Celebrating and Supporting Communities
As part of the People’s United Bank merger agreement, the M&T Bank Charitable Foundation established a new fund committed to deploying $25MM of supplemental charitable giving over 3 years in support of the former People's United Bank communities.
The M&T Charitable Foundation announces completion of the Amplify Fund
Announced in March 2025, The M&T Charitable Foundation awarded $4.9 million in grants to 51 nonprofit organizations across New England and Long Island and Westchester County, New York, with a focus on financial inclusion and prosperity. The announcement of this third and final round of funding concludes the company’s $25 million Amplify Fund supplemental grant program, a three-year commitment to address inequities, with a focus on all low- and moderate-income communities and underserved populations.
During the first and second rounds of giving through the Amplify Fund, more than $20.1 million was awarded to 173 nonprofit organizations. The grants were awarded through a series of RFP’s that focused on environmental initiatives, mission-driven and capacity-building work, community and tenant organizing, and financial empowerment, in addition to collaboratives working together to advance equity.
In total, The M&T Charitable Foundation awarded $25 million to 224 nonprofit organizations and collaboratives, helping to empower nonprofit organizations to work collaboratively to drive meaningful change and advance equity in the communities served by the program.
This completes M&T Bank’s $25 million commitment. Applications to the Amplify Fund are no longer being accepted. Thank you to all those who applied and congratulations to our grant recipients. Visit the M&T Charitable Contributions webpage for information on how M&T Bank continues to give back to our communities.
About the Amplify Fund
The Amplify Fund was powered by the M&T Bank Charitable Foundation in the first significant philanthropic effort by M&T Bank across the former People’s United Bank footprint.
First announced in May 2022, the Amplify Fund was a $25 million philanthropic investment as part of the merger between People’s United and M&T Bank. The Amplify Fund was a one-time supplemental charitable giving program to provide further support in the legacy People's United communities throughout New England and New York, to benefit low- and moderate-income communities and underrepresented populations using a racial equity and justice lens.
Phase I
M&T kickstarted the Amplify Fund initiative in the former People’s United Bank communities through a regional Request for Proposal (RFP) process. The first round of giving was awarded in 2022, totaling more than $11.8 million to 105 nonprofit organizations.
Funding was provided to specific non-profit organizations based in New England and Metro New York, with a focus on mission-driven and capacity building work, community organizing, equity and environmental initiatives, and financial empowerment and education for individuals and small businesses.
- 350 Vermont Inc.
- Arts for Learning CT
- Accompany Capital
- Alliance for Community Empowerment
- ANHD
- Ascendus (formerly Accion East/CDFI)
- Asian Americans For Equality, Inc.
- Audubon Vermont
- Barnum Museum Foundation, Inc.
- BOC
- Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders
- Bridgeport Economic Development Corporation (BEDCO)
- Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, Inc.
- Capital for Change
- Cardinal Shehan Center
- Career Resources, Inc.
- Center for Law and Human Values
- Central Connecticut Coast YMCA
- Central Islip Civic Council
- Chhaya
- Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment
- CNYCN
- Community Action Agency for New Haven
- Community Action Southold Town Inc. (CAST)
- Community Development Corporation of Long Island
- Community Voices Heard, Inc.
- Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts d/b/a Shubert Theatre
- Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP)
- Connecticut Green Building Council
- Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants
- Connecticut Zoological Society, Inc. (DBA Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo)
- CT Council for Philanthropy
- CT Students for a Dream
- Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
- Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
- East Brooklyn Congregations
- East New York CLT Inc.
- Eastern Connecticut Housing Opportunities Inc
- Ecology Education Inc.
- Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, Inc.
- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
- Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc.
- Flatbush Development Corporation
- Forge City Works
- Futures Ignite
- Good Old Lower East Side, Inc. (GOLES)
- Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, Inc.
- Groundwork Bridgeport
- Groundwork Lawrence
- Habitat For Humanity
- Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County
- Harris Center for Conservation Education
- Hartford Land Bank, Inc
- HEDCO, Inc.
- Housatonic Community College Foundation
- Housing Development Fund, Inc.
- International Hartford Ltd.
- Intervale Center
- Junior Achievement of Fairfield County
- La Fuerza CDC
- La Fuerza Unida, Inc.
- LifeBridge Community Services, Inc.
- LIHP
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation Connecticut
- Long Island Progressive Coalition Education Project
- Maine Farmland Trust
- Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA)
- Make the Road Connecticut
- Make the Road New York
- Merrimack River Watershed Council
- MHANY
- Mutual Housing Association of Greater Hartford Inc
- Mutual Housing Association of South Central Connecticut, Inc.
- Mutual Housing Association of Southwestern Connecticut dba Connecticut Housing Partners
- NE Grassroots Environment Fund
- Neighborhood Housing Services Of New Haven, Inc
- Neighbors Together Corp.
- Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition
- NY Renews Education Fund, a Project of the Tides Foundation
- OLA (Immigrant Services)
- Our Piece of the Pie, Inc.
- Pratt Area Community Council, Inc.
- Red Hook Initiative
- Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership (RYASAP)
- Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
- Riverkeeper, Inc.
