Northwest Indiana Business Magazine, September 1, 2023, First Financial Bank Receives National Stewardship Award
First Financial Bank received a Corporate Partnership Award from the National Community Action Partnership. The Cincinnati, Ohio-based bank was one of two organizations to receive the award in 2023.
First Financial exceeded its goal outlined in its Community Benefits Agreement with the National Community Reinvestment Coalition for 2018-2022. More than $3 million benefited mortgage lending, small business lending, community development lending and investments, philanthropy and marketing. Associates volunteered more than 12,000 hours in 2022. The company offers eight hours of paid time off for full-time employees to use while volunteering. Its financial literacy program also reached 30,000 people in 2022, doubling its efforts of the previous year.
