PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Citizens Charitable Foundation today announced the recipients for nearly $250,000 in grants to non-profit organizations serving those in need across the communities served by the bank.
Funding for the grants resulted from donations to the Foundation made by Citizens colleagues during its annual payroll giving campaign as well as $200,000 in personal donations pledged by the bank’s senior leadership team at the end of 2016.
“The commitment demonstrated by our colleagues to their communities by making these donations is commendable,” said Barbara Cottam, Chairman of the Citizens Charitable Foundation. “These grants will fund great organizations that are working hard every day to make a difference and to help people reach their potential.”
Citizens Bank colleagues voted on which organizations to support across the bank’s priority giving areas: financial literacy, fighting hunger, and strengthening communities. Each organization proposed specific plans for using grant funds to help those they serve.
In Rhode Island, for example, Children’s Friend will use the funds to provide critical ongoing care, assessment, and connections to community resources for families through its First Connections program. In Massachusetts, Year Up plans to use its grant to help serve 560 young adults through various education programs. In Eastern Pennsylvania, Philabundance plans to leverage the gift to support its hunger relief operations, which provide food to 90,000 people weekly in the Delaware Valley.
Citizens supports employee efforts to give back to their communities through a variety of programs that include payroll giving, matching gifts and volunteerism. Last year, Citizens colleagues contributed more than 89,000 hours of volunteer time in their communities. More information regarding our community programs can be found here.
The following organizations received grants this year:
| State | Organization | ||
| Rhode Island | Children’s Friend | ||
| Massachusetts | Year Up | ||
| Eastern Pennsylvania | Philabundance | ||
| New York | Meals on Wheels for Western New York, Inc. | ||
| Ohio | Freestore Food Bank | ||
| Western Pennsylvania | Veterans Leadership Program of Western PA | ||
| Michigan | Forgotten Harvest | ||
| Connecticut | New London Community Meal Center | ||
| New Hampshire | Families in Transition | ||
| Virginia | FeedMore | ||
| Vermont | Lund Family Center | ||
| Delaware | Food Bank of Delaware | ||
| New Jersey | Cathedral Soup Kitchen | ||
| Illinois | Meals on Wheels Foundation of Cook County | ||
| North Carolina | Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina | ||
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens
Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest
financial institutions, with $151.4 billion in assets as of September
30, 2017. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a
broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to
individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large
corporations and institutions. Citizens helps its customers reach their
potential by listening to them and by understanding their needs in order
to offer tailored advice, ideas and solutions. In Consumer Banking,
Citizens provides an integrated experience that includes mobile and
online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of
approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 branches in 11 states
in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Consumer Banking
products and services include a full range of banking, lending, savings,
wealth management and small business offerings. In Commercial Banking,
Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a
full range of wholesale banking products and services, including lending
and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and
interest rate products and asset finance. More information is available
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