Wells Fargo Gives $60,000 to CT Non-profits – $1,000 At a Time

Wells Fargo’s community bank team recently celebrated Community Week in Connecticut. Store managers took the opportunity to distribute a total of $60,000 in grants to local non-profits and causes important to them, according to a release from the bank.

Store managers are inviting local non-profit leaders to their stores or they will visit the organizations to deliver a $1,000 charitable contribution on behalf of Wells Fargo.   

“We use this week as an occasion to celebrate and acknowledge our community partners who provide critical services to local residents,” said Joe Kirk a regional president at Wells Fargo in a release. 

Through the grants, "we support nonprofit organizations that address vital community needs and issues, including community development, education, human services, arts & culture, environmental and civic projects," said Kirk.

In 2012, the Wells Fargo Foundation invested approximately $1.1 million in Connecticut to support local non-profits and causes, and according to the release, Wells Fargo was the top corporate giver in the U.S. in 2012, investing $315.8 million in 19,500 nonprofits. 

The bank employs over 1,500 in Connecticut – and has 74 community banking stores and 100 ATMs. Its employees also committed more than 6,000 in volunteer hours in 2012 assisting local groups and projects.  

The Connecticut groups receiving $1,000 grants from WellsFargo are:

• Ansonia – Ansonia Youth Football and Cheer, Inc.
• Bethany  – Abandoned Animals
• Bloomfield –  Hyancinth Williams Foundation
• Branford  – Mary Tisko PTA
• Bridgeport – Bridgeport Caribe Youth League
• Bridgeport –  The Caroline House
• Bristol – Connecticut Community Care
• Cheshire – Cheshire Community Food Pantry
• Chester – Let’s Hear it for the Boys (Community Foundation Middlesex County)
• Cos Cob – Kids in Crisis
• Danbury – TBICO Inc. (The Bridge to Independent and Career Opportunities)
• Darien – Person-to-Person
• Darien – Darien Library
• Derby – Spooner House Area Congregations Together, Inc.
• East Hartford – Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services, Inc.
• Greenwich – Greenwich Library
• Greenwich – Dana’s Angels Research Trust
• Hamden – Eli Whitney Museum
• Hartford – City of Hartford FBO South End Wellness Senior Center
• Meriden – The Cove Center for Grieving Children
• Meriden – New Opportunities of Greater Meriden
• Meriden – Boys & Girls Clubs of Meriden
• Middletown – Ryan Woods Autism Foundation
• Milford – Bridges…A Community Support System, Inc.
• New Haven – Fellowship Place
• New Haven – New Haven Help Alliance
• New Haven – Farnam Neighborhood House
• New Haven – Knowgimmicks Youth Empowerment
• North Haven – Animal Haven Inc.
• Northford – Branford Compassion Club, Inc.  
• Norwalk – Junior Achievement of South West Connecticut
• Norwalk – Circle of Friends  c/o Hebrew Beth Israel Society
• Norwalk – Cancer Care
• Norwalk – Norwalk Housing Foundation
• Norwalk – The Exchange Club of Norwalk Connecticut
• Norwalk – Family and Children’s agency
• Old Greenwich – The Old Greenwich-Riverside Community Center
• Prospect – Town of Prospect for Prospect Senior Center
• Ridgefield – Swim Across America
• Rocky Hill – International Youth Sports Alliance
• Seymour – Seymour Founders Day
• Southington – Bread for Life
• Stamford – Boy and Girls Club of Stamford
• Stamford – Glenbrook Neighborhood Association
• Stamford – Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens
• Stamford – Literacy Volunteers - Stamford/Greenwich Inc.
• Stamford – Activities for Kids Inc./Glenbrook Community Center
• Stamford – Shelter for the Homeless
• Stratford – Help Touch Heal
• Wallingford – Ulbrich Boys & Girls Club
• Wallingford –Master's Manna, Inc.
• Waterbury – Waterbury Neighborhood Council
• Waterbury – Waterbury Opportunities Industrialization Corp AKA WOIC
• West Haven – W.H.E.A.T (West Haven Emergency Assistance Task Force)
• Westbrook – Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center
• Wilton – Wilton Go Green
• Wolcott – Lisa Incorporated AKA Living in Safe Alternatives incorporated
• Woodbridge – Amity High School for Community Action Group
• Woodbridge – Massaro Community Farm
• Woodbury – Woodbury Scholarship Fund Dollars for Scholars