United Way Honors Wells Fargo as Largest Employee Campaign Nationally

United Way has singled out Wells Fargo for both national and regional honors as a result of the firm’s community support.

United Way Worldwide honored Wells Fargo as the largest employee campaign in the entire United States. Wells Fargo team members pledged a record $41.9 million through their annual 2009 Community Support and United Way Campaign—a 21-percent increase over 2008. Combined with corporate gifts, this totaled more than $60 million, which United Way will use in part to help meet its national goals to increase the number of students who graduate, help more families become financially stable, and increase the number of healthy youth and adults.

Additionally, more than 32,000 Wells Fargo team members nationwide volunteered 1.23 million hours in 2009, providing financial literacy classes, free tax preparation and much more. In March, United Way recognized Wells Fargo with a Summit Award for exceptional volunteerism as a testament to the financial services company and its employees’ ongoing commitment to communities.

Local Honors

In Portland, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette also recently honored Wells Fargo locally for its 2009-2010 Giving Campaign. In the four-county Portland/Vancouver region, Wells Fargo’s employee giving and corporate gift totaled $927,000. In addition, Wells Fargo team members’ annual volunteerism in Oregon and southwest Washington in 2009 rose 70-percent to 64,779 hours.

At United Way of Columbia-Willamette’s Celebration of Caring event April 29, which honors companies that go above and beyond in their annual giving campaign, Wells Fargo was a standout campaign leader. United Way honored Wells Fargo with the Campaign Chair’s Award for Excellence for outstanding campaign performance.

Wells Fargo is a distinguished member of the United Way Global Corporate Leadership program, an elite group of the country’s top corporate citizens, dedicated to improving lives and strengthening communities to create a better life for all people. Wells Fargo has been recognized by Forbes, Business Week, Newsweek and Barron’s as one of the world’s most admired, most generous and most respected companies.