- Save the Sound
- SCSU Foundation
- SEPA Mujer
- Sheldon Oak Central, Inc.
- St Nicks Alliance
- The Center for Family Justice, Inc.
- The Crenulated Company Ltd. DBA New Settlement
- The Open Door Shelter
- The San Juan Center
- The Trust for Public Land
- The WorkPlace
- UHAB
- UNHP
- United Way of Coastal Fairfield County
- Urban League LI
- Vermont Natural Resources Council Inc.
- We Stay/Nos Quedamos, Inc.
- Women's Business Development Council
- Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice, Inc.
Phase II
The second phase of the Amplify Fund was launched in 2023 through one RFP process, totaling more than $8.2 million to 68 nonprofit organizations. Funding focused on collaboratives working together toward a common goal of advancing equity.
- Advancing Connecticut Together, Inc.
- Alliance for Community Empowerment
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
- BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BURLINGTON, INC.
- Boys and Girls Club of Stamford
- Cathedral Square Corporation
- Catholic Charities New Hampshire
- Catholic Charities, Inc. - Archdiocese of Hartford
- Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Inc.
- Community Action Southold Town, Inc.
- Concord Area Trust for Community Housing
- Connecticut Children's Foundation, Inc.
- Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies
- Connecticut Main Street Center
- Connecticut Voices for Children
- Cornell Scott Hill Health Foundation
- EAC Inc.
- Easter Seals New Hampshire, Inc.
- ERASE Racism
- Fairfield County's Community Foundation, Inc.
- Family Centers Inc.
- Fathers' UpLift, Inc.
- Franklin County Community Development Corporation
- Friends of Peterborough Recreation Projects
- Governor's Partnership to Protect Connecticut's Workforce, Inc.
- Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, Inc.
- Hall Neighborhood House, Inc.
- HAVEN Violence Prevention and Support Services
- Health and Welfare Council of Long Island
- Housatonic Community College Foundation, Inc.
- Keene Housing Kids Collaborative
- Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership, Inc.
- LifeBridge Community Services, Inc.
- Long Island FQHC Inc.
- Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services
- Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
- Mercy Connections, Inc.
- Nashua Police Athletic League
- New Haven HomeOwnership Center, Inc.
- New Haven Promise
- Northwell Health
- Norwalk ACTS, Inc.
- nOURish BRIDGEPORT, Inc
- Opportunity Communities, LLC
- Our Piece of the Pie, Inc.
- Pinetree Institute
- Preble Street
- Project Access of New Haven, Inc.
- Quality Housing Coalition
- Rhino Foods Foundation
- Rockland Independent Living Center dba BRIDGES
- Spurwink Services Incorporated
- The DREAM Program, Inc.
- The Housing Collective
- The Midas Collaborative
- The Opportunity Alliance
- The Stamford Partnership
- The Thomas Merton Center
- United Way of Central and Northeastern CT
- United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut
- United Way of Southeastern Connecticut, Inc.
- United Way, Inc.
- University of Vermont Health Network
- Vermont Legal Aid ,Inc.
- Wakeman Memorial Association
- Waterbury Bridge to Success Community Partnership
- Waypoint
- Windham & Windsor Housing Trust
Phase III
During the third and final phase of the Amplify Fund, The M&T Charitable Foundation announced a new request for proposals focused on Financial Inclusion and Prosperity (“AF-FIP”). A total of $4.9 million was awarded in grants to 51 nonprofit organizations across New England and Long Island and Westchester County, New York
- Adelphi University
- All Our Kin, Inc.
- Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.
- Ascendus, Inc.
- Avesta Housing Development Corporation
- Bridgeport Economic Development Corporation
- Building One Community, Corp.
- Capital for Change
- Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity
- CitySeed, Inc.
- Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
- Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS)
- Community Housing Innovations, Inc.
- Concord Area Trust for Community Housing
- ConnCORP
- Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants, Inc.
- Cover Home Repair
- Dismas Home of New Hampshire
- Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board
- Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, Inc.
- Family Promise of Greater Nashua
- Found in Translation
- Good Samaritan Haven
- Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity
- Habitat for Humanity International Inc.
- Habitat for Humanity of Addison County
- Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County
- HEDCO, Inc.
- Hispanic Brotherhood
- In Her Presence
- Island Institute
- KNOX, Inc.
- Lifting Up Westchester, Inc.
- Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
- McEIVR Inc.
- Mutual Housing Association of Southwestern Connecticut
- Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, Inc.
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, Inc. (NEST)
- Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, Inc.
- Opportunities Credit Union
- ProspertiyME
- Quinnipiac University
- Southern Vermont Economic Development Strategies (SeVEDS)
- Southside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, Inc.
- Tech Foundry, Inc.
- The Bridge Fund of New York, Inc.
- The Genesis Fund
- The University of Bridgeport
- Urban League of Greater Hartford
- Waterbury Young Men’s Christian Association
- Young Women’s Christian Association of New Britain
The M&T Charitable Foundation is proud to support the work of nonprofits that are dedicated to advancing equity and creating positive and lasting change. We look forward to sharing the progress of their work and the collective outcomes of our partnerships in the months and years ahead.
