12/19/2016
Citizens Bank invites nonprofits to apply for financial literacy funding
Organizations throughout the bank’s footprint encouraged to seek 2017 funding
PROVIDENCE, RI – As part of its ongoing commitment to give people the confidence and tools they need to budget, save, invest and be fiscally healthy, Citizens Bank is now accepting applications from nonprofits for crucial financial literacy services that help consumers manage their money better.
From Dec. 12, 2016 through Jan. 20, 2017, organizations throughout the bank’s 11-state footprint – New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio and Michigan – are invited to submit an application for funding as part of the bank’s Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money financial literacy initiative. Eligible financial literacy activities include:
- Basics of banking and asset building
- Budgeting
- Homeownership counseling
- Foreclosure prevention
- Credit management and repair programs
- Financial management for small businesses
In 2016, Citizens awarded 77 nonprofit organizations more than $1.35 million in contributions through Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money. The program also leveraged the financial expertise of Citizens’ bankers, included volunteer outreach by Citizens colleagues and a social media public service campaign that shared financial tips on Facebook and Twitter.
To be considered for funding, eligible nonprofits in the communities served by Citizens Bank should submit an online application by Jan. 20, 2017. Recipients will be announced in March 2017. For more information on nonprofit programs and services that may qualify for funding, or how to submit an application, please click here.
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $147 billion in assets as of September 30, 2016. 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. In Consumer Banking, Citizens helps its retail customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides wealth management, mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in select markets nationwide. 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 hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.
Citizens operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Citizens Bank, Citizens Commercial Banking and Citizens One. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.
