First Financial awards $38,500 in grants to NWI organizations

First Financial Bank and the First Financial Foundation have awarded $38,500 in grants to organizations in Northwest Indiana, in a collaborative effort that aims to help people and communities in the area to thrive and grow. The 2022 Annual Grant Campaign from First Financial includes 59 organizations in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.

Grant awards in this year’s campaign are directed toward neighborhood development, workforce development and education, and culture and the arts, with a particular emphasis on low-income communities.

In Northwest Indiana, First Financial provided grants to Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana, Legacy Foundation, Northwest Indiana Community Action and Northwest Indiana Reinvestment Alliance.

Total funding from all sources for this campaign is $494,000, making it the largest campaign in First Financial history. First Financial has broadened the impact by adding funding from external sources to funding from the First Financial Foundation.