Bank of the Sierra Awards $150K in Grants During Second Quarter of 2024
July 30, 2024
Porterville, Calif. – Bank of the Sierra is proud to announce that it donated $150,000 to nonprofit organizations in its communities through its Sierra Grant Program during the second quarter of 2024. Since the program’s inception in 2004, more than 1,700 grants have been awarded.
From March through June 2024, Bank of the Sierra awarded a total of $92,500 in grants to 16 Central Valley nonprofits, $32,500 to six nonprofits in the Bank’s Coastal and Southern California footprint, and $25,000 to nonprofits that offer services in both regions. In total during the first quarter, Bank of the Sierra awarded $150,000 to nonprofits throughout the communities it serves.
Nonprofit organizations that received a Sierra Grant in the first quarter of 2024 include:
- Fresno County
- Bridge2College
- Centers for Living
- Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation
- National Impact Mentoring & Training Program
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP)
- Kern County
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County
- California Farmworker Foundation (CFF)
- Kings County
- CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Kings County
- Refuge Armona
- San Luis Obispo County
- CAPSLO (Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo)
- REACH
- Tulare County
- ASIAN, Inc.
- Parenting Network
- St. Anne’s Food Pantry
- Tulare County Economic Development Corporation
- Tulare County Farm Bureau (TCFB) Educational and Scholarship Fund Trust
- Tulare Downtown Foundation
- Visalia Emergency Aid Council / Food Pantry
- Ventura County
- Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation (CEDC)
- Fillmore District Safe Graduation
- House Farm Workers!
- Ojai Community Farmers Market
- Multiple counties
- American Red Cross
“The Sierra Grant Program is one of the primary ways our Bank is able to help organizations that assist our communities,” said Kevin McPhaill, Bank of the Sierra President and Chief Executive Officer. “Making a difference in every community we serve has been the Bank’s goal since we started more than four decades ago.”
About the Sierra Grant Program
Since its inception in 2004, the Sierra Grant Program has been responsible for donating over $4.4 million to organizations that improve local communities.
About Bank of the Sierra
Bank of the Sierra is in its 47th year of operations and is the largest independent bank headquartered in the South San Joaquin Valley. Bank of the Sierra is a community-centric regional bank, which offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking services through full-service branches located within the counties of Tulare, Kern, Kings, Fresno, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. The Bank also maintains an online branch and provides specialized lending services through an agricultural credit center in Templeton. In 2024, Bank of the Sierra was recognized as one of the strongest and top-performing community banks in the country, with a 5-star rating from Bauer Financial.
