Local NeighborhoodLIFT® grants address community revitalization, workforce development, youth programs and homeownership for San Antonio
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) today announced a total of $500,000 in
donations for seven local nonprofits will help revitalize San Antonio
neighborhoods through the Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT®
program.
The local grant recipients were identified in collaboration with the
City of San Antonio and Mayor Ivy Taylor. The Wells Fargo Foundation is
providing grants to the following San Antonio nonprofits:
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation of San Antonio – $100,000
grant for its affordable housing programs
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San Antonio Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc. –
$75,000 grant for its youth mentorship program
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San Antonio Housing Trust Foundation – $75,000 grant for the
2016 Mayor’s Housing Summit held Sept. 30
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Education Investment Foundation Inc. – $75,000 grant for its
innovative ConnectHome program that is connecting families in
HUD-assisted housing with access to the internet
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Family Service Association – $75,000 grant for its Financial
Empowerment Center
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P16PLUS Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation – $50,000
grant for the My Brother’s Keeper youth development program
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San Antonio Public Library Foundation – $50,000 grant for
establishing financial literacy programs in the city’s two newest
libraries
The grants are funded through Wells Fargo’s NeighborhoodLIFT®
program that was launched in January 2015 for San Antonio
homebuyers with a $6 million commitment by Wells Fargo to boost local
homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods.
In San Antonio, the NeighborhoodLIFT program, created 278 homeowners by
offering homebuyer education plus down payment assistance grants. Wells
Fargo collaborated with the City of San Antonio, national nonprofit
NeighborWorks America, and its local affiliate, Alamo Community Group,
to implement the program.
“It was an honor and a pleasure to help identify great causes in San
Antonio that will benefit from these investments by Wells Fargo,” said
Mayor Ivy R. Taylor. “From the Mayor’s Housing Summit to My Brother’s
Keeper San Antonio, each of the seven recipients is a cause that I
believe in and I know these grants will make lives better for so many
San Antonians. I salute Wells Fargo for their commitment to helping our
neighborhoods and families.”
The Wells Fargo NeighborhoodLIFT local initiative grants for San Antonio
will provide support for community revitalization, workforce development
and youth programs.
“Wells Fargo cares about our communities and we are making these
investments to continue the revitalization effort to strengthen San
Antonio,” said Steve Arnold, Wells Fargo area president for San Antonio.
“These nonprofits are actively leading efforts to help stabilize
housing, create jobs and provide youth education programs, and we
believe these grants with add up to make a big impact.”
About NeighborhoodLIFT
NeighborhoodLIFT® program is the single largest corporate
philanthropic effort of its kind in Wells Fargo’s history. Since
February 2012, LIFT programs combined have helped create more than
12,000 homeowners in 46 communities. A video about LIFT programs is
posted on Wells
Fargo Stories.
About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based
financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852
and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking,
insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance
through more than 8,600 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet
(wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 36 countries and
territories to support customers who conduct business in the global
economy. With approximately 268,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one
in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was
ranked No. 27 on Fortune’s 2016 rankings of America’s largest
corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’
financial needs and help them succeed financially. Wells Fargo’s vision
is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed
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Fargo Stories.
