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Central Coast, Calif. – As part of its commitment to giving back to the communities it serves, Bank of America has directed more than $2.6 million in philanthropic capital to nonprofits and charities across Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The support is helping to remove barriers to economic mobility and social progress, with a particular focus on nonprofits providing basic needs, paid career training and placement, education and economic development.
The bank’s support includes entrepreneurial programs with Women’s Economic Ventures in Ventura and Santa Barbara, Women’s Business Center San Luis Obispo, SCORE of San Luis Obispo and Women’s Business Center San Luis Obispo, paid intern and work training programs with Ojai-based Concerned Resource & Environmental Workers for teens and UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Sciences, support to education initiatives at Ventura College Foundation and the Foundation for Santa Barbara City College and to other steadfast organizations like SLO Food Bank and Habitat for Humanity. Most recently, Bank of America also donated $90,000 to Foodshare VC and Food Bank of Santa Barbara for hunger relief efforts.