In this
photo is the Narrow Way Café crew
The grant for this new café on
Livernois near Outer Drive comes
from the bank’s grant money to Motor
City Match.
In
this
photo is
bank
employees
with
Jefferson
East
executive
director
Josh
Elling
in front
of a
restaurant
called
Norma
G's In
the
Jefferson
Chalmers
area
that
will
open
soon.
Bank of
America
Charitable
Foundation
Awards
$1.2
Million
to Metro
Detroit
Nonprofits
Grant
recipients
provide
access
to job
training,
basic
needs
and
neighborhood
sustainability.
DETROIT
- The
Bank of
America
Charitable
Foundation
celebrated
its
annual
“Detroit
Day of
Giving”
on
November
16,
which
focuses
on
ensuring
individuals
and
families
in
metropolitan
Detroit
have
access
to the
tools
and
resources
that
support
economic
mobility
including
basic
needs
and
services.
The
Foundation
distributed
nearly
$1.2
million
in
community
giving
to 46
local
Detroit
nonprofits
in 2017.
This
year,
Bank of
America
has
contributed
nearly
$3
million
in
Michigan
through
grants,
sponsorships,
employee
donations,
donation
matches
and
other
engagements.
Five
teams
and more
than 100
Bank of
America
teammates
in metro
Detroit
volunteered
and made
visits
to the
organizations,
learning
more
about
the
impact
the
grants
will
have on
the
nonprofits’
goals.
These
grants
are a
part of
the
bank’s
philanthropic
investments
that are
aimed at
improving
the
lives of
individuals
and
families
and the
communities
in which
they
live.
Metro
Detroit
families
and
individuals
face
difficult
financial
decisions
every
day and
our
nonprofit
community
plays a
crucial
role in
providing
some of
these
essential
services
that
help
people
find
their
way to
economic
stability.
This
includes
emergency
shelter,
access
to food,
financial
education
and
benefits,
and
reaching
individuals
at their
immediate
point of
need to
connect
them to
programs
and
resources.
In this
photo is
CDC-CDC.
CDC-CDC
has an
intake
center
for
LISC,
which
provides
0%
interest
home
repair
loans
funded
in part
by the
bank.
“Bank of
America
invests
in the
communities
we serve
through
our
commitment
to
partnerships
that
address
complex
societal
challenges,”
said
Matt
Elliott,
Michigan
market
president,
Bank of
America.
“We
always
focus on
the
pathways
to
economic
mobility
-- by
addressing
issues
of
workforce
development,
education,
housing,
financial
literacy,
and
community
development
– to
help
create
thriving
communities,
this
helps to
provide
for
families
as they
address
their
needs
every
day.”
Organizations
that
received
grants
include:
Detroit
Economic
Growth
Association;
Focus:
HOPE;
Central
Detroit
Christian
Community
Development
Corp.;
Jefferson
East;
YMCA of
Metropolitan
Detroit;
Detroit
Riverfront
Conservancy;
Detroit
Historical
Museum;
Grace
Centers
of Hope;
Lighthouse
of
Oakland
County;
Chaldean
American
Ladies
of
Charity;
JVS;
Develop
Detroit;
Detroit
Police
Athletic
League;
Coalition
on
Temporary
Shelter;
SER-Metro-Detroit
Jobs for
Progress
Inc.;
The
Greening
of
Detroit;
Racquet
Up;
Humble
Design;
and
Catholic
Charities’
All
Saints
Soup
Kitchen
to name
some.
A
special
component
of Bank
of
America’s
Day of
Giving
is the
Neighborhood
Builders
Awardees.
The bank
announced
the
Detroit
Hispanic
Development
Corporation
and Ruth
Ellis
Center
(REC)
and as
its 2017
partners.
The bank
awarded
these
two
nonprofits
$400,000
in
grants
--
$200,000
each --
to
increase
their
impact
in the
community
through
program
expansion
or
operations.
REC is a
youth
social
services
agency
providing
short-term
and
long-term
residential
safe
space
and
support
services
for
runaway,
homeless,
and
at-risk
LGBTQ
youth.
REC
operates
a
residential
housing
program;
an
outpatient
mental
health
services
program;
a
drop-in
center
providing
safety-net
services
such as
food,
clothing,
showers,
laundry
and case
management;
and
Family
Group
Decision
Making,
which
delivers
first
intensive
intervention
with
families.
Detroit
Hispanic
Development
Corporation
serves
the
metro
Detroit
Hispanic
community
through
its
family-oriented
services
including
its
Nuevos
Horizontes
Housing
Counseling
program,
which
provides
U.S.
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
Department-certified
counselors
to work
with the
community
through
housing-related
group
workshops,
one-on-one
counseling
and
outside
agency
referrals.