DETROIT, April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comerica announced today that Comerica Bank and the Comerica Charitable Foundation awarded 338 grants in Michigan during Comerica's Winter Grant Season totaling nearly $3.2 million.

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During its Winter Grant Season, beginning Jan. 2, the Comerica Charitable Foundation made 151 grants totaling nearly $2 million. Comerica's corporate giving program sponsored an additional 187 programs and events, totaling more than $1.2 million.

  Included among the grants awarded this quarter were:

   -- $50,000 to the Samaritan Center dental clinic in Detroit;

   -- $25,000 to Focus: HOPE, in support of the "Success Scholarship"
      program;

   -- $10,000 to Motor City Blight Busters, Inc.;

   -- $10,000 to the Girl Scouts of Metropolitan Detroit, in support of
      financial literacy

"It is extremely gratifying to assist projects and programs that are addressing critical needs throughout the communities we serve," said Caroline Chambers, Comerica's Corporate Contributions Manager. "Working together with our community partners, Comerica looks forward to supporting other worthy programs during our Spring Grant Season."

In Michigan, the Comerica Charitable Foundation awards grants at the end of four grant seasons throughout the year with a primary focus on programs supporting economic self-sufficiency for low and moderate income individuals and families; neighborhood revitalization; education; access to health care; and programs supporting diversity and inclusion.

The Comerica Charitable Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Spring Grant Season through June 30. Grants applied for during this period will be announced July 15. Complete application instructions are posted at the Comerica Web site: http://www.comerica.com/

Funded completely by Comerica Incorporated, the Comerica Charitable Foundation was established in November 1997 as a non-profit corporation with the sole purpose of funding charitable causes.

Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA). Comerica Bank locations can be found in Michigan, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida, with select businesses operating in several other states, Canada and Mexico.

SOURCE: Comerica Bank

CONTACT: Scott Talley of Comerica Bank, +1-313-222-2917,
satalley@comerica.com

Web site: http://www.comerica.com/