Community Bancorp of Santa Maria saw its net loans decline in the fourth quarter of last year, but reported increases in net income and total assets, reflecting what the bank called “significant growth” in 2021. The bank’s net income increased nearly 30%, from $2.209 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 to $2.85 million in Read More →
People’s Self-Help Housing, the longest-serving affordable housing nonprofit on the Central Coast, has received a $50,000 grant from Bank of America to scale its programs. The grant, announced by People’s Self-Help on Dec. 1, is part of Bank of America’s 2021 Neighborhood Champion program. Women’s Economic Ventures, a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit, received one of the Read More →
The Housing Trust Fund Ventura County announced a $1 million contribution from Bank of the Sierra on Nov. 30, to fund the nonprofit’s loans to developers who build affordable housing in Ventura County. The award is designated for the organization’s Everyone Deserves a Home Revolving Loan Fund. The community impact note will be pooled with Read More →
In recognition of community enrichment through compassion, 179 Central Coast nonprofits received a boost from Montecito Bank & Trust after persevering through 20 months of pandemic-related changes. The bank awarded those nonprofits from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties with a total of $1.2 million at its 19th annual Community Dividends program on Nov. 22. The Read More →
Women’s Economic Ventures received $50,000 in grant funding from Bank of America’s philanthropic program to help underrepresented entrepreneurs on the Central Coast. The grant, announced by the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit on Nov. 17, will be used to advance a micro-grant and entrepreneurial training pilot program it launched recently in partnership with an Oxnard-based nonprofit supporting Read More →
Westlake Village-based PennyMac Financial Services saw its net income drop in the third quarter compared to the year before, but officials reported “exceptional financial performance” in other areas in earnings released Nov. 4. The mortgage lender and loan servicer reported net income of $249.3 million in the third quarter, or $3.80 per share on a Read More →
Westlake Village-based mortgage lender Velocity Financial reported an increase in net income and net interest margin for the third quarter, compared to the same quarter last year, in an earnings statement released Nov. 3. Velocity reported net income of $8.02 million in the third quarter, or 23 cents per diluted share, compared to $3.5 million, Read More →