Why Bank for good

Because money can move the world forward.

Every time we bank, invest, or borrow, we’re helping to shape the kind of world we live in. When banks direct their capital toward innovation, clean technology, and community resilience, they become powerful engines for progress, strengthening economies, creating jobs, and improving lives.

Across the country, forward-looking financial institutions are already investing in:

  • Sustainable and affordable housing that keeps neighborhoods thriving.

  • Local businesses that create good jobs close to home.

  • Smarter energy and infrastructure that reduce costs and strengthen communities.

  • Education and innovation that unlock new opportunities for future generations.

Together, these investments build a stronger, fairer economy, one that rewards long-term value over short-term gain.

Bank for Good helps people and organizations find financial partners who are leading this transition – banks that measure success not just in profits, but in progress.

Building

A Better Future,

One Choice

At a Time

 

The data presented here is based on the Federal Reserve’s H.8 release and additional reputable sources. Small inconsistencies or rounding differences can occur. The information is provided “as is” for general insight only, without any express or implied guarantees. Please reach out if you notice any material errors, and we’ll make the necessary corrections.

 

Community Impact

Banks don’t just shape financial outcomes — they shape everyday life in communities. When deposits become loans, those loans turn into buildings, businesses, services, and public spaces.

Lending influences whether small businesses can hire and modernize, affordable housing includes efficient, healthier systems, community clinics and essential services can expand, and neighborhoods get the upgrades they need.

Strong community lending creates stability, lower costs, and resilience. Weak lending leaves aging buildings, fewer services, and rising household burdens.

 

Infrastructure Choices

The infrastructure we rely on today—our homes, power grids, transit systems, and heating and cooling—was financed long before we ever used it. Banks play a major role in shaping what gets built next. Where deposits go can influence whether communities receive grid upgrades, whether energy-efficient home improvements are accessible, and whether investments flow toward modern, lower-carbon infrastructure instead of outdated systems.

Good financing means reliable, efficient, low-cost systems. Poor financing locks communities into high-cost, high-carbon, unreliable infrastructure for decades.

 

Access and Opportunity

Credit access determines who can participate in the transition to a cleaner, cheaper, more resilient future.

It shapes who can lower bills with efficient upgrades, which neighborhoods escape high energy burdens, whose homes can be prepared for heatwaves and storms, who gets reliable, clean power — and who doesn’t.

Communities with limited credit access face higher costs, older systems, and fewer choices. Where deposits flow determines who benefits from modern infrastructure — and who is left behind.

Let’s get to work

Every bank, credit union, and financial institution listed on Bank for Good has pledged not to finance fossil fuel extraction or infrastructure.

That’s huge. The more institutions make this promise, and the more people decide to Bank for Good, the closer we are to containing and reversing the climate crisis.

Good financial institutions—get this—actually care about their customers and communities while still offering a range of financial products. Some have branches where you live and tellers who will know your name; others were built entirely online and have top-notch mobile apps and websites. 

Many are Minority Depository Institutions, or MDIs, which are owned by, led by, or dedicated to serving people of color. Some are Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs): they’re federally recognized and regulated as serving communities that have been shut out of many large financial institutions. And some are members of networks dedicated to doing good while doing business, like B-Corps or the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). Whatever you’re looking for from your financial institution, you can find it here.

When you start an account with a Bank for Good participating institution, you’re joining a movement of people who are demanding a banking system that puts people before profits. You’re participating in a moment where powerful actors that once seemed invincible are buckling under the power of everyday people. You’re sending a message:

 

 

It’s time
to
Bank
for
Good.

 

 

Now is the time to make an impact

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