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Fannie Mae Foundation
As the nation's largest housing-focused philanthropic foundation, the Fannie Mae Foundation is committed to transforming communities through partnerships and initiatives that revitalize neighborhoods and create affordable homeownership and housing opportunities across America. Fannie Mae receives thousands of funding requests annually, and utilizes both financial resources and human resources to achieve its goals.
The WAVE (We Are Volunteer Employees) Program, supported by the Fannie Mae Foundation and Fannie Mae employees, serves hundreds of nonprofits through volunteer service, a tremendous human resource, each year. In 1998, more than 1,100 employees participated in WAVE contributing 30,000 hours of volunteer service to nonprofit agencies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
WAVE was established in 1990 to encourage employees of Fannie Mae and the Fannie Mae Foundation to get involved in community service....