First Financial tallies $202k in Columbus donations in 2025

First Financial Bank is announcing that the bank and its associates donated more than $202,000 dollars in Columbus last year and contributed almost 600 volunteer hours.

According to the bank, First Financial and the First Financial Foundation made donations to the United Way of Bartholomew County, ARC of Bartholomew County, Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, other local organizations.

The bank offers employees the Give First Program, when sets aside volunteer time for employees to use in their communities. Across the bank’s five state region, First Financial associates also logged a total of 16,307 hours of volunteer time in 2025, with 596 volunteer hours in Columbus last year. The bank also donated $4.6 million in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Michigan, which included $202,523  in Columbus donations.