For Immediate Release
August 15, 2006
Contact:
Douglas Robinson, 202-220-2360; drobinson@nw.org
NeighborWorks® America Announces Partnership Award Winners
(Washington, D.C.) – NeighborWorks America today announced that eleven corporations and corporate foundations received recognition as outstanding partners in the national effort to increase homeownership and strengthen communities. In addition to making financial contributions to support homeownership education, foreclosure prevention and neighborhood revitalization, each of the award winners excelled at providing “hands-on” volunteers for the various programs and initiatives that NeighborWorks leads in towns and cities across the country.
“These awards recognize the important contributions of partnerships between the private and non-profit sector can effectively improve the lives of people and their communities,” said Ken Wade, CEO of NeighborWorks America. “By contributing financial resources and encouraging their employees to volunteer and provide their expertise, our partners show true broad-based commitment.”
The NeighborWorks Partnership Awards are given in three categories: Most Generous Local NeighborWorks Contributors; Most Generous National NeighborWorks Contributors; and Most Generous NeighborWorks Social Investors.
The winners in each category are noted below.
Most Generous Local NeighborWorks Contributors—2005
Bank of America and Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Citigroup and the Citigroup Foundation
Fannie Mae Foundation
State Farm
Most Generous National NeighborWorks Contributors – 2005
The Home Depot Foundation
Citigroup Foundation
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
Most Generous NeighborWorks Social Investors -- 2005
World Savings Bank, FSB
State Farm
Allstate Insurance Company
About NeighborWorks® America
NeighborWorks America provides financial support, technical assistance and training for communities across the nation, including the NeighborWorks network – a nationwide network of more than 240 community development organizations working in more than 4,400 urban, suburban and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks organizations have generated more than $10 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 780,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes or secure safe, decent rental or mutual housing.
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