Bristol County Savings Bank Named a Top Charitable Contributor In Massachusetts By Boston Business Journal

TAUNTON, MA, September 17, 2025 — Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB), headquartered in Taunton, Massachusetts, announces that it was named one of the Top Charitable Contributors in Massachusetts by Boston Business Journal for the ninth consecutive year at the publication’s 2025 Corporate Citizenship Awards held recently at Big Night Live in Boston. Designed to showcase companies that promote and prioritize giving back to their communities, the Bank ranked #32 on the BBJ list of 99 companies that granted at least $100,000 to Massachusetts non-profits during the 2024 calendar year. Bristol County Savings Bank, through its Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation, awarded more than $2.17 million to various Massachusetts 501(c)(3) organizations last year. The Bank’s employees also volunteered a total of 6,722 hours on behalf of Massachusetts non-profits in 2024.

“Since our founding close to 180 years ago, we have operated as a community mutual bank and taken pride in our neighbors being able to ‘Count of us’. This recognition by Boston Business Journal is additional validation that our efforts to support non-profit organizations in the communities we serve are making a difference,” said John Silva, President & CEO at Bristol County Savings Bank and President of the Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation. Silva added that the Foundation has committed more than $35 million to hundreds of different non-profit organizations since its inception in 1996.

“It is with honor that we present our list of the Top Charitable Contributors in Massachusetts. Collectively, they gave more than $416 million in cash contributions - a true example of the business community coming together to help those in need. We celebrate organizations like Bristol County Savings Bank who gie both money and time to make a stronger and better place for all." said Carolyn Jones, Market President and Publisher, Boston Business Journal.

The Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation’s purpose is to fund needs that contribute to the economic and the social well-being of the people and institutions located in the greater Taunton/Attleboro Region, the greater New Bedford/Dartmouth Region, the Fall River Region and the greater Providence, Rhode Island Region, with particular emphasis in the areas of education and literacy, economic development and housing for the low- to moderate-income population.

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