Community
As a financial services company with operations focused in eight states, we know how to think big, helping individuals and families, small businesses and large corporations succeed and thrive. But despite our regional presence and national capabilities, some of our most important work happens on a much smaller scale—with our neighbors and communities. We take our commitment to our communities seriously, being in the minority of banks to receive an Outstanding CRA rating with every review since 2013.
Through financial contributions and the generosity of our employees giving their time and talents, our company continues to make a significant impact in the communities we serve. We support initiatives that enhance educational opportunities in our communities, invest in economic development through our local chambers of commerce and teach financial education through our Learn for Life program.
We volunteer, serve on boards, and give financial support to a variety of organizations that serve the most vulnerable citizens in our communities by addressing issues in areas of basic needs, education and economic development.
See our most recent Community Report for additional information on the difference we’re making in our communities.
Housing affordability
BOK Financial’s community development lending supports the creation and retention of affordable housing, economic development, the revitalization/stabilization of low- to moderate-income (LMI) areas and organizations that provide community services for LMI individuals and families.
We have significantly contributed to affordable housing within the markets we serve through our community development investments. More than $278 million of the $402 million (approximately 69%) of the community development investment portfolio was in affordable housing as of Dec. 31, 2024.
Of the 1,513 affordable housing units developed over the past three years through these investment activities, 60% are in properties that incorporate on-site social services in support of tenant needs. Not only do these projects contribute to community stability, more than 40% of the units are in existing buildings repurposed with energy saving systems.
Over the past 10 years
$502 million
in affordable housing investments
$1.1 billion
in loan funding to support affordable housing projects
Small business and community development
Loans designed to promote small business and small farms
Loans designed to promote small business and small farms
Employee volunteering
Commitment to the communities we serve is a value shared with many of our employees, evidenced by the number who serve on boards, conduct financial education training and roll up their shirtsleeves to help.
The company supports those efforts by providing each employee eight hours of paid volunteer time annually to support causes or organizations that are making a difference in the community, building key relationships and strategic partnerships that help drive our success. The volunteer hours given by our employees in 2024 equate to nearly $2.1 million in making a difference in our communities.
BOK Financial is proud to be a certifying organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award, which celebrates individual volunteerism and community service. In 2024, the company recognized 172 employees who volunteered 100 hours or more with various nonprofit organizations across our footprint. Our annual campaign combined corporate giving and employee contributions to generate more than $3 million for local United Way organizations.
That commitment to volunteerism is led from the top of the company, with members of the executive leadership team serving on the boards of almost twenty different community organizations.
59,000+ hours
of employees volunteering
412 employees
served on nonprofit boards or committees
