Organizations that wish to apply for grants of up to $10,000 must be located in the Southern Tier or Central New York region and serve low-income youths below age 18 and/or adults above age 65. The organization must have been an internship or field placement site for Binghamton University social work or public administration students in the past year.

At the same time, the estimated 130 practices in Broome County contributed more than $400 million in 2008 while employing 2,000 people.