Supporting Our
Communities

Annually, we donate thousands of meals, support numerous organizations, and provide financial education to consumers. We work closely with our employees to identify community needs and collaborate with non-profit organizations to lend resources, through volunteerism, material donations (such as food, clothing or toys) and financial support. We focus on nonprofit organizations that promote:

Health and Wellness
Financial Literacy and Education
Affordable Housing

In July 2022, we announced a philanthropic gift of $250,000 to expand cancer care services at MedStar Montgomery Medical Center located near our corporate headquarters in Olney, Maryland. This gift will support the development of the Oncology Pavilion at MedStar Montgomery that will house services such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, and other cancer treatment and support services. Sandy Spring Bank's support of MedStar Montgomery dates back over a century to the founding of the then Montgomery General Hospital in 1920.

We are deeply grateful to Sandy Spring Bank for this life-changing philanthropic investment to support our patients and community, and for the wonderful partnership we have enjoyed with the Bank throughout the years. Thomas J. Senker, President of MedStar Montgomery Medical Center

Financial Literacy and Education

For more than 11 years, we have partnered with EverFi, an education technology company that provides learners of all ages with education for the real world through innovative and scalable digital learning. Through our partnership, we support EverFi's online adult consumer financial education program known as The $tation. It offers interactive financial education on topics such as building emergency savings, mortgage education and retirement planning. The site has had nearly 23,000 visitors since its inception in 2019.

Sandy Spring Bank has also supported Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland, for more than 30 years. In the 2022-2023 academic year, we supported the following programs:

• Skilled Immigrant Program, which provides courses on workforce and career development for mid- and advanced-level English speaking, bilingual, and multi-lingual credit and noncredit students.
• Silas Craft Collegians, which offers a select group of students — most from low- to moderate-income families — personalized attention, mentoring, and peer reinforcement, as well as scholarships.
• Fueling Dragons program, which helps address food insecurity and provides nutrition and health education.

Sandy Spring Bank has been the title sponsor of George Mason University's Diversity Scholarship Golf Classic for more than a decade. The 2022 event benefited two programs:

• Early Identification Program, which supports first-generation college-bound students beginning in the eighth grade.
• Student Transition Empowerment Program, which supports first-generation students once they arrive on campus.

Since 2015, we have partnered with Junior Achievement (JA) of Central Maryland through employee donations and monetary support for various fundraising events. In 2022, Sandy Spring Bank employees volunteered at JA BizTown, teaching more than 50 fourth grade students from Baltimore about personal financial management and business/entrepreneurship skills.

We have also supported JA of Greater Washington since 2016. In 2022, we appointed a JA volunteer opportunity coordinator to promote employee volunteerism at JA Finance Park, an educational experience designed to inspire, guide, and teach middle school students to be financially savvy.

Sandy Spring Bank supports Forging the Future: The Campaign for Hood College. Our annual donation supports:

• Unrestricted scholarship and financial aid to exceptional students.
• Academic support for outstanding faculty, classroom equipment, library resources, furnishings, academic research, study-abroad opportunities and extra-curricular programming.
• Innovative curricular offerings including business, cybersecurity, public health, nutrition, nursing and more.
• Contemporary facilities and a campus that supports learning beyond the classroom.
• Deepened partnerships with the greater Frederick, Maryland, community.

Affordable Housing

Sandy Spring Bank has supported Operation Renewed Hope Foundation's (ORHF) veterans and families since 2016 through employee volunteerism and fundraising events. In 2022, the Bank hosted a fundraiser cookout and employees collected donations from across the company. Our support helped ORHF assist 97 veterans and family members in the D.C. metro area.

Sandy Spring Bank has collaborated with Habitat for Humanity for more than 16 years. In 2022, we participated in Habitat's Metro Maryland's Women Build, where Bank volunteers helped with subflooring and interior framing. In the past five years, we have donated more than $50,000 to support safe, affordable housing for our neighbors in need, and our employees have volunteered over 600 hours.