
First Financial donates $190K in 2024
First Financial Bank, Cincinnati, and its employees donated $191,083 and 1,413 volunteer hours to organizations in the Indianapolis area in 2024.

First Financial Bank, Cincinnati, and its employees donated $191,083 and 1,413 volunteer hours to organizations in the Indianapolis area in 2024.

The donation came in conjunction with champion coach Michael Mosser providing a motivational speech to bank employees.

Funds were raised by employees and matched by a corporate gift.

The awards focused on promoting neighborhood development, workforce development and education, and culture and the arts, with a particular focus on low-income communities.

The vans will help residents whose eyesight is failing, have been laid off or otherwise need alternative transportation.

First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville, partnered with Gibco Motor Express LLC for a community-driven hurricane relief effort.

Donations were split across four organizations across its service footprint.

Farmers State Bank, LaGrange, donated more than $100,000 across every school in its footprint in 2024 in support of their fine arts programs.

Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo, served veterans in the communities of its footprint on Veterans Day.

The Center for Leadership Development and Horizon House received grants from the bank’s Neighborhood Builders® program.

The all-cash deal is valued at $40 million.

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