Allen Staff | President, Bank of America Orange County
Hear from Allen Staff, President of Bank of America Orange County, about our role in keeping Orange County moving forward.
While we've all been affected by the pandemic, the nonprofit sector continues to experience unprecedented demand for critical services to support vulnerable populations across diverse communities. Bank of America recognizes the responsibility we have to serve and strengthen our region however we can.
Allen Staff | President, Bank of America Orange County
Orange County 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. We're proud to have the efforts of our 200,000+ teammates globally recognized for putting our clients - and our communities - first.
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Investing in Hispanic-Latino teammates, clients and communities we serve
Learn more about how we are advancing opportunities for Hispanic-Latinos as part of our commitment to responsible growth.
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Accelerating access to capital for minority and women-led businesses
Investments help Black, Hispanic-Latino, Asian, Native American, women and other underrepresented entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. Through a variety of means, the private sector can help to provide dependable, sustainable capital to community businesses in need.
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Meet the next generation of change-makers
Through a national leadership summit and an internship with local partners, including Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast and Orange County United Way, our Student Leaders® program provides community-minded young students with a chance to serve, inspire and hopefully change the world.
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Let’s build something together
Bank of America is proud to call Orange County home. We are the neighbor who invests in the health and prosperity of our residents and businesses through thought leadership, collaboration, volunteerism and philanthropy. During the health crisis, we helped address immediate local needs around health, food insecurity, housing, education, jobs and the arts, focusing on positioning our vulnerable communities to become more resilient and ready for success moving forward.
Unlocking great potential
Despite being one of America’s wealthiest enclaves, Orange County is also a place of stark inequality, with tens of thousands of young people out of school and unemployed, lacking job skills, and often in trouble with the law. Hope Builders, a non-profit that trains young adults for jobs, calls these individuals “opportunity youth.” Now, with the national economy expanding, preparing them for employment opportunities is all the more important.
Getting people back to work – and helping food banks in the process
Faced with a surge in need brought on by financial hardships related to the coronavirus crisis, Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County needed to bring in more support. With the help of a $250,000 grant from the bank, they’re bringing on more support and launching creative programs to help serve the community.
The power of the arts
At Bank of America, we believe in the power of the arts to help economies thrive, educate and enrich societies, and create greater cultural understanding. That’s why we’re helping the arts flourish in communities across the globe.
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