Priority Markets Program awards 56 grants to nonprofits engaged in neighborhood revitalization
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced $6 million in
neighborhood revitalization donations with 56 grants to nonprofits
through the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation 2016 Priority Markets Program.
“We are dedicated to creating affordable and sustainable housing through
investment in neighborhood revitalization efforts,” said Martin
Sundquist, executive director of the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation.
“The Priority Markets Program is among several ways we work with
nonprofits to make a difference and help strengthen communities.”
The 2016 Wells Fargo Housing Foundation Priority Markets Program
provides grants for neighborhood stabilization projects to stimulate
growth, stability and investment in distressed areas. Since 2009, the
program has provided grants totaling more than $42 million for
nonprofits in 125 U.S. communities.
The grant recipients of the 2016 Priority Markets Program include:
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Albuquerque Habitat for Humanity (Albuquerque, N.M.)
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Cook Inlet Housing Development Corporation (Anchorage, Alaska)
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Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity (Ashville, N.C.)
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Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. (Atlanta)
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CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (Augusta, Ga.)
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Turn Back the Block, Inc. (Augusta, Ga.)
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Frameworks Community Development Corporation (Austin, Texas)
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Homebase Texas (Austin, Texas)
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Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake (Baltimore)
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Jubilee Baltimore, Inc. (Baltimore)
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Resources for Community Development (Berkeley, Calif.)
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Boise Valley Habitat for Humanity (Boise, Idaho)
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Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (Boise, Idaho)
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Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
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Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County (Clearwater, Fla.)
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Builders of Hope CDC (Dallas)
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One Roof Community Housing (Duluth, Minn.)
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Broward Alliance for Neighborhood Development (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
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Habitat for Humanity of Broward (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
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Development Corporation of Tarrant County (Fort Worth, Texas)
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Fort Worth Area Habitat for Humanity (Fort Worth, Texas)
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Habitat for Humanity Fresno County (Fresno, Calif.)
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NeighborWorks Montana/Montana Homeownership Network (Great Falls, Mo.)
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Community Housing Solutions of Guilford, Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Houston Habitat for Humanity (Houston)
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Neighborhood Recovery Community Development Corporation (Houston)
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Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity (Jonesboro, Ga.)
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Century Villages at Cabrillo, Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.)
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Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. (Los Angeles)
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CommunityWorks North Dakota (Mandan, N.D.)
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ACCESS (Medford, Ore.)
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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis (Memphis, Tenn.)
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City of Lakes Community Land Trust (Minneapolis)
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Project for Pride in Living (Minneapolis)
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Habitat for Humanity Newark (Newark, N.J.)
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Unified Vailsberg Services Organization (Newark, N.J.)
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Community Loan Fund of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.)
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Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (New Haven, Conn.)
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Neighborhood Housing Services Orange/NeighborWorks Orange County
(Orange, Calif.)
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Real Estate Education and Community Housing, Inc. (Palm Beach Gardens,
Fla.)
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Foundation for Senior Living (Phoenix)
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Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc. (Portland, Ore.)
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DHIC, Inc. (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)
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Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation (Richland, Va.)
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Habitat for Humanity Tri-Cities (Richland, Wash.)
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Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County (Riviera Beach, Fla.)
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Sacramento Neighborhood Housing Services/NeighborWorks Homeownership
Center (Sacramento, Calif.)
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Neighborhood Home Solutions (Saint Petersburg, Fla.)
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San Diego Habitat for Humanity (San Diego)
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Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco (San Francisco)
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Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley (San Jose, Calif.)
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Habitat for Humanity of New Mexico (Santa Fe, N.M.)
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Market Foundation (Seattle)
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Visionary Homebuilders of California (Stockton, Calif.)
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So Others Might Eat, Inc. (Washington, D.C.)
Grants for the Priority Markets Program were selected from requests
submitted by Wells Fargo team members who nominated nonprofits needing
assistance for large-scale neighborhood revitalization projects.
Recipients must be IRS 501c3 organizations with successful histories of
building or renovating housing for low- to moderate-income homebuyers.
About the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation
In 2015, the Wells
Fargo Housing Foundation donated nearly $20 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 in 1993, the Wells
Fargo Housing Foundation has invested more than $170 million in such
efforts, along with mobilizing more than 4.7 million team member
volunteer hours to build and rehabilitate nearly more than 7,000 homes
and counting.
About Wells Fargo
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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
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(wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 42 countries and
territories to support customers who conduct business in the global
economy. With approximately 269,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one
in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was
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