Who we are:

The 116^th Initiative is a grassroots mutual aid collective comprised of students from Barnard College and Columbia University. We utilize creative organizing strategies to redistribute wealth and resources to financially struggling and underserved students across our campuses.

What we do:

We provides tuition assistance to students at Columbia University and Barnard College in the form of direct payments via Venmo. Please fill out our form if you are a student in need!