Sunflower Bank, N.A. Announces 2024 Community Partner Award Recipients
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sunflower Bank, N.A. is excited to announce the winners of its 2024 Community Partner Awards. The awards, led by the bank’s Community Affairs Office, were started in 2023 to recognize outstanding organizations in Sunflower Bank and First National 1870 communities.
“We’re excited to continue the Sunflower Bank Community Partner Awards in 2024. This allows us to provide much-needed support to wonderful local partners that enhance our communities,” said Danny Spears, Community Reinvestment Act Program Director for Sunflower Bank, N.A.
In 2024, $80,000 is being awarded through nineteen grants between $2,000 and $15,000. Sunflower Bank congratulates all the winners and thanks them for their important work and impact on their respective communities.
Creating Possibility Award Recipients
Upward Bound of Barton County – Great Bend, KS
Stout Street Foundation – Denver, CO
In the Lives We Touch Award Recipients
St. Vincent de Paul – Phoenix, AZ
Heart of Colorado CASA – Canon City, CO
Willow Domestic Violence Center – Lawrence, KS
New Mexico Activities Association Foundation – Albuquerque, NM
El Paso Children’s Hospital – El Paso, TX
Bringing Out the Best Award Recipients
New Freedom Ops – Phoenix, AZ
CASA of Pueblo – Pueblo, CO
CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties – Overland Park, KS
Communities In Schools of New Mexico – Santa Fe, NM
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank – El Paso, TX
Generation Alive – Spokane, WA
Empowerment Award Recipients
Local First Arizona – Phoenix, AZ
Clothes to Kids of Denver – Denver, CO
Reality U – Pando University – Wichita, KS
Santa Fe Community Foundation – Santa Fe, NM
Chef to the Shelters – Dallas, TX
Habitat for Humanity – Spokane – Spokane, WA
To learn more about the Community Partner Awards, the nomination process, and the award recipients, visit the Community Partner Awards page on the Sunflower Bank website.
About Sunflower Bank
Operating as Sunflower Bank, First National 1870 and Guardian Mortgage, Sunflower Bank, N.A. provides financial solutions to the individual communities it serves. With $8.0 billion in assets as of June 30, 2024, headquarters in Dallas, TX, bank locations in five states, and mortgage capabilities in more than 40 states, Sunflower Bank, N.A. provides a full range of relationship-focused services to meet personal, business and wealth management financial objectives. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender. First National 1870 and Guardian Mortgage are divisions of Sunflower Bank, N.A. To learn more visit SunflowerBank.com, FirstNational1870.com or GuardianMortgageOnline.com.
Contacts
Media Contact:
Leon Edwards
Officer, Marketing Manager
913.202.7909
