How a Bank’s New Foundation is Backing Work to Revitalize Marginalized Neighborhoods

How a Bank’s New Foundation is Backing Work to Revitalize Marginalized Neighborhoods

The Truist Foundation’s first year of funding was met by a pandemic and a rising racial justice movement. A grant to Purpose Built Communities shows how a bank’s philanthropic arm seeks to advance equity and economic mobility.

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Banks Started Giving Early on in Response to COVID-19—and the Pledges Keep Coming

Banks Started Giving Early on in Response to COVID-19—and the Pledges Keep Coming

Corporate foundations have moved swifty in response to the coronavirus. Here, we look at tens of millions of dollars in recent commitments, both locally and globally, made by banks and other financial service firms.

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A New Bank Foundation Emerges in the South. What’s its Game Plan?

A New Bank Foundation Emerges in the South. What’s its Game Plan?

Bank foundations play a big role in local and regional philanthropy scenes, especially in the South. So there are good reasons to pay attention to a new grantmaker in Charlotte, North Carolina, that’s the result of a $28 billion bank merger.

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