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Where You Bank Matters

 

Why We Give Back. Without you, there would be no US! Did you know Ulster Savings Bank is a mutual bank? Unlike publicly traded banks, our mutual structure has allowed us to remain focused on the customers and communities we serve, helping us keep more of our resources working right here in the Hudson Valley.

 

Where We Give. We support local nonprofits throughout the communities we serve, especially organizations where our employees are personally involved. Our team members also give their time and talents to causes across the Hudson Valley.

 

Overall Impact.  Since our Charitable Foundation was established in 2001, Ulster Savings Bank and the Foundation have donated more than $15 million. We’re proud to put those dollars to work supporting the communities we call home.

2025 Community Impact by the Numbers:

  • $869,830 given to our community
  • 4,793 hours volunteered by employees
  • $10,775 donated to Jeans for Charity by employees
  • 426 non-profit organizations helped
  • 424 toys collected for Toy-for-Tots
  • 87 bags of coats collected
  • $45,357,179 in loans approved for first-time homebuyers
  • $2,967,083 in grants funded for homebuyers
  • $45,750 in credits given to homebuyers
 

Community Matters to US.

Supporting local is at the heart of everything we do and no local community bank does it better than US. Whether it’s through monetary donations, collecting needed items, or volunteering our time.
 

Working Together to Fight Hunger

Supporting our neighbors is at the heart of community banking. Through the New York Bankers Association’s #BanksForBanks initiative, Ulster Savings Bank was proud to donate $5,000 to the Regional Food Bank to help provide nutritious food to individuals and families facing food insecurity. We’re honored to play a part in helping our neighbors when they need it most.

Check Presentation to Food Bank

A Story About Saving and Starting Young

We were excited to collaborate with Aki Ashe on his children’s book, “Visit to the Bank: Start a Savings Account,” part of a 10-book series inspired by lessons his late grandmother taught him. The story is a fun way to introduce children to saving and making smart choices with money, something we’re passionate about at Ulster Savings Bank. Our Minor Savings Account gives young savers a place to start putting those lessons into practice and begin building healthy financial habits for the future.

A Visit to the Bank Book and Dolls

Honoring Leadership, Culture & Community

What a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the people making a difference throughout our community! We were honored to provide a space for L.O.U.D. Hudson Valley’s Inaugural Hispanic, Afro-Latino & Indigenous Excellence Awards, recognizing individuals for their leadership, achievements, and contributions. Congratulations to all of the honorees on this well-deserved recognition!

LOUD Excellence Awards

Recycling Today for a Greener Tomorrow

A big thank-you to everyone who helped make our recent Electronics Recycling Event a success! Together with Legal Shred, we collected outdated electronics so they could be responsibly recycled, reused, or refurbished instead of collecting dust. We’re happy to provide opportunities that make being a little greener easier for our community.

Electronics Recycling

Lending a Hand, Building a Future

Our team had a great Friday volunteering with Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, helping lay the groundwork for a new modular home. We’re proud to support projects that create opportunities for local families and make homeownership a reality. We can’t wait to see this house become a home

Helping build a home with Habitat for Humanity

A Winning Way to Celebrate 175 Years!

175 years and a Best in Show win! We had a wonderful time celebrating Ulster Savings Bank’s milestone anniversary at the 2026 Buy Local Expo Mixer with the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce at Diamond Mills Hotel. We couldn’t be prouder of our team or more grateful to celebrate alongside the community that has supported us for generations.

Best in Show at Buy Local Expo

Helping Preserve a Hudson Valley Treasure

We’re proud to partner with the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley through the Local Impact Fund for Tomorrow (LIFT), which is helping the Rosendale Theatre move forward with important improvements to protect its historic building. As funds are repaid to LIFT, they can be put back to work supporting other nonprofit projects throughout Dutchess, Ulster, and Putnam counties. It’s local funding creating local impact, again and again.

Rosendale Theatre

Shred It & Forget It!

Thank you to everyone who made our latest Community Shredding Event such a success! With help from Legal Shred, we nearly filled the truck with unwanted documents for secure destruction and recycling. We love offering our neighbors an easy way to clear the clutter while helping protect their personal information.

Shredding Event

Small Crew, Big Impact!

Our Feeding Kingston crew may have been small, but they accomplished something big! Together, volunteers prepared a record 130 sandwiches and 46 hot meals for the Blue Fridge at The Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church. We’re especially proud of our own Briana Purdy and her continued work with the Kingston Rotary to help our neighbors and strengthen our community.

Preparing meals for needy families

LIFT Makes Its First Local Impact

We’re proud to see the Local Impact Fund for Tomorrow (LIFT) make its first loan to Walkway Over the Hudson, providing bridge financing to help complete the final phase of an important lighting improvement project. Created in partnership with Ulster Savings, LIFT helps local nonprofits keep projects moving while they await committed grant funding. Best of all, as loans are repaid, those funds can be put back to work supporting other nonprofits throughout our communities.

Walkway Over the Hudson receiving funds

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