Twenty-five domestic microenterprise organizations received funding through the Citi Microenterprise Researchers Program to hire interns for summer 2007. As part of the program, which was managed by MicroTest, Citi underwrote the cost for each organization listed below to create a paid internship focused on the collection of high-quality client outcomes data. The Researchers Program introduced the field to young talent that hopefully will stimulate interest in microenterprise development as a promising career.

Grantees

The Abilities Fund • Centerville, Iowa
ACCION San Diego • San Diego, California
AnewAmerica Community Corporation • Berkeley, California
Community Finance Resource Center • Los Angeles, California
Community First Fund • Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute • Detroit, Michigan
ECDC Enterprise Development Group (EDG) • Arlington, Virginia
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women • Grand Rapids, Michigan
Justine Petersen Housing and Reinvestment Corporation • St. Louis, Missouri
Latino Economic Development Corporation • Washington, DC
Lenders for Community Development • San Jose, California
Mercy Corps Northwest • Portland, Oregon
Micro Business Development Corporation • Denver, Colorado
Mountain BizWorks • Asheville, North Carolina
Northeast Economic Development, Inc. • Norfolk, Nebraska
Philadelphia Development Partnership • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center • San Francisco, California
Trickle Up • New York, New York
Utah Micro Loan Fund • Salt Lake City, Utah
Washington Community Alliance for Self-Help (Washington CASH) • Seattle, Washington
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST) • Albuquerque, New Mexico
Women’s Economic Ventures • Santa Barbara, California
Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore • Baltimore, Maryland
Women’s Initiative • San Francisco, California