Mission Our mission is to empower Chicago's youth to become community leaders through academic success, healthy living, and social-emotional learning. We amplify the inherent power of sports and teamwork to unify diverse stakeholders and strengthen communities.
Description At Urban Initiatives, we empower Chicago's youth to become community leaders through academic success, healthy living, and social-emotional learning. 17,000 students in 57 schools across Chicago experience the benefits of Urban Initiatives’ programs every day. Of the children we serve, 92% come from families in underserved communities. We believe building a brighter future for Chicago’s youth is a team effort and lasting relationships are key to our success. From our staff and participants to our supporters and the communities we serve, Urban Initiatives is a diverse, active, and proven organization.
Urban Initiatives has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Urban Initiatives employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 64% of employees would recommend working at Urban Initiatives to a friend. This is based on 37 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
56% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Urban Initiatives as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Urban Initiatives.