NIDC is deeply committed to creating positive change for kids and families in the Bronx.
Our Vision
NIDC envisions flourishing communities with meaningful opportunities that empower, build skills, and strengthen neighborhoods and families.
Our Mission
Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corp. (NIDC) works to support communities in the Northeast Bronx and beyond. Our mission is to help build thriving neighborhoods in The Bronx by providing high-quality programming and cultivating strategic partnerships.
To that end, we provide a broad range of youth development services, including afterschool programs for students in grades K - 12, summer camp, a nightly teen center, and support for Out-of-School Youth. As a staple in the community, NIDC works with tenants, landlords, precincts, schools, health centers, and congressmen to address a broad variety of issues facing the Bronx.
Our Values
CONNECTION
We engage, formally and informally, to listen to and value one another across the agency and the community we serve.
TEAMWORK
We trust our teammates to collaborate toward common organizational or community goals.
ADAPTABILITY
We continuously learn, move quickly, and are resilient in response to an organizational, participant, or community need.
INTEGRITY
We are open, honest, and responsible with ourselves and all community members.
DIVERSITY
We respect and appreciate, honor, and are responsive to differences.
EXCELLENCE
We strive towards greater achievement in personal, professional, programmatic, and organizational outcomes.
Our History
NIDC has worked to stabilize and revitalize the Northeast Bronx since 1982.
In the early 1980s, many areas of the Bronx were in severe disrepair. Poverty was on the rise. Housing stock was plummeting. Longtime residents began moving out in droves, while younger, lower-income families began moving in.
Several of the largest employers in the northeast Bronx – Albert Einstein Medical College, Montefiore Hospital, and Beth Abraham Health Services, as well as community leaders from the Bronx Jewish Community Council, St. Lucy’s Church, and Jewish Community Council of Pelham Parkway, were concerned about the long term health and stability of the community.
Neighborhood Initiatives Development Corp. (NIDC) was formed out of this concern to preserve the neighborhoods of the Northeast Bronx. NIDC began by helping landlords secure the much-needed funds to renovate and improve the quality of their buildings while advocating on behalf of tenants dealing with negligent landlords.
As the situation began to stabilize, NIDC turned its attention to the community’s need for quality youth services. Afterschool programming began at P.S. 96 in 1988. NIDC has since expanded to serve youth ages 4 to 18 in several schools and sites throughout the Northeast Bronx.
Over the course of three decades, NIDC has played an important role in the development of the Northeast Bronx through year-round education, housing, advocacy, community development, crime prevention, career-readiness training, recreational, and commercial revitalization services.