Connecting with Community: Our Mission

First National Bank and Trust Company employees have joined together for a greater purpose and have found meaning what we do. That purpose is to ignite lasting client and community prosperity. 

Our Purpose
To ignite lasting client and community prosperity.

IGNITE PROSPERITY: "Ignite" defined as "to evoke emotion, to excite, to set in motion," and "prosperity" defined as "to thrive or cause to succeed" and, from the Latin prosperåre to succeed, from prosperus fortunate; (i.e.) "PRO" means (FOR) + spés means (HOPE) is what IGNITE PROSPERITY means to First National Bank and Trust Company. We are for hope!

Here is how we define what the phrase means to us:

We help our clients transform their lives.
We increase financial knowledge in our community.
We develop and invest in our employees.
We live generously both with our time and resources.

This is how we IGNITE PROSPERITY.

As a purpose-driven organization, First National Bank and Trust Company employees find strength in the company’s story and are motivated to have more impact. We're inspired to give back in any way we can – whether that be financially, through volunteer hours or board service. We know for every penny saved, every child who learns the value of a dollar, every employee development opportunity, we are fulfilling our purpose. We invite you to join our purpose. Together, we can truly IGNITE PROSPERITY.

Community Impact

First National Bank and Trust Company is focused on having a lasting impact in our community and we do this through a number of outreach efforts. 

Community Reinvestment

Giving. It’s one of our company’s nine core principles and one we’ll always stand behind. We encourage others to live generously and pay it forward. Together, we make a difference. We believe giving back to communities we serve is as important as the products and services we provide. We know the harder we work, the more we are able to give back. It’s so important that we have an entire page dedicated to our community reinvestment efforts.

Financial Wellness Efforts

We’ve highlighted a few of our financial wellness efforts on this page but even more information can be found here. 

Community Engagement

In the United States today, families are faced with critical financial decisions now more than ever. Our team is a resource to help individuals and families handle decisions concerning the economy, education and most importantly, personal finance with expertise. We can speak to different audiences in the community and try to meet them where they are. We've partnered with several local organizations to provide community engagement.

Classroom Learning

We believe financial knowledge begins at a young age, which is why we're committed to creating a stronger, more financially savvy future generation through student financial wellness education. We believe in a long-term approach to hopefully help create a more educated community.

Special Events and Programs

We love hosting unique community events. We’ve highlighted a few of our special events and programs below.

Signature Events

We like to get creative and find new ways to engage with our community through unique events. For example, for the last several years we have been hosting an event called FNBT Promise, where we bring in a national motivational speaker to our local schools. We try to find a need in the community and be the catalyst for change, growth and sharing of new ideas.

Small Business Pitch Competition

In 2017, First National Bank and Trust Company started REV, a small business pitch competition in an effort to spur additional economic growth and to encourage business owners to pursue their dreams. Over $45,000 has been distributed to small businesses through this event. Learn more here.

Employee Impact

Together, we can do more and when our employees’ team up, we have greater impact. The giving of time, talents and treasure is of great importance at First National Bank and Trust Company – and a great honor. 

Volunteering

There are many facets to our outreach efforts but chief among them is empowering our employees to make a lasting impact on their community. Each year employees are given 50 hours of volunteer time off. They have used this time to build homes and playgrounds, to organize events for nonprofits and serve on nonprofit boards, among the many ways employees give back through volunteering.

Employee Giving

Our employees are extremely generous and have found many meaningful ways to impact our community including participating in fundraising drives.

We invite you to reach out if you have any questions about any of our outreach activities.