In the Community
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Our communities give so much to us. It’s our duty to give back.
We love the line of work we’re in. As part of our careers at 21st Century Bank, we get to witness nonprofits and small businesses thrive and flourish. But importantly, our day-to-day includes volunteer efforts – donations of time, money, and essential goods – all designed to give back to our community in the most meaningful ways possible.
We wouldn’t be here without each of the communities we serve – Blaine, Ham Lake, Loretto, Minneapolis, Rogers, Eagan and Roseville – and it’s part of our entire team’s mission to ensure we are caring for those around us in a substantial, impactful way.
21st Century Bank regularly invests in the Community Reinvestment Act. Each year, we have a team that selects causes of importance to us—such as addressing homelessness, food insecurity, domestic violence, or perhaps providing relief for displaced families. We are proud of the volunteer hours our team members contribute, along with their annual monetary support.
FEATURED COVERAGE
21st Century Bank Community Partnership and Growth
Our commitment to community development lending and local nonprofit partnerships was recently featured in Business For Good.
#1
MN SBA 504
TPL, 2024
$141K
Community
Reinvestment
1,181
Volunteer
Hours
“As a bank, there should be an innate responsibility to support the communities we serve. It’s extremely important. Because if you are connected to the community and you’re loaning money to small businesses, you are creating jobs. And it makes our communities stronger.”
Featured Community Partnerships
Hope 4 Youth
All youth will feel safe, valued, and supported while reaching their full potential. This begins with meeting their basic needs and leads to giving them the tools to thrive. Hope 4 Youth focuses on housing, outreach, prevention, education, and employment.
Neighbors Inc.
Neighbors Inc.’s mission is to provide opportunities for their neighbors to thrive by connecting volunteers to people in need and helping to transform communities where all are nourished. They also have a core value of inclusion and respect.
CROSS Services
CROSS Services’ mission is to provide mercy and aid to those in our community who seek help by offering a food market (shelf), Senior Food Deliveries, Mobile Food Panties, Nutrition Assistance Programs for Seniors (NAPS), Meals on Wheels, and FOODRx.
Every Meal
Every Meal’s mission is to fight child hunger through donated non-perishable food packaged into bags and delivered to over 500 schools and community centers throughout the metro area. More than 300,000 children in MN live with food insecurity.
WeCAN
WeCAN’s mission is to empower and equip individuals and families to reach stability and self-sufficiency. They are a resource and catalyst for providing human services locally by developing solutions for unmet human service needs.
Monticello Help Center
The Monticello Help Center (MHC) operates many programs that provide supplemental food, clothing, and household items. As a people of faith, their vision is to eliminate hunger through community partnerships
People Serving People
People Serving People is the largest and most comprehensive emergency shelter for families experiencing homelessness in MN and a dedicated leader in homelessness prevention. Mission – We exist to see families thrive.
Stepping Stone
Stepping Stone is an emergency housing for ages 18 and older. Their goal is to ensure residents will never need to experience homelessness again because we have given them the tools to retain a permanent residence successfully.
Our team’s dedication to giving back to the community through CRA Lending, Investments, Donations, and Service has led to our Satisfactory CRA rating. This is accomplished through our efforts in:
- CRA Lending – We’ve continued to meet the financial needs of small businesses and remain one of the top MN SBA lenders. Our Community Development Loan portfolio includes loans to purchase, refinance, or renovate housing in low-moderate census tract neighborhoods. Additionally, a percentage of our small business loans fit in a low-moderate census tract.
- CRA Community Development/Service – Our team members provided financial expertise or technical assistance to various community development-related organizations. Each year, our team members provide our nonprofit volunteer hours of community service. Our SVP of Business Development and Nonprofit Banking plays a prominent role in the success of our community development service evaluation.
- CRA Donations and Volunteering—In addition to monetary donations to local nonprofit organizations, our team members volunteer, working side-by-side, helping nonprofits serve our community members. Some of the nonprofits we supported this year included Hope4Youth, The Monticello Help Center, Every Meal, Youthprise, Hanover Food Shelf, CROSS, WomenVenture, Bolder Options, Neighbors Inc., Stepping Stone, and many others.
We will continue to build on our efforts year after year!
