The First Niagara Foundation is announcing grants totaling $1.0
million to support not for profit youth mentoring programs and
organizations across New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Massachusetts through the regional bank’s Mentoring Matters℠
program.
“First Niagara is proud to serve our communities as a leading
corporate citizen by investing in the people who make them such
special places to live, work and do business. Our Mentoring
Matters announcement today will help empower our communities to
thrive by filling important needs,” said Gary Crosby, President and
CEO of First Niagara. “Mentoring is vital in helping young
people succeed both academically and personally. Our support
of respected and innovative mentoring organizations across the
Northeast is making a tangible and measurable difference in the
lives of young people.”
“First Niagara’s investment in quality mentoring programs across
the Northeast is helping to connect more of our young people to
social and economic opportunities that in turn strengthen our
communities,” said Elizabeth Gurney, Executive Director of the
First Niagara Foundation. “Our grant program is further enhanced by
the generous volunteer efforts of our employees, who volunteer
their time and talents to help youth by providing hope, guidance
and the support they need to reach their full potential. “
First Niagara launched Mentoring Matters℠ in 2007 with the goal
of supporting organizations whose great work helps children improve
their grades and school attendance, enhance their self-esteem,
avoid the dangers of drugs and alcohol and have a better
opportunity for a brighter future.
Thirty-seven not for profit organizations across First Niagara’s
footprint will share in the $1.0 million grant award, directly
benefiting more than 40,000 children who participate in these
programs. First Niagara has provided more than $8.33 million
to mentoring programs over the past nine years.
Recipients of First Niagara’s 2016 Mentoring Matters℠ grants
include the following:
100 Black Men of Syracuse Inc., Syracuse, NYBe A Friend Program
Inc., Buffalo, NYBe A Middle School Mentor program of the United
Way of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PABig Brothers Big Sisters of
Orange County, Vails Gate, NYBig Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland
County, New City, NYBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region,
Albany, NYBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PABooker T. Washington Community Center of Auburn,
NYBoys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo Inc., Buffalo, NYBoys &
Girls Clubs of the Northtowns, Buffalo, NYBoys Club of Mount Kisco
Inc., Mt. Kisco, NYBridgeport Public Education Fund Inc.,
Bridgeport, CTBuffalo Prep Inc., Buffalo, NYCommission on Economic
Opportunity, Troy, NYCompeer of Greater Buffalo, Buffalo, NYEquinox
Inc., Albany, NYESF College Foundation, Syracuse, NYFamily Services
of Westchester, Inc.Girls Incorporated of the Greater Capital
Region, Schenectady, NYHillside Work-Scholarship Connection Inc.,
Buffalo, NYInnovative Charitable Initiatives, Albany, NYJunior
Achievement of Central Upstate New York, Syracuse, NYJunior
Achievement of Central Upstate New York, Rochester, NYJunior
Achievement of Northeastern New York, Latham, NYJunior Achievement
of Western New York, Buffalo, NYMass Mentoring Partnership, Inc.,
Boston, MAMonroe Community College, Rochester, NYNorwalk Community
College, Norwalk, CTOn Point for College Inc., Syracuse and Utica,
NYSeneca Street Community Development Corp., Buffalo, NYSt. John
Fisher College, Rochester, NYSUNY Polytechnic Institute Career
Services Mentoring Program, Utica, NYThe Governor's Prevention
Partnership, Wethersfield, CTThe New Haven Reads Community Book
Bank, Inc., New Haven, CTWMHT Educational Telecommunications Inc.,
Schenectady, NYYMCA of the Capital District (Black & Latinos
Achievers), Albany, NYYouth Mentoring Service of Niagara County,
Inc., Lockport, NY
About The First Niagara FoundationThe First
Niagara Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable
entity. Founded in 1998, the First Niagara Foundation is
committed to supporting organizations in the communities in which
we live and work, with specific focus on Youth and Education,
Community Development and Neighborhood Revitalization. In 2015, the
First Niagara Foundation contributed nearly $6 million in
charitable grants to community partners across the bank’s
four-state footprint.
About First Niagara First Niagara, through its
wholly owned subsidiary, First Niagara Bank, N.A., is a multi-state
community-oriented bank with approximately 390 branches, $40
billion in assets, $30 billion in deposits, and approximately 5,300
employees providing financial services to individuals, families and
businesses across New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and
Massachusetts. For additional information on First Niagara,
visit us at www.firstniagara.com, follow us on Twitter
@FirstNiagara, or like us on Facebook at FirstNiagaraBank.
Contact:
Jodi Johnston
jodi.johnston@fnfg.com
716.270.8612
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