Strengthening local nonprofits

First Foundation’s services goes well beyond Banking and Private Wealth Management. We strive to lead our industry by sharing our unique skills, time, and talents to invest in the nonprofit community. At First Foundation, we seek to support the communities in which we work and live.

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Our Focus

The community impact work at First Foundation prioritizes our resources on projects which allow our employees to share their knowledge and skills. Through serving low– and moderate-income individuals of all ages, First Foundation aims to promote community growth, sustainability, and opportunity through the following principles:

Create affordable housing and the sustainability of safe, clean and desirable neighborhoods
Focus on development assistance as well as lending solutions for small businesses
Focus on financial education, workforce development and economic self-sufficiency

Making an Impact – 2022 Year in Review

4,629 Volunteer Hours

First Foundation employees spent 4,629 hours supporting local nonprofits

$723,995 in Donations

First Foundation provided $723,995 in donations

231 Nonprofit Organizations

First Foundation provided direct support to 231 nonprofits

Supporting Our Communities

Supporting Our Communities is our charitable contribution partnership. In 2022, we selected 45 nonprofits that aligned with our philanthropic mission and have established a connection to First Foundation through our employees.

Our partnerships are multi-faceted. They include a grant from First Foundation, employee service hours, and personal in-kind training from our executives and other business leaders to help the nonprofit improve their business, increase fundraising goals, board strategy and other in-kind professional services.

For information on our grant process, please visit our Focus on Giving.

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First Foundation Awards $635,000 to Nonprofits through Its ‘Supporting Our Communities’ Program

Selected nonprofits are presented a grant for strengthening their organizational and fundraising capacity as well as community development initiatives.

The Naples Players

A premier community theatre, seeking to enrich, educate, and inspire passion for the performing arts through unparalleled access to the process, experience, and conversations surrounding the arts and our community.

Lovepacs Plano

Provides food boxes to students of Title I schools in Plano, TX, during the school breaks and holidays. These donations are often the only food the children receive over the break.

Nevada Business Opportunity Fund

Enhancing the economic self-sufficiency through entrepreneurial training, technical assistance and access to lending for new and expanding businesses specifically targeted to help micro, small, women, and minority owned businesses.

Villa Esperanza Services

Serving intellectually and developmentally disabled individuals in the Los Angeles area through comprehensive programs and continued care throughout their lives.

Our Commitment

First Foundation Bank is committed to helping meet the credit needs within the communities we serve. It is our desire to extend credit, invest and participate in community development programs designed to meet the needs of all community members, including those in low and moderate-income areas.

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Community Impact Team

With the guiding principle that giving is more than just writing a check, our community impact team ensures our giving efforts are strategic and meaningful to the organizations and causes they support.

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