Business Award: The Bennington State Bank

(Pictured: Darren Gragg, BSB President & CEO; John Quinley, Board Past-Chair)

For the past 135 years, Bennington State Bank (BSB) has made a mark in the communities they serve by helping them thrive and prosper. In 1999, they becamse a founding donor of GSCF under the leadership of former bank president, Mike Berkley who is also a founding donor. In 2009 and 2010, they became founding donors of the Ottawa County Community Foundation and the Post Rock Community Foundation, two GSCF regional affiliates.

Over the years, Bennington State Bank has continued to support these communities through different match initiatives, including GSCF’s Match Madness. For the last three years, BSB has matched employee donations at Match Madness, and last year they volunteered at the event and sponsored the Bill Grevas Memorial “Minute-To-Win-It” Free Throw Contest.

Bennington State Bank manages four GSCF funds through our outside investment manager program, helped sponsor charitable giving workshops as an Education Partner, and served on the Give Back 5 Community Giving Pledge planning committee.