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Nonprofit Management

First Community Credit Union | November 02, 2020

First Community Credit Union (FirstCCU) donates a total of $36,500 to local nonprofit organizations, small business, and community members impacted by COVID-19. FirstCCU received a total of $35,000 in grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLB) to help assist small business and nonprofit organizations in their local communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The following organizations were recipients of the grant distributed by FirstCCU:...

The National Capital Bank of Washington | June 08, 2020

National Capital Bank (NCB) announced today it has helped its small business clients receive over $60 million from the Small Business Association's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Established by the CARES Act and implemented through the SBA, the Paycheck Protection Program authorized up to $649 billion in loans designed to help small businesses and nonprofit organizations, as well as independent contractors and sole proprietors keep their workforce employed during the COVID-19 crisi...

Nonprofit Technology, Social Movements and Community

Globenewswire | June 05, 2023

FirstBank, one of the nation’s largest privately held banks with a focus on “banking for good,” received a $1 million grant from The Colorado Health Foundation to continue funding the bank’s Providing Access To Homeownership (PATH) grant program. The PATH program strives to remove barriers to homeownership for Black and African American communities in Colorado by providing $10,000 towards the purchase of a home. “The Colorado Health Foundation has s...

Fundraising, Nonprofit Technology

FrontFundr | September 22, 2022

FrontFundr, Canada’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, announced a significant growth milestone today—the company has surpassed 100 successful closes and processed over $150 million in investments for startups in Canada. To mark this momentous occasion, FrontFundr also launched its own fundraising campaign today, giving everyone the opportunity to invest in the platform itself. Equity crowdfunding allows anyone to invest in private companies and provides an alterna...