Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For 103 years, Optus Bank, in Columbia, South Carolina, has been more than a financial institution. It’s been a force for change.
As South Carolina’s first Black-owned bank and one of only 23 left in the country, its mission remains as urgent as ever: fueling businesses that create jobs and build a better future for their communities. Though focused on Columbia, it has supported economic opportunities across 48 states.
And the Economic Opportunity Coalition (EOC) is helping make this possible. Incubated by RF Catalytic Capital, a charitable offshoot of The Rockefeller Foundation, the EOC is a bold, historic initiative formed to align private and federal investments toward accelerating opportunity and creating wealth in low-income, rural, and economically underserved communities across America.
Learn more: rockefellerfoundation.org/grantee-impact-stories/how-community-development-financial-institutions-are-creating-jobs-across-the-country
For 103 years, Optus Bank, in Columbia, South Carolina, has been more than a financial institution. It’s been a force for change.
As South Carolina’s first Black-owned bank and one of only 23 left in the country, its mission remains as urgent as ever: fueling businesses that create jobs and build a better future for their communities. Though focused on Columbia, it has supported economic opportunities across 48 states.
And the Economic Opportunity Coalition (EOC) is helping make this possible. Incubated by RF Catalytic Capital, a charitable offshoot of The Rockefeller Foundation, the EOC is a bold, historic initiative formed to align private and federal investments toward accelerating opportunity and creating wealth in low-income, rural, and economically underserved communities across America.
Learn more: rockefellerfoundation.org/grantee-impact-stories/how-community-development-financial-institutions-are-creating-jobs-across-the-country
