School
10am-3pm
Feb. 6, 2010

Brashear
6pm-8pm
Feb. 9, 2010

Oliver
6pm-7:30pm
Feb. 10, 2010

Perry
6pm-8pm
Feb. 11, 2010

Langley
10am-3pm
Feb. 13, 2010

Peabody
6-7:30pm
Feb. 16, 2010

Pgh. Obama at Reizenstein
10am-3pm
Feb. 20, 2010

Carrick
10am-3pm
Feb. 27, 2010


Warner Centre
332 Fifth Avenue,
1st Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 

       
 
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