First Southwest Bank

Who Is First Southwest Bank?

Serving the San Luis Valley and rural Colorado for more than 100 years, First Southwest Bank offers personal and business banking at their seven branches, with an emphasis on businesses supporting rural communities. First Southwest Bank and their employees actively live-in and give back to our communities, volunteering with more than 40 local organizations, and donating to 115.

As a Community Development Financial Institution, a rare designation in the banking community, First Southwest Bank is focused on cultivating valuable relationships, investing in economic and social doers, and fostering a well-lived rural culture.

First Southwest Bank Community Fund

Also untraditional to banking, First Southwest Bank has created the First Southwest Bank Community Fund (FSWCF), a 501c3 nonprofit, promoting economic development in distressed communities — helping create jobs, increase wages, encourage the development of critical community infrastructure and provide new educational opportunities and financial literacy knowledge for identified populations.

FSWCF achieves this by providing low-cost business and agricultural lending, supporting educational programs that prepare people to participate in the mainstream economy, enhancing early learning and development opportunities, and augmenting technology and other public amenities.

FSWCF works predominantly in Southern Colorado but plans to expand its geographic reach into rural Colorado and the wider Four Corners Region. Please find more information about FSWCF at fswcf.org