Erik Vatter | President, Bank of America Sarasota/Manatee
Our team is committed to Sarasota/Manatee. This is our home, and we will only have sustained success if the people and businesses of our community succeed.
Erik Vatter | President, Bank of America Sarasota/Manatee
Sarasota/Manatee 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.
Turning financial knowledge into action
Life doesn’t stop for you, but Bank of America does. We’re not just here to help with your everyday banking. We’re here to help you go further by providing banking solutions, powerful tools and financial education resources like Better Money Habits®.
local spotlight
Lifting our community, and the world, to its feet
We're proud to be the Official Bank of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 and FIFA World Cup 2026, supporting the games held in communities across North America, making a huge economic impact, and inspiring the next generation.
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business resources spotlight
Move your business forward at our Center
for Business Empowerment
Whether you're starting a new business or running an established one, you'll find tools to tackle new challenges, lending insights to ignite momentum and guidance to match your ambition.
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student spotlight
Meet the next generation of
change-makers
Since 2004, our Student Leaders® program has helped prepare high school students for the workforce by connecting them to skills development and leadership training. Through paid internships with local nonprofits they gain practical work and life experiences. It's just one more way we're working to build a better future for all.
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Let’s build something together
In Sarasota/Manatee, the bank’s work is connecting individuals, families, and businesses to resources that make their financial lives better. Whether it’s supporting local non-profit organizations that help make an impact or lending to small businesses that are critical to our economy, we are committed to keeping our community healthy, strong and connected. One way we are supporting individuals and businesses in our community is by investing in education and workforce programs that prepare people with job skills necessary to succeed long term. We are also committed to sustaining economic mobility through support of affordable housing and financial education. By partnering with local leaders like Boys & Girls Clubs of America, CareerEdge and Habitat for Humanity, we are strengthening our collective impact to drive economic mobility for everyone in Sarasota/Manatee.
Lifting the spirits — and creating opportunities — for women in Florida
For more than 40 years, the Women’s Resource Center on the Gulf Coast of Florida has been fulfilling its mission to empower women and help them lead independent lives. When women visit one of the three centers in Sarasota, Bradenton or Venice, the staff connects them with local resources that may range from employment coaching to clothes for a job interview. Many of the programs are offered bilingually to serve the region's sizable Hispanic-Latina population.
Supporting economic opportunity for diverse people & communities
At Bank of America, we have a long-standing commitment to support economic opportunity for diverse people and 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 continue to focus on working collaboratively across sectors to advance opportunities that will create real impact in the lives of individuals and for the communities we serve, using the past to inform our perspective and understanding as we tackle barriers within our communities.
Meet the Neighborhood Builders: Racial Equality Award recipients
We’re recognizing individuals like Sarasota’s Luz Corcuera who’ve made extraordinary contributions to break down barriers and create economic opportunities for Black, Hispanic-Latino, Asian American, and Native American people nationwide.
Creating access to jobs
To help create jobs and fuel economic opportunity, we're partnering with local organizations and other companies to help people get the skills they need and build a growing pipeline of talent for jobs of the future.
Investing in Hispanic-Latino teammates, clients and communities we serve
Learn more how we are advancing opportunities for Hispanic-Latinos as part of our commitment to responsible growth.
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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Wherever you are with your financial goals, we're right here to help. Our local experts are ready with personalized advice and guidance at locations around your city. Find a location and make an appointment to talk to us today.
We make customers our first priority.
For three years in a row, J.D. Power has certified Bank of America for Outstanding Customer Satisfaction with Financial Health Support - Banking & Payments. ***
Going above & beyond for our teammates
We're #1 in our industry and #1 for workers on the JUST Capital's 2024 Rankings of America's Most JUST Companies. **
Being a great place to work has its rewards. And awards.
Because of our investments in industry-leading programs and resources, and our commitment to helping teammates achieve their personal and professional goals, we were awarded the Grand Stevie Award for Organization of the Year. *
* The Stevie Awards recognize the achievements of businesses and professionals worldwide. Organizations self-nominate, providing data for various categories, and winners are determined by the average scores of more than 240 professionals worldwide serving as judges.
** For the annual Rankings, JUST Capital collects and analyzes corporate data to evaluate the 1,000 largest public U.S. companies across 20 issues identified through comprehensive, ongoing public opinion research on Americans' attitudes toward responsible corporate behavior. In determining the top 10 companies for workers, JUST Capital used its Workers Leaders Index which tracks the top 20% of companies in its annual Rankings that perform the best across the five worker related issues evaluated. https://justcapital.com
*** J.D. Power 2024 Financial Health Support CertificationSM is based on exceeding customer experience benchmarks using client surveys and a best practices verification. For more information, visit www.jdpower.com/awards