First National Bank has awarded a total of $956,000 in community development grants to 51 organizations in Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, and South Dakota.
The grants, which support programs focused on educating workforce initiatives that will help strengthen individual core competencies and lead to improving personal economic self-sufficiency, mark the bank’s final disbursement of grant funding for the year. First National Bank awarded a total of $1,870,000 in community development grants in 2018 to 98 organizations across its seven-state service area.
In South Dakota, First National Bank awarded $25,000 in community development grants to two organizations. Grants supporting Educated Workforce initiatives will enable a projected 1,400 individuals in South Dakota to move closer to self-sufficiency.
Cornerstones Career Learning Center in Huron will receive $10,000 to support adult basic education, GED prep and testing, workforce preparedness, and English language programs.
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota in Sioux Falls will receive $15,000 to support financial education workshops and credit counseling in Yankton, Mitchell, and Huron.
First National Bank also awarded $914,000 in community development grants to 47 organizations in Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas in the second quarter of this year. The grants supported programs focused on increasing access to stable housing, revitalizing neighborhoods and building strong local economies.