Priority Markets Program awards 50 grants to nonprofits across the U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wells
Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced $6 million in
neighborhood revitalization grants to 50 nonprofits through the Wells
Fargo Housing Foundation 2018 Priority Markets Program.
“These 50 nonprofits share our focus of strengthening communities
through local neighborhood revitalization efforts in support of
sustainable housing,” said Martin Sundquist, executive director of the
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation. “The impact of each dollar invested
through this program will be magnified by enabling nonprofits to combine
funding with other community grants as the catalyst for their
neighborhood revitalization work, serving as a powerful example of the
positive impact that can be achieved with thoughtful public-private
collaboration.”
The 2018 Wells
Fargo Housing Foundation Priority Markets Program supports projects,
programs and initiatives focused on neighborhood revitalization and
helps remove barriers to sustainable housing in low- and moderate-income
communities. Since 2009, the program has donated grants totaling $54
million to nonprofits in more than 125 communities.
Grant recipients were selected from applications submitted by nonprofits
Wells Fargo identified as leading large-scale affordable housing
projects. Recipients must be 501(c)(3) organizations with successful
histories of supporting low- to moderate-income communities.
Grant recipients of the 2018 Priority Markets Program (listed
alphabetically by state):
1. Habitat for Humanity Southwest Alabama (Mobile, Ala.)
2. Catholic Social Services – Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska)
3. Native American Connections (Phoenix)
4. Newtown Community Development Corporation (Tempe, Ariz.)
5. Habitat for Humanity Tucson (Tucson, Ariz.)
6. Silvercrest, Inc. (Fresno, Calif.)
7. Illumination Foundation (Irvine, Calif.)
8. Abode Communities (Los Angeles)
9. Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)
10. Rebuilding Together Peninsula (Redwood City, Calif.)
11. Richmond Community Foundation (Richmond, Calif.)
12. Volunteers of America Northern California and Northern Nevada
(Sacramento, Calif.)
13. Community Housing Works (San Diego)
14. Housing Trust Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.)
15. Visionary Home Builders of California (Stockton, Calif.)
16. Columbus House (New Haven, Conn.)
17. Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (New Haven, Conn.)
18. St. Johns Housing Partnership (St. Augustine, Fla.)
19. West Augustine Historical Community Redevelopment Corporation (St.
Augustine, Fla.)
20. Habitat for Humanity of Seminole County and Greater Apopka
(Casselberry, Fla.)
21. Little Haiti Housing Association (Miami)
22. Urban League of Greater Miami (Miami)
23. LIFT Orlando (Orlando, Fla.)
24. Quest Community Development Organization (Atlanta)
25. Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity (Savannah, Ga.)
26. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
27. Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore (Baltimore)
28. Enterprise Community Partners (Columbia, Md.)
29. Urban Edge Housing Corporation (Roxbury, Mass.)
30. Project for Pride in Living (Minneapolis)
31. Helena Area Habitat for Humanity (Helena, Mont.)
32. Homes by TLC (Lawrenceville, N.J.)
33. Greater Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity (Albuquerque, N.M.)
34. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership (Charlotte, N.C.)
35. Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity (Wilmington, N.C.)
36. Rebuilding Together Fargo-Moorhead Area (Fargo, N.D.)
37. YWCA Cass Clay (Fargo, N.D.)
38. Affordable Housing Solutions (Medford, Ore.)
39. REACH Community Development (Portland, Ore.)
40. Homeless No More (Columbia, S.C.)
41. Austin Habitat for Humanity (Austin, Texas)
42. Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity (Dallas)
43. Houston Redevelopment Authority (Houston)
44. Shelter Providers of Houston (Houston)
45. San Antonio Homeownership Opportunities Corporation (San Antonio)
46. Salt Lake Valley Habitat for Humanity (Salt Lake City)
47. Better Housing Coalition (Richmond, Va.)
48. ElderHomes Corporation (Richmond, Va.)
49. City First Enterprises (Washington, D.C.)
50. Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity (Milwaukee)
About the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation
In 2017, the Wells
Fargo Housing Foundation donated $22.7 million in support of
affordable housing initiatives serving low- and moderate-income
households – including for seniors, veterans and families – through
community revitalization efforts. Since its inception 25 years ago, the
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has invested more than $212.7 million in
such efforts, along with mobilizing more than 4.75 million team member
volunteer hours to build and rehabilitate nearly 7,600 homes and
counting.
About Wells Fargo
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financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s
vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them
succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco,
Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and
services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 8,050
locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile
banking, and has offices in 38 countries and territories to support
customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately
265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the
United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 26 on Fortune’s 2018
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