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CITIZENS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Citizens Charitable Foundation

Contact information:
53 State Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02109-2802
Phone: 401-282-3836

Website: www.citizensbank.com/community/default.aspx

Type of foundation: Company-sponsored

Types of grants: Capital campaigns; Employee matching gifts; Employee volunteer services; General/operating support; Program development; Public relations services.

Description: Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is a $132 billion commercial bank holding company. It is headquartered in Providence, RI and through its subsidiaries has more than 1,500 branches, approximately 3,900 ATMs and more than 20,900 employees. It operates its branch network in 12 states and has non-branch retail and commercial offices in about 40 states.

The Foundation supports organizations involved with housing, human services, community economic development and economically disadvantaged people. Grants are typically for one year, except for capital grants which can run up to three years.

Sample grants:

  • $50,000 to JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, Washington, DC for general support (2010).
  • $50,000 to National Latino Education Institute, Chicago, IL for general support (2010).
  • $33,000 to WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, MA (2006).
  • $25,000 to Living Arts Institute for general support, Yarmouthport, MA (2010).
  • $25,000 to Boston Children’s Museum for general support (2010).
  • $25,000 to Mercy Education Project, Detroit, MI for general support (2010).
  • $25,000 to WITF-TV/FM South Central Educational Broadcasting Council, Harrisburg, PA (2008).
  • $25,000 to Youth Rights Media, New Haven, CT (2008).
  • $25,000 to WITF-TV/FM South Central Educational Broadcasting Council, Harrisburg, PA (2007).
  • $25,000 to New Hampshire Public Television, Durham, NH (2005).
  • $25,000 to New Hampshire Public Television, Durham, NH (2004).
  • $16,600 to WBUR FM, Boston, MA (2006).
  • $15,000 to Stark Community Foundation, Canton, OH (2010).
  • $15,000 to Inside Out Literary Arts Project, Detroit, MI for general support (2010).
  • $15,000 to Read to Grow, Branford, CT for general support (2010).
  • $15,000 to WMHT Educational Telecommunications, Troy, NY (2006).
  • $15,000 to Ideastream, Cleveland, OH (2006).
  • $12,000 to Education in Action, San Francisco, CA (2010).
  • $11,625 to WBUR, Boston, MA (2009).
  • $10,000 to WMHT Educational Telecommunications, Troy, NY (2010).
  • $10,000 to WMHT Educational Telecommunications, Troy, NY (2009).
  • $10,000 to WHYY, Philadelphia, PA (2007).
  • $10,000 to WMHT Educational Telecommunications, Troy, NY (2007).
  • $10,000 to Ideastream, Cleveland, OH (2007).
  • $10,000 to New Hampshire Public Radio, Concord, NH (2007).
  • $10,000 to New York Newspapers Foundation, Albany, NY (2007).
  • $10,000 to Plain Dealer Charities, Cleveland, OH, for Newspapers in Education (2006).
  • $8,500 to Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio, Toledo, OH (2007).
  • $7,500 to Ideastream, Cleveland, OH (2009).
  • $7,500 to Ideastream (Cleveland, OH) (2008).
  • $7,000 to Newport International Film Festival, Newport, RI (2007).
  • $5,000 to WHYY, Philadelphia, PA (2009).
  • $5,000 to From the Top, Boston, MA (2009).
  • $5,000 to Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation, Cleveland, OH (2009).
  • $5,000 to WHYY in general support (2008).
  • $5,000 to Newport International Film Festival, Newport, RI (2008).
  • $5,000 to Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation, Cleveland, OH (2008).
  • $5,000 to Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation, Cleveland, OH (2007).
  • $5,000 to Newport International Film Festival, Newport, RI (2006).
  • $5,000 to Inquisitive Kids, Indianapolis, IN (2006).
  • $3,500 to Our Place Theater Project, Boston, MA (2008).
  • $3,000 to Youth Rights Media, New Haven, CT (2009).
  • $3,000 to Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio, Toledo, OH (2008).
  • $2,500 to WGBH Educational Foundation (2008).
  • $2,000 to Serviam Media, Wilmington, DE (2010).
  • $2,000 to Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, NY (2009).
  • $2,000 to Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA (2008).
  • $1,500 to SLB Radio Productions, Pittsburgh, PA (2010).
  • $1,500 to Learning Ally, Princeton, NJ (2010).
  • $1,500 to SLB Radio Productions, Pittsburgh, PA (2009).
  • $1,500 to Learning Ally, Princeton, NJ (2009).
  • $1,500 to Learning Ally, Cambridge, MA (2008).
  • $1,500 to Learning Ally, Princeton, NJ (2007).
  • $1,250 to WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, MA (2007).
  • $1,000 to Window to the World Communications, Chicago, IL (2008).
  • $1,000 to Rhode Island Public Radio, Providence, RI (2008).
  • $1,000 to Women Express, Boston, MA (2008).

Fit for public broadcasting: The Foundation supports several public media organizations in areas where the company has operations. The Foundation has made several grants to arts and education organizations, and may be interested in public media initiatives that intersect with these areas.

Eligibility: Giving on a national basis in areas of company operations, with emphasis on CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT.

The Foundation will not support political organizations, governmental or quasi-governmental public agencies or organizations, grantmakers, or public or private educational institutions. No grants to individuals, or for annual campaigns, political projects, debt reduction, conferences or seminars, endowments, trips or tours, advertising or fundraising activities, or historic preservation; no loans.

How to apply: To begin the online application, take the online eligibility quiz. A site visit and additional information may be requested at a later date.

Giving range: Foundation grants range widely in size. 

Assets: $16,022,429 (2010).

Total giving: $14,842,231 (2010).