Mark Bennett | President, Bank of America Jacksonville
Hear from Mark Bennett, President of Bank of America Jacksonville, about our role in keeping Jacksonville moving forward.
I’m proud to help Jacksonville thrive. Through strong partnerships with private sector companies and nonprofits, we’re helping to create a more dynamic community with greater economic opportunities for everyone.
Mark Bennett | President, Bank of America Jacksonville
Jacksonville is your home. It’s ours, too.
We are committed to helping our communities thrive - dedicating our resources to address the issues that matter most in each community where we live and work.
Taking action to support our communities, clients and teammates
Now as always, our commitment to help strengthen the communities we serve is unwavering. We’re partnering with local leaders and organizations to advance racial equality and economic opportunity, support diverse and women entrepreneurs, build job skills and create opportunities to help people succeed in today’s and tomorrow’s economy. We’re investing in benefits and resources for our employees who serve our clients in their communities. And we’re doing our part to protect our planet.
Our presence in more than 90 local markets helps us make a difference across the country.
How we’re boosting the fight against hunger in Jacksonville
We’re committed to supporting our employees’ health and safety and to addressing our local communities’ most critical needs. That’s why we donated $100 to local hunger-relief organizations for each Bank of America employee in the U.S. who let us know they’ve received a booster shot.
Through this effort, our team in Jacksonville recently presented Feeding Northeast Florida with a check for $325,000Footnote*. We’re proud to be able to help our community as we work together to move forward.
Let’s build something together
Here in Jacksonville, we have a long history of lending a helping hand to our most vulnerable communities. Now more than ever, we’re partnering with organizations to address longstanding economic disparities, particularly related to homelessness and food insecurity, that have grown worse during the health crisis. We’re supporting nonprofits that are providing skills training for the recently incarcerated to help them transition back into the community. And as part of Bank of America’s broader jobs initiative, we’re working with a local community college to help prepare students to enter high-need, high-wage jobs aligned with the skill demands of local employers. What links all our community initiatives is the idea of building the foundation for a successful program and offering the resources nonprofits need for longer-term development.
In coastal Florida, creating a path to economic stability
Jacksonville’s Beaches Emergency Assistant Ministry (BEAM) has been a long-time provider of emergency relief to the nearly one in six local individuals living in poverty. Now, BEAM is expanding its mission to help individuals achieve economic self-sufficiency. Through programs that address workforce development as well as holistic support for single moms, including affordable housing, transportation, and childcare assistance, BEAM aims to address the immediate needs of the community, while also treating the root causes of economic instability.
Racial equality and economic opportunity
At Bank of America, we’re committed to addressing the root causes of inequality through a company-wide commitment to advancing racial equality and economic opportunity across diverse communities. We are doing this by building upon our existing efforts and leveraging our strengths: creating more affordable housing and expanding home ownership, increasing lending and support to minority-owned small businesses, championing job training and career readiness and addressing health disparities like access to care. We also know we can’t solve these challenges alone, so we’re partnering with other corporations, local nonprofits and community leaders across the country who share our vision for creating meaningful change.
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We remain committed to supporting you with your financial needs during the health crisis. Our top priority is the health and safety of our clients and teammates. We encourage visitors wear face coverings when visiting our centers.
In some locations, you may be required to wear a face covering to enter, in alignment with local ordinances.
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* Donations in each market reflect $100 per employee who has recorded their booster and an additional company contribution. Vaccination boosters and vaccination reporting are voluntary.