BOSTON & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Santander Holdings USA, Inc. (“Santander US” and “Santander”) today announced a $2.5 million, three-year commitment to its longstanding community partner City Year, an AmeriCorps network member supporting under-resourced public schools in the U.S. Santander US unveiled the multimillion-dollar commitment at an event it hosted featuring Rafael Nadal, professional tennis player and Santander ambassador, for 25 middle-school students from City Year supported schools in East Harlem and the South Bronx.
“We are proud to announce this new commitment today as we deepen our decade-long relationship with City Year, helping them carry out their mission of supporting students,” said Tim Wennes, Santander US CEO. “Santander’s purpose is to help people and businesses prosper. This commitment to City Year is another demonstration in how we live out that purpose by supporting organizations that make a meaningful difference in the communities where we work each day to serve our five million customers.”
This commitment from Santander US includes $1 million of funding for City Year’s Whole School Whole Child program to provide academic tutoring, coaching, afterschool activities and other resources to students in New York, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia and Providence. Santander US—through the Santander Consumer USA Inc. Foundation—also is committing $1.5 million over three years to support City Year Dallas.
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