DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2004--Denver area community groups were recently
awarded more than $260,000 in grants by the U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) Foundation.
Mark Smith, president of U.S. Bank in Denver, announced the affordable housing,
artistic and cultural enrichment, education, and economic opportunity grants.
"These organizations are a vital part of the Denver community and help
make affordable housing, the arts and economic opportunities accessible to more
people," said Smith.
Affordable Housing:
-- Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. - to assist with its home maintenance and
repair program for low-income seniors;
-- Colorado Affordable Housing Partnership (CAHP) - to support the merger
of the CAHP and two other organizations to become the premier agency covering
affordable housing issues and concerns;
-- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless - to help with building new rental
housing communities;
-- Colorado Housing Assistance Corporation - to support its homeownership
education and counseling programs;
-- Colorado Housing Enterprises - to assist its affordable housing programs;
-- Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver - to provide support for its self-sufficiency
component of their homeownership program;
-- Hope Communities, Inc. - to enhance its education programs for families
in their affordable housing programs;
-- Housing and Homeless Funding Coalition - to help with its long-term, systemic
change in housing for low-income and homeless families through a coalition of
foundation funders;
-- Mercy Housing SouthWest - to assist with its affordable housing programs;
-- Mile High Housing Fund - to support its staff training program;
-- Neighborhood Partners - to help fund its maintenance and repair program
for elderly and low-income residents;
-- Northeast Denver Housing Center - to provide assistance for its affordable
housing and homeownership programs; and
-- SouthWest Improvement Council - to help fund its housing development and
home ownership programs.
Artistic & Cultural Enrichment:
-- Colorado Business Committee for the Arts - to support its production of
the Economic Impact Report of Arts and Culture in metro Denver.
Economic Opportunity:
-- Colorado Association of Nonprofit Organizations - to support its production
of the 2004 Colorado Nonprofit Report and their 2005 nonprofit training workshops;
-- Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence - to assist with its education
and self-sufficiency programs;
-- Colorado Enterprise Fund - to help with its small business lending and
technical assistance programs;
-- Colorado Nonprofit Development Center - to provide support for its office
services and technical assistance for start-up nonprofits organizations;
-- Denver Small Business Development Center - to help its small business and
technical assistance programs;
-- Mi Casa Resource Center for Women - to support its small business and micro-enterprise
programs that assist primarily low-income women increase their economic self-sufficiency;
-- Neighborhood Resource Center of Colorado - to assist with its Good Neighboring
project, building relationships among neighbors;
-- Warren Village, Inc. - to help with its programs to promote self-sufficiency
for single-parent families; and
-- Women's Bean Project - to support its programs that help build self-sufficiency.
K - 12 Education:
-- Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver - for its Friday Afternoon Club,
a collaboration with the Denver Public Schools;
-- Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation - to help its dropout prevention program;
-- Denver Public Schools Educational Foundation - to support a program targeted
to help homeless children complete their education;
-- Girls Inc. of Metro Denver - to help build self-sufficiency for girls and
young women;
-- Latin American Research and Service Agency - for its education and self-sufficiency
programs for Latinos;
-- Whiz Kids Tutoring - to assist with its tutoring program in Denver, Aurora
and Jefferson County public schools; and
-- Young Americans Center for Financial Education - to support its International
Towne financial education program to youth in Denver Public Schools in disadvantaged
areas.
U.S. Bancorp, with assets of $193 billion, is the 6th largest financial services
holding company in the United States. The company operates 2,346 banking offices
and 4,621 ATMs, and provides a
comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust
and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S.
Bancorp is home of the Five Star Service
Guarantee which assures customers of certain key banking benefits and services
or customers will be paid for their inconvenience. U.S. Bancorp is the parent
company of U.S. Bank. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the
web at usbank.com.
