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Evergy Pledges $2.2 Million to Local COVID-19 Relief in Historic Commitment
Commitment brings company’s annual community giving to more than $8 million KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Evergy (NYSE: EVRG) is committing $2.2
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nCommitment brings company’s annual community giving to more than $8 million\n\n KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nEvergy (NYSE: EVRG) is committing $2.2 million to help agencies, communities and customers respond to and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing its 2020 planned community giving to more than $8 million.\n\n\n“We know our communities and customers are dealing with nearly unprecedented uncertainties due to this virus,” said Terry Bassham, Evergy President and CEO. “We are making the largest focused charitable commitment in our history. We’ve been serving these communities nearly 150 years, and we want to do our part to help them move forward.”\n\n\nEmergency grants help non-profit agencies leading response\n\n\nEvergy Emergency Grants help non-profit agencies on the front lines that have remained open and are delivering essential services to its communities. Eligible agencies align with Evergy’s focus areas of community vitality and environmental leadership, have continued to provide most if not all of their services and have had their costs increase and revenues reduced due to the pandemic. Evergy has pledged $400,000 and already has awarded grants to multiple agencies. For eligibility and application requirements, visit www.evergy.com/covid19.\n\n\nHometown Economic Recovery Program helps small businesses, communities\n\n\nEvergy’s Hometown Economic Recovery Program focuses on efforts in Evergy communities that will help build back our local economies. Areas of eligibility include small business needs, business attraction and retention, and workforce training and development. Evergy will award grants totaling $800,000 in two phases. Applications for the initial phase begin June 1 with awards made in August. On June 1, nonprofit agencies can visit Evergy Hometown Recovery Grant for criteria and the application. The second phase opens in August with awards made in October. As part of this effort, Evergy will also invest in two small business loan funds, Network Kansas and the GKC COVID Small Business Relief Fund. Eligibility and application requirements will be available at www.evergy.com/covid19.\n\n\nAdditionally, Evergy will provide a new economic development tool SizeUp to help local communities develop and nurture new and expanding businesses.\n\n\n$1 million assists customers with energy payments \n\n...