Beneficial State Foundation Perspectives

Our thoughts on changing the banking system for good and building the new economy

Impact

Participatory Investment guide offers opportunities for banks to shift power to the communities they serve

Community benefit is not a foreign concept for banks. Since 1977, the Community Reinvestment Act…

Beneficial State Foundation & Transform Finance

March 27, 2023

Impact

Our statement on values

We at Beneficial State commit to work each day toward our vision for an equitable…

March 6, 2017

Financial Reform

We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how.

We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how. In this painful…

Beneficial State Foundation

March 27, 2020

Financial Reform

What role can banks play in stopping gun violence?

From gun violence to massive raids targeting immigrants, the last several weeks have been especially…

Symone Jackson and Emma Guttman-Slater

August 16, 2019

Bank Accountability

The Green New Deal is a chance to address big banks who are financing climate destruction and mass incarceration

There has been a lot of conversation around what a Green New Deal should look…

Symone Jackson

March 5, 2019

New Economy

The best social justice conferences in 2019

Emma is the Strategic Communications Director at Beneficial State Foundation based in Oakland, CA, and…

Emma Guttman-Slater

January 24, 2019

Bank Accountability

A bank CEO’s perspective: “Even a $1 billion fine is not enough to change corporate behaviors.”

Kat Taylor is CEO and Co-Founder of Beneficial State Bank. Here we go again. On…

Kat Taylor

April 24, 2018

Beneficial State Foundation Perspectives

Impact

Participatory Investment guide offers opportunities for banks to shift power to the communities they serve

Impact

Our statement on values

Financial Reform

We can emerge from COVID-19 with a more just economy. Here’s how.

Financial Reform

What role can banks play in stopping gun violence?

Bank Accountability

The Green New Deal is a chance to address big banks who are financing climate destruction and mass incarceration

New Economy

The best social justice conferences in 2019

Bank Accountability

A bank CEO’s perspective: “Even a $1 billion fine is not enough to change corporate behaviors.”

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