Community Engagement

First Bank is committed to social and economic development of our local areas. At the core, our efforts are focused on making generational and transformative impacts to enhance the quality of life for residents across our New Jersey and Pennsylvania communities. We work closely with our community partners to continually assess their needs, offering grants and funding to help them with their economic and social initiatives. First Bank’s goal is to meet the credit needs of the communities the Bank serves, including low and moderate-income neighborhoods. Since early 2021, we have loaned $416,814 to affordable housing, economic development, community services, and Revitalization projects. In 2021 we also grew our local community by issuing 947 small business loans, totaling $151,953,000. We offer programs such as: Community Checking Account Program, Fifty First senior checking accounts, and the Everfi Program, which teaches financial literacy for students K-12.

First Bank is passionate about giving back to our community both financially and through service. From 2020 to 2021 we donated over $440,000 and enthusiastically volunteered over 3,000 hours to the following organizations that improve the quality of life for low-income families:

Our Community Checking Account program was certified by the Nation Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) as meeting the BankOn National Account Standards 2021-2022. The goal of BankOn is to ensure that everyone has access to safe and affordable financial products and services.