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We are guided by a simple aspiration: benefit to all, harm to none. This means investing in and serving our local communities, contributing to environmental sustainability, offering inclusive, fair, and equitable more products, and nurturing our team. In the Better Banking Blog, we explore what a Beneficial Banking™ system looks like and how it can serve all of us.

Partner Spotlight: CROP Organization – Investing in People Over Punishment CROP Oakland Grand Opening in March 2023. A line of CROP staff and supporters including Kat Taylor pose for a photo on CROP's campus

CROP Oakland Grand Opening in March 2023. A line of CROP staff and supporters including Kat Taylor pose for a photo on CROP's campus

Partner Spotlight

CROP Organization – Investing in People Over Punishment

CROP Organization offers a career development program to formerly incarcerated folks to set them up for success...

Mar 18, 2024

Client Spotlight: Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation – Working at the Intersection of Climate and Social Justice Hand touching leaves on a row of bushes

Client Spotlight

Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation – Working at the Intersection of Climate and Social Justice

Only 2% of philanthropic funding goes toward the climate. Hammond Climate Solutions Foundation is working to...

Sep 12, 2023

Client Spotlight: Hack the Hood - Training young people to use technology to create a better world Hack The Hood: three program participants at a table in a training classroom

Hack The Hood: three program participants at a table in a training classroom

Client Spotlight

Hack the Hood - Training young people to use technology to create a better world

Today’s youth are the creators for the future. Hack the Hood wants to inspire them to use technology to create a...

Mar 20, 2023

Client Spotlight: Seeding Justice: Philanthropy that Supports Movements for Justice Seeding Justice grantee courtesy of Coalicion Fortaleza

Seeding Justice grantee courtesy of Coalicion Fortaleza

Client Spotlight

Seeding Justice: Philanthropy that Supports Movements for Justice

Seeding Justice is working to transform philanthropy, pushing the philanthropy sector to redistribute wealth and...

Jan 05, 2023

Client Spotlight: Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaboration - Connecting Communities with Resources A line of people stand at tables the length of a large room, completing registration for a workshop.

A line of people stand at tables the length of a large room, completing registration for a workshop.

Client Spotlight

Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaboration - Connecting Communities with Resources

Bringing together resources and connecting immigrant communities to the support services they are eligible to...

Sep 30, 2022

Client Spotlight: AltaSea: Investing in the Blue Economy in Los Angeles A few people face away from the camera, looking at the ocean, at AltaSea's open house.

A few people face away from the camera, looking at the ocean, at AltaSea's open house.

Client Spotlight

AltaSea: Investing in the Blue Economy in Los Angeles

In the same way Silicon Valley invested in the information economy 50 years ago, AltaSea is investing in the Blue...

Aug 29, 2022

Client Spotlight: Q Center Builds Resilience for Queer and Trans Communities in Portland

TK stands in front the Q Center float. They are leaning backward excitedly and holding up a double peace sign. They are wearing a KN95, black pants, and the t-shirt described in the caption. The words are in black text. The float is a truck decorated with rainbow fringe, green balloon arches with a few pink, red, yellow, marble pink, white, blue, and marble blue yellow white balloons. The trailer on the back continues this decoration.

Client Spotlight

Q Center Builds Resilience for Queer and Trans Communities in Portland

Q Center provides safe spaces, community building, and empowerment for the LGBTQ2SIA+ communities and allies.

Aug 05, 2022

Client Spotlight: Equality California Advances Civil Rights and Social Justice for LGBTQ+ People Two people stand in front of a wall of flowers with signs that read "Queer to Stay" and "Queer Se Queda," smiling at the camera.

Two people stand in front of a wall of flowers with signs that read "Queer to Stay" and "Queer Se Queda," smiling at the camera.

Client Spotlight

Equality California Advances Civil Rights and Social Justice for LGBTQ+ People

Equality California works to elect pro-equality leaders, pass pro-equality legislation, and advance civil rights...

Aug 04, 2022

Client Spotlight: Street Roots, Supporting Houseless Folks in Portland with Opportunities A person turned slightly away from the camera wears a mask, holds a maroon bag, and wears a grey jacket that says

A person turned slightly away from the camera wears a mask, holds a maroon bag, and wears a grey jacket that says

Client Spotlight

Street Roots, Supporting Houseless Folks in Portland with Opportunities

Street Roots is a nonprofit media organization intertwined with the lives of people experiencing homelessness and...

Aug 04, 2022

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