NEW YORK , NY -- The following information was released by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce:
Wells Fargo team members kicked off New York Community Week today by starting to present $76,000 in grants to local non-profits. From June 26 to June 29, store managers will be personally presenting the grants at their stores or at the non-profits. This is part of the Wells Fargo Community Partners program, which was established to give local store managers an opportunity to make a $1,000 charitable contribution on behalf of Wells Fargo to a non-profit of their choice.
Last year in New York, Wells Fargo donated $8.1 million to local non-profits and our team members logged more than 12,000 volunteer hours. Also, in 2011, Wells Fargo provided approximately $400,000 in Community Partner grants to a diverse group of grassroots organizations across New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.
'We are using this occasion to celebrate and acknowledge our community partners who provide critical services to local residents,' said Joe Kirk, Wells Fargo's New York regional president. 'Through corporate and foundation grants, we support nonprofit organizations that address vital community needs and issues.'
Nationally, Wells Fargo is one of the top 10 corporate givers in the U.S. In 2011, the company donated more than $200 million to 19,000 nonprofits for the fourth consecutive year. Our team members personally donated more than $63.9 million and 1.5 million volunteer hours at more than 28,000 nonprofits and schools.
In New York, Wells Fargo has 82 community banking stores and 186 ATMs. More than 4,800 team members work in New York.
New York non-profits receiving the 2012 Community Partners grants include:
Bethpage - Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
Brewster - Pegasus Therapeutic Riding
Brewster - Habitat for Humanity Putnam
Briarcliff Manor - The Friends of the Briarcliff Manor Public Library
Cold Spring - Happy Families International Center Inc.
Cortlandt Manor - Croton Cortlandt Center for the Arts
Fishkill - House of Faith Ministry
Freeport - Belief for Relief
Hempstead - Interfaith NutritionNetwork AKA The INN
Hempstead - Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association
Hewlett - Hewlett Fire Department
Hopewell Junction - Friends of East Fishkill Community Library
Huntington - Splashes of Hope
Huntington Station - Autism Speaks
Katonah - Community Center of Northern Westchester
Kingston - The Family Inn (Children's Program) AKA Family of Woodstock
Mahopac - Putnam/Northern Westchester Women's Resource Center|
Mamaroneck - Mamaroneck Shares
Mamaroneck - Mamaroneck Community Action Program
Mamaroneck - Washingtonville Housing Alliance
Mamaroneck - Hispanic Resource Center
Manhasset - Great Neck Manhasset Community Child Care Partnership
Mineola - Island Harvest
Mount Kisco - Foundation for Children with Autism
New Paltz - Mohonk Preserve
New Rochelle - The Westchester Chamber Symphony inc.
New York - Fresh Air Fund
New York - Hudson Guild
New York - LGBT Youth Out Loud
New York - Care for the Homeless
New York - Collaborative Opportunities for Raising Empowerment, Inc.
New York - Court Appointed Special Advocates
New York - The Robin Hood Foundation
New York - Hetrick-Martin Institute
New York - Charles B Wang
New York - Arts and Business Council of New York
New York - New York Road Runners
New York - Hearts in the Street
New York - Ballet Hispanico
New York - Riverside Park Fund
New York - Bowery Residents Committee
New York - EcoHealth Alliance
New York - I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation
New York - Hispanic Federation
New York - New York City Ballet
New York - American Run for the End of AIDS
Newburgh - The Friends of Historic Sites of the Hudson Highlands
Ossining - Ossining Matters, Inc
Peekskill - Antonia Arts, Inc.
Pleasantville - Hope's Door
Pleasantville - Pleasantville Interfaith Emergency Food Pantry
Port Chester - Hope House - Human Development Services of Westchester
Port Washington - Community Chest
Poughkeepsie - Project Thunder
Rockville - Feel Better Kids
Roosevelt - Bethany House of Nassau County
Syosset - Mercy First
Tarrytown - March Of Dimes Foundation-Northern Metro Division
Tarrytown - Junior Achievement of the Hudson Valley
Thornwood - Mt Pleasant Education Foundation, Inc
Valhalla - Blythedale Children's Hospital
Valhalla - Children's Health and Research Foundation
White Plains - Miracle Hands
White Plains - American Cancer Society, Eastern
White Plains - Miracle League
White Plains - The Pinwheel Project
White Plains - ZNO Community Service Fund
Yonkers - Greyston Foundation
Yonkers - Afya Foundation
Yonkers - JRW Institute of Alcohol Studies
Yonkers - Family Services Society of Yonkers
Yonkers - Margaret Martinez Ministries
Yonkers - Sister to Sister International, Inc.
Yonkers - Congregations Linked In Urban Strategy To Effect Renewal
Yorktown Heights - Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Kevin Friedlander
Northeast Communications Manager
