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07-24-00
As eight highly motivated California college and university students gathered at UC-Davis to begin a week of intense training in affordable housing development, Bank of America executives presented a $120,000 check to fund the innovative capacity-building program.
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07-20-00
The Bank of America Foundation announced it has contributed $30,000 in Community Catalyst Grants to six local health and human services organizations that focus on early childhood development at the grassroots level. As part of the bank's Community Catalyst program, each org...
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07-18-00
Bank of America has been honored with the 1999 Donaldson Award, one of the North Carolina Governor's Business Awards in the Arts and Humanities. The award was presented to Bank of America for its long-standing support of the arts to improve the quality of life in the communi...
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07-13-00
Kweisi Mfume, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and Michael H. Dulan, Bank of America Community Development Banking president, today announced a five-year, $6 million initiative to help increase homeownership among tradition...
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07-05-00
Wells Fargo and Opus Northwest, L.L.C. are partnering with Seattle LISC to build critical affordable housing and revitalize distressed neighborhoods throughout Puget Sound. The two organizations donated a total of $60,000 to LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation).
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06-28-00
The Cincinnati Association for the Blind (CAB) continues to solicit funding for the renovation of its East Walnut Hills facility. Renovation began to its existing facility located on Gilbert Avenue in January of 1999.
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06-26-00
KeyCorp announced today that its Retail Banking subsidiary, KeyBank National Association, has signed a third consecutive four-year agreement with the City of Cleveland for local community reinvestment. The latest $400 million commitment increases Key's funding for community ...
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06-21-00
Fifth Third ranks as the 7th best place to work for IT professionals according to Computerworld Magazine! Fifth Third is the highest rated bank in the country and the only Tristate bank to earn inclusion in the report.
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06-20-00
The Goldman Sachs Foundation recently awarded six new grants to promote innovation and excellence in education worldwide, each in excess of US$1 million. Announcing the grants, Stephanie Bell-Rose, the Foundation’s President remarked: "These grants reflect the Foundation’s m...
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06-12-00
For the fifth consecutive rating period, KeyBank National Association has received an "outstanding" rating for its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) lending practices from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). This is the top rating on a four- category sca...