Intersect Fund

Location

New Brunswick, NJ
United States
40° 29' 10.3776" N, 74° 27' 6.5484" W

The Intersect Fund is a student-run non-profit organization that empowers entrepreneurs to start businesses, generate income, build assets and spark dramatic social change through training, consultation and loans to low-income entrepreneurs in the New Brunswick, N.J. area. Affordable products for participants include Build Your Business course, Business Development Center membership, One-on-One Business Consulting, and Seed Capital. In addition, an Entrepreneur Directory is published around the holidays to exhibit the products and services.

Reason:
Remarkable example of students making a difference by offering concrete assistance to the community beyond the university. http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/crossroads-commerce is an example of recent publicity which exhibits the group's ability to leverage the interests of several institutions in their effort to create and sustain the microlending initiative for the residents of New Brunswick.
Organization: Intersect Fund
First name: Joe
Last name: Shure
City: New Brunswick, NJ
Country: United States