Citizens Bank Gives $58,000 to Pittsburgh Nonprofits for Financial Literacy Funding

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Citizens Bank today marked National Financial Literacy Month by announcing $58,000 in contributions to five local nonprofits for their financial education programs serving communities throughout Greater Pittsburgh. The financial literacy initiative is part of Citizens Bank’s Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money program, which gives consumers and small businesses the confidence and tools they need to budget, save, invest and be fiscally healthy. Nationally, through the Citizens Helping Citizens Teach Money Management program, the bank will deliver more than $1.3 million in financial support to local nonprofits. Pictured from left to right: Scott Brown, Citizens Bank; Beth Crow, Citizens Bank; Dennis Gilfoyle, Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania; Ted Melnyk, East Liberty Development, Inc.; Dan Fitzpatrick, President of Citizens Bank for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware; Rick Flanagan, East Side Neighborhood Employment Services; Laura Zinski, Mon Valley Initiative; Tina Matey, U.S. Department of Veterans Administration; and Colin Kelley, NeighborWorks of Western Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURGH – As part of an ongoing commitment to give consumers the confidence and tools they need to be fiscally healthy, Citizens Bank announced today that five nonprofit organizations in western Pennsylvania will receive $58,000 in contributions as part of the Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money financial literacy initiative. Citizens Bank President Dan Fitzpatrick made the announcement during a media event at the offices of NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania in downtown Pittsburgh where he was joined by representatives from local nonprofits and financial literacy volunteers.

Leveraging the financial expertise of its bankers and its partnerships with local nonprofits focused on financial education, the Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money program this year includes $1.3 million in donations to 77 nonprofits and volunteer outreach by more than 400 trained Citizens colleagues. Citizens will also be sharing financial tips on Facebook and Twitter for the duration of National Financial Literacy Month, as well as ongoing financial advice from Citizens’ colleagues on YouTube. By the end of 2016, Citizens Helping Citizens Manage Money is expected to improve the financial acumen of more than 220,000 Americans.

Nonprofit organizations from across the bank’s 11-state footprint were chosen in a competitive application process based on their track record of success providing financial education programs, clear and measurable goals for the program and a demonstration to incorporate sustainability in their program plans.

Locally, funding recipients in the western Pennsylvania region include:

• East Liberty Development, Inc.
• Eastside Neighborhood Employment Center
• Junior Achievement of Western Pennsylvania
• Mon Valley Initiative
• NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania

About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $140.1 billion in assets as of March 31, 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 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. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.