Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor

The United Charities Building, after 1893 the headquarters of the AICP and other charitable organizations; the successor organization, the Community Service Society is still located there

The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (AICP) was a charitable organization in New York City, established in 1843 and incorporated in 1848 with the aim of helping the deserving poor and providing for their moral uplift.[1] The Association was one of the most active and innovative charity organizations in New York, pioneering many private-public partnerships in education, healthcare and social services.[2] It merged in 1939 with the Charity Organization Society to form the Community Service Society of New York, which continues to operate in New York City.

  1. ^ Coble, Alana Erickson. "Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor" in Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11465-2., p.70
  2. ^ The New York Times (January 4, 1903) p.28