Community Financial Resource Center was created as a partnership among the City of Los Angeles, community organizations and a consortium of 34 commercial banks and was opened in March 1993. The following list represents the founding partners that made this center possible:

 

Founded in 1992 by The Los Angeles Community Reinvestment Committee

Mayor Tom Bradley, City of Los Angeles

Councilman Robert Farrell, City of Los Angeles, Council District 8

City of Los Angeles

Rebuild LA

 

American International Bank	Lippo Bank
Asahi Bank	Manufacturers Bank
Bank of America	Mercantile Bank
Bank of Audi California	Metro Bank
California Commerce Bank	Olympic National Bank
Cathay Bank	Pacific Heritage Bank
City National Bank	Pacific National Bank
Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank	Preferred Bank
Far East National Bank	Sanwa Bank
First Business Bank	Sumitomo Bank
First Interstate Bank	Tokai Bank
First State Bank	Union Bank
Founders National Bank	United Mizrahi Bank
General Bank	United Pacific Bank
Grand Bank	Wells Fargo Bank
Guardian Bank	Westside Bank
Habib Bank	Wilshire State Bank

 

Founding Board of Directors:

Robert McNeely, Founding Chairman, Board of Directors

Melvin Neal, Madelyn Murray, Nancy Huntington, Yen Lu Wong, Jack Duggan, Robert Farrell, Mary Salinas Duron, Juanita Tate, Ted Berkowitz, Mavis Codero, Don Hance, Lou Bernardy, John Borunda, Gilda Haas, David Henry