When Rich Calton started HarlemLIVE more than two decades ago, he had no idea it would grow into a global organization with programs in more than 100 countries.
"I didn't know that we were going to change the world," he tells the New York Times.
"I didn't know that we were going to change the world for the children of Harlem."
But the mentoring and leadership program for at-risk black youth in New York City's Harlem neighborhood did indeed change the world.
Today, HarlemLIVE is a not-for-profit with programs in more than 100 countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, the Times reports.
"HarlemLIVE changed my life," says Calton, who is also the author of a recently released book on the group.
"I didn't know that I was going to change the world for the children of Harlem.
I didn't know that I was going to change the world for the children of Harlem.
I didn't know that I was going to change the world for the children of Harlem."
In a Q&A with Forbes, Calton offers advice for building a nonprofit, including the importance of a dual leadership structure, local political support for expenses like liability insurance
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