Wells Fargo Foundation
Guidelines for charitable contributions
While we make grants in three primary areas: Community Development, Education, and Human Services, we are also supportive of those nonprofit agencies for which Wells Fargo team members have made a commitment to volunteer via direct service or through committee or Board membership.
Where we direct our contributions
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas:
Requests we will not consider
While we make grants in three primary areas: Community Development, Education, and Human Services, we are also supportive of those nonprofit agencies for which Wells Fargo team members have made a commitment to volunteer via direct service or through committee or Board membership.
Where we direct our contributions
Wells Fargo makes grants in three primary areas:
- Community Development Wells Fargo provides grants to organizations that help people and communities of low and moderate income in the areas of:
- Affordable housing
- Training people to find and retain jobs
- Community revitalization and stabilization
- EducationWells Fargo supports educational programs promoting academic achievement by low- to moderate-income students in pre-Kindergarten through the twelfth grade in the key areas of:
- Math and science
- Literacy
- History of the American West
- Staff development of teachers and administrators serving low- and moderate-income students
- Programs that encourage school partnerships with parents and guardians, the business community, or the community in which the school is located
- Human Services Wells Fargo considers support of social and human service organizations whose work primarily serves low- and moderate-income populations in the following areas:
- Child care
- Health services and education
- Assistance with basic needs
Requests we will not consider
- Individuals, including scholarship or fellowship assistance
- For-profit entities, including start-up businesses
- Political, labor, religious, or fraternal activities
- Endowments
- Film or video projects, including documentaries
- Travel, including student trips or tours
- Promotional merchandise
- Organizations other than IRS 501(c)(3), governmental, or tribal entities
- Equipment, including computer hardware and software
- Sports or athletic groups or activities
- Hospitals
- Vehicles
- Multi-year programs
- Capital campaigns