WSFS CARES Foundation Provides More Than $185K in First Quarter Grants to Community Organizations - Seite 2

The Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank (WNCLB) works to return vacant, dilapidated, abandoned and delinquent properties back to productive use, while strengthening and revitalizing its neighborhoods and inspiring economic development. The WSFS grant will allow work to begin on the rehabilitation of 10 additional units for homeownership and for the acquisition of 18 strategic properties in private ownership.

“The mission of the WSFS CARES Foundation is to support nonprofits that are invested in improving communities and fostering a spirit of inclusion and diversity,” said Patrick J. Ward, Executive Vice President, Pennsylvania Market President at WSFS Bank and Chairman of the WSFS CARES Foundation. “We’re proud to support each of these great organizations, which share our focus on investing in and strengthening their communities through revitalization, business economic empowerment, education, leadership development and affordable housing.”

“Delaware Prosperity Partnership is grateful to the WSFS CARES Foundation for investing in our efforts to attract, grow and retain businesses throughout Delaware,” said Kurt Foreman, DPP President and CEO. “This grant will help support DPP’s Global Advisors Program, which furthers our efforts to promote Delaware as a first-choice location for foreign direct investment by European, Asian and other international companies seeking to expand to the United States. WSFS was one of our founding investors, and we thank them for their continued investment in DPP. With such support, we are able to maintain our momentum and impact on Delaware’s economy as we work to advance prosperity for all those living and working in Delaware.”

“The WSFS CARES Foundation is providing a 2024 grant to the Distance Learning Center's STEMMPREP Project, a longitudinal developmental paradigm, which utilizes a multi-institutional mentorship approach that rotates underrepresented minority participants through a 10-summer basic science lab internship ‘continuum’ at research universities in the U.S. and Canada,” said Dr. Moses Williams, Executive Director and Founder, The Distance Learning Center. “The WSFS grant will support economically disadvantaged high school trainees who cannot afford to cover the cost of attendance to the summer lab internship.”