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First Financial Provides $16,500 in Grants to Greensburg Organizations
Greensburg, IN – October 21, 2025 – First Financial Bank (Nasdaq: FFBC) and the First Financial Foundation have awarded a total of $16,500 in grants to three organizations in Greensburg, as a further extension of its ongoing commitment to support growth for the people and neighborhoods it serves.
In Greensburg, First Financial provided grants to Champions of Youth, Decatur County United Fund and Greensburg Community Bread. “Supporting our clients and communities has always reflected who we are as a bank,” said Roddell McCullough, chief corporate responsibility officer for First Financial. “Every year of our annual grant campaign brings us new optimism around the positive impacts we’re delivering through our local partners.”
For the entire 2025 campaign, total funding includes $550,000 for 96 organizations throughout the Midwest, making this the largest grant campaign in First Financial’s history. First Financial grants focus on supporting neighborhood development, workforce development and education, and culture in the arts, and they emphasize providing support to low-income communities. To deliver assistance to more people through this grant campaign, First Financial added funding for the campaign from CREA, a low-income housing tax credit organization. First Financial’s annual grant campaign is a key element in its comprehensive approach to engage in the growth of its communities.
The bank is now in the second year of its new Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) for the period of 2024-2028, during which it has a goal of providing $18 million in philanthropy. In another aspect of this work, the Federal Reserve Board, in its evaluation of performance under the Community Reinvestment Act, recognized First Financial with the highest overall rating of Outstanding in the last two review cycles, an accomplishment only achieved by a small number of banks. Additionally, First Financial team members donated more than 14,000 volunteer hours last year throughout its footprint, under the bank’s program to provide employees with volunteer time to support local communities.
About First Financial Bancorp.
First Financial Bancorp. is a Cincinnati, Ohio based bank holding company. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had $18.6 billion in assets, $11.8 billion in loans, $14.4 billion in deposits and $2.6 billion in shareholders’ equity. The Company’s subsidiary, First Financial Bank, founded in 1863, provides banking and financial services to businesses and consumers across its key lines of business, including Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, Consumer Lending, Commercial Finance, and Wealth Management. Wealth Management services are provided by the Company’s Yellow Cardinal Advisory Group division, offering wealth planning, portfolio management, trust and estate planning, brokerage services, investment banking, and retirement plan services and had approximately $3.8 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2025.
The Company operated 128 full service banking centers as of June 30, 2025, located in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois, while the Commercial Finance business lends into targeted industry verticals on a nationwide basis. In 2025, First Financial Bank received its second consecutive Outstanding rating from the Federal Reserve for its performance under the Community Reinvestment Act and was recognized as a Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winner, one of only 70 Gallup clients worldwide to receive this designation. Additional information about the Company, including its products, services and banking locations, is available at www.bankatfirst.com. |
