Driving Impact Through Purposeful Banking

Forging Stronger Communities

Our mission is clear: to rebuild and revitalize distressed communities by addressing their most pressing needs. As a certified CDFI, we’ve been empowering change since 1998. From affordable housing to job creation, our work is driven by one purpose—helping communities thrive.

With over $716 million in New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) awarded, we’ve financed $1.6 billion in transformative projects, creating or retaining 14,000 jobs. These efforts are more than statistics; they represent opportunities for people to achieve stability and success.






















Greenwood Senior Apartments

We partnered with Missouri Housing Partners to provide permanent financing for a new 3-story, 49-unit mixed-income senior apartment development on the former Greenwood School site off 27th Street in Kansas City, MO.  Low-income housing tax credits were paired with private capital to provide affordable housing alternatives for seniors.
Greenwood Apartments
OB Bridge with cb staff

Operation Breakthrough: Unlocking Potential Through Education

With an $11 million NMTC allocation from Central Bank of Kansas City, Operation Breakthrough expanded its Troost campus in Kansas City. The project provides education, healthcare, and parenting programs to surrounding neighborhoods. It added space for 300 more K-8 students and introduced MakerCity—a hands-on learning space where students build STEM, arts, and academic skills.

Impact Highlights:
  • Increased early childhood and K-8 education opportunities
  • Expanded job training and adult education programs
  • Enhanced community access to vital resources
Sam Rodgers

Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center: Prioritizing Community Health

Central Bank of Kansas City proudly supported the construction of a new pediatric wing at Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center with a $15 million NMTC allocation. This project addresses the primary care shortage in the area, ensuring children and vulnerable populations receive essential healthcare services.
 
Impact Highlights:
  • Job creation in the local community
  • Increased access to behavioral health, dental and pediatric care
  • Expanded services for women, infants and children
Orange EV

Advancing Clean Manufacturing in Kansas City

To support sustainable manufacturing and workforce development, we allocated $17.25 million in NMTC funding to Orange EV. This investment helped complete a 437,339-square-foot facility in Kansas City, KS, where Orange EV produces zero-emission industrial electric terminal trucks. It supports the EPA’s goal for all new freight vehicles to be zero-emission by 2030.

Impact Highlights:

  • Job creation in the local community
  • Quality manufacturing jobs for transit-challenged, low-income residents
  • Sustainable growth in clean transportation technology
  • Workforce training in forklift operation and electric vehicle tech
  • Internships and career pathways for local students



Ea La Mars salon

Changing Lives with Style 

Ea La Mar’s Cosmetology and Barber College has been an integral part of east Kansas City since 1982. Since its founding, nearly 5000 students have gone through the rigorous 1500-hour programs, learning a valuable trade and gaining life and business skills along the way. 
 
 










Dillons Grocery

Dillons Grocery

Central Bank of Kansas City (CBKC) provided $14 million in New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financing to support the construction and equipping of a new 86,000-square-foot Dillons grocery store replacing a blighted facility in Lawrence, Kansas. This investment reflects CBKC’s mission to expand economic opportunity and improve quality of life in underserved communities - particularly through projects that increase access to healthy, affordable food, a key focus across many of our NMTC investments.  

Impact Highlights:

  • Access to fresh, healthy food for 25,610 individuals in a USDA-designated food desert 
  • Job creation - More than doubling of store employee headcount
  • Anchor for “The Crossing at KU” mixed-use development
  • Supports local economic growth 


















































Your Mission, Multiplied

Partnering with us will amplify the impact of your deposits, and change lives and livelihoods where it’s needed most. Let’s explore how your organization’s resources can fuel this progress.

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