Wells Fargo & Company is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.7 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 8,700 locations, 12,500 ATMs, and the internet, and has offices in 36 countries to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 265,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 29 on Fortune’s 2014 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy all our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially.

 

The company is committed to providing community solutions – local responses to local needs. They promote economic development and self-sufficiency through community development, financial education, cash contributions, affordable housing, and environmental stewardship, through the efforts of our enthusiastic team ember volunteers. In 2014, Wells Fargo set a new five-year goal to extend $100 billion in new loans to small businesses across the U.S. by 2018. In 2014, Wells Fargo invested $281.2 million in 17,100 nonprofits nationwide. In 2014, for the fifth year in a row, United Way Worldwide named Wells Fargo’s annual Community Support and United Way Campaign the No. 1 Giving Campaign, based on 2013 giving. The company supports:

 

Home ownership, community Development, and education

• $71.2 million in grants to nonprofits supporting affordable housing, homeownership counseling and foreclosure prevention (2014).
• $5.97 billion in community development loans and investments in projects that support affordable housing, job creation, community services, and economic development in low- and moderate-income areas (2013).
• $71.6 million invested in more than 7,800 educational programs and schools around the U.S. (2014).

 

Team member volunteerism and donations

• 1.74 million team member volunteer hours (2014).
• $97.7 million pledged by team members through the annual Community Support and United Way Campaign and donated year-round directly to nonprofits (2014).

 

Community Investment

Wells Fargo is proud to support organizations working to strengthen our communities. Through the efforts of our enthusiastic team member-volunteers and our contributions, we share our success within our communities by giving back to non-profits and educational institutions that address vital community needs and issues.

 

Wells Fargo prefers to fund outcome-driven programs versus unrestricted sponsorships and events for non-profits. The .company directs their giving to areas that we believe are important to the future of their nation's vitality and success: community development, education, and human services.

 

Wells Fargo Housing Foundation

Founded in 1993, the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation is committed to increasing low- to moderate-income homeownership through the development of affordable housing. The Foundation has two programs: the Team Member Volunteer program and the Homeownership Grant Program. 

 

Wells Fargo Regional Foundation

Wells Fargo Regional Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for children and families living in low-income neighborhoods in New Jersey, Delaware, and eastern Pennsylvania. See the counties we serve.  The Foundation concentrates its resources on the creation and implementation of resident-driven neighborhood plans.  The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation awards Neighborhood Planning Grants and Neighborhood Implementation Grants to support long-term, resident-driven neighborhood revitalization.