Sonabank, a bank with branches in Gloucester and Gloucester Point, has created Community Believers, a program that provides a package of integrated financial products and marketing services to help nonprofits grow and excel.

The initiative evolved from Sonabank’s desire to build and maintain strong partnerships with nonprofits in communities where the bank is located, a release said. 

“We conducted focus groups with over 25 nonprofits in the Richmond and Hampton Roads regions to find out what they really want in a long-term banking relationship and how Sonabank could help them accomplish their respective missions to be successful,” said Joe A. Shearin, CEO of Sonabank. “As a result of that in-depth research, we developed the Community Believers program of financial products, tools and resources to demonstrate that we understand their world and we support what they are doing.”

There is no fee to enroll in the Community Believers program at Sonabank,...