U.S. Conference of Mayors, Wells Fargo Announce 2017 CommunityWINS Grant Program
January 17 2017 - 1:15PM
Business Wire
$1 million commitment for 2017 to support
neighborhood revitalization, economic development and job creation
in local municipalities
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and Wells Fargo today
announced a call for nominations for the 2017 CommunityWINS℠ grant
program, aimed at accelerating neighborhood revitalization,
economic development, and job creation in municipalities across the
country.
Launched in 2015, the CommunityWINS grant program includes a $3
million investment by the Wells Fargo Foundation over three years.
CommunityWINS grant program is administered by The U.S. Conference
of Mayors and funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation.
“We are pleased to continue this impactful program in 2017 for
the third consecutive year,” said Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of
Mayors CEO and executive director. “The CommunityWINS program
demonstrates how private and public sectors can work together to
address local economic challenges and create positive change. Our
organization and Wells Fargo share similar goals and commitments to
help communities across the country succeed, and we look forward to
teaming with additional cities and nonprofits to spur economic
recovery in 2017.”
Through a competitive application process, the USCM will
determine eligibility and administer grant funds to eligible
nonprofits in six cities to support neighborhood revitalization,
economic development and job creation initiatives.
“We have experienced great success collaborating with the U.S.
Conference of Mayors to help local communities succeed,” said
Martin Sundquist, executive director, Wells Fargo Housing
Foundation. “Wells Fargo believes it is important to help people
succeed financially. By joining efforts with community
organizations and nonprofits, we are able to support initiatives
that accelerate local economic recovery, which in turn strengthens
the communities in which we live and work.”
USCM member cities can nominate up to three eligible nonprofit
initiatives or programs that address one of the following
categories:
• Neighborhood stabilization – projects designed to
stimulate growth and stability while assisting in the removal of
blight and the rebuilding of neighborhoods.
• Economic development – projects designed to promote
business development.
• Job creation – projects designed to aid in local job
creation or assist in job training.
Grant requirements, application details, application checklists,
and the online application forms are available now at
usmayors.org/communitywins. Applications must be submitted by March
17, 2017.
With the second annual CommunityWINS grant program in 2016,
grants were presented to six nonprofits including Blanchet House of
Hospitality (Portland, Ore.), Newton Innovation Center (Newton,
Mass.), West Edge Factory Solar Training Institute (Huntington, W.
Va.), Family Foundations (Jacksonville, Fla.), TechTown Foundation
(Chattanooga, Tenn.), and Kinston Teens, Inc. (Kinston, N.C.).
The CommunityWINS grant program collaboration between the USCM
and Wells Fargo follows a national alliance formed in 2011 to
address foreclosure prevention, property disposition, homeownership
promotion and community development. The three-year alliance was
forged to address housing challenges through strategies developed
by Wells Fargo.
About USCM
The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan
organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There
are nearly 1,400 such cities in the country today, and each city is
represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the
mayor. Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/usmayors, or follow us
on Twitter at twitter.com/usmayors.
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 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 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. In 2015, Wells Fargo donated $281.3
million to 16,300 nonprofits, ranking No. 3 on the Chronicle of
Philanthropy’s rankings of the top corporate cash philanthropists.
Wells Fargo team members volunteered 1.86 million hours in 2015,
serving more than 40,000 nonprofits. Wells Fargo’s corporate social
responsibility efforts are focused on three priorities: economic
empowerment in underserved communities, environmental
sustainability, and advancing diversity and social inclusion. News,
insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at
Wells Fargo Stories.
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