The Gateway Family YMCA receives $175,000 Housing for Everyone Grant

The Gateway Family YMCA was recently awarded a $175,000 Housing for Everyone grant from the TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®. The Gateway Family YMCA is one of 37 non-profit organizations selected from more than 450 applicants to receive a Housing for Everyone grant as part of the TD Charitable Foundation's signature grant initiative that has helped support organizations that are focused on providing affordable housing and affordable housing services since 2005.

In recent years the housing affordability crisis has continued to be a financial burden on families. As individuals and families across the country struggle with inflation and an exponential rise in rental costs, affordable housing providers face increased hardship given the growing demand for affordable rental units and emergency rental assistance.

The grant will support capital infrastructure upgrades to the Sierra Gardens residential housing facility, providing boilers necessary for basic housing needs like heat and hot water for 62 individuals and families. Sierra Gardens is an affordable housing facility owned by YMCA Sierra Gardens Urban Renewal and managed by The Gateway Family YMCA.

“On behalf of The Gateway Family YMCA, our Board of Directors, and most importantly, the individuals and families within our Residential Housing Programs, we thank the TD Charitable Foundation for their support,” stated Melynda A. Disla, President/CEO, The Gateway Family YMCA. “Our community partners allow us to make a difference in their lives every day.”

“We are thrilled to support the work The Gateway Family YMCA does to help those impacted by the affordable housing crisis in New Jersey,” said Rob Curley, Regional President of Metro PA/NJ, TD Bank. “Their efforts to upgrade Sierra Gardens with basic housing needs is critically important to providing access for the long-term. We are excited to see their work, which directly aligns with TD’s commitment to creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for all, continue to help our community.”

Through the 17th annual Housing for Everyone grant competition, the TD Charitable Foundation awarded $7 million across the Bank's Maine-to-Florida footprint and Michigan to help support affordable housing organizations who focus on preserving affordable rental housing in their work to deliver rental assistance, rehabilitate affordable rental housing properties, and build organizational capacity to address resident sustainability for the long-term. Since 2005, the TD Charitable Foundation has given more than $49 million dollars to non-profit and charitable organizations through the Housing for Everyone grant competition and helped support more than 550 affordable housing projects and initiatives.

The Housing for Everyone grant competition supports TD's longstanding commitment to community enrichment through TD's corporate citizenship platform, The TD Ready Commitment, which actively promotes inclusivity, economic vitality and environmental wellbeing, enabling people of all backgrounds to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

To learn more about Housing for Everyone and for a full list of this year's grant recipients, please visit https://stories.td.com/us/en/article/td-charitable-foundation-awards-7-m....

The Gateway Family YMCA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, health and community service organization of caring staff and volunteers dedicated to strengthening the foundations of community and stands For Youth Development, For Healthy Living and For Social Responsibility. The Gateway Family YMCA impacts the community by providing quality services to people of all ages, races, faith or incomes. The Y doesn’t just strengthen bodies – it strengthens people, families and communities.

For more information about The Gateway Family YMCA, visit www.tgfymca.org or contact 908-349-9622. To learn more about Housing for Everyone and for a full list of this year's grant recipients, please visit www.td.com/tdreadycommitment

The TD Charitable Foundation is the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, one of the 10 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States. Since its inception in 2002, the Foundation has distributed over $300 million through donations to local nonprofits from Maine to Florida footprint and Michigan. More information on the TD Charitable Foundation is available at https://www.tdbank.com/corporate-responsibility/the-ready-commitment/fun....