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| area_served = | industry = | products = Financial services, microfinance| assets = $2.6B USD (2008)| revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_branches = | num_employees = | parent = ShoreBank Corporation| subsid = | homepage = weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20060110105337weblink">SBK.com (Archive.org)| footnotes = }}ShoreBank was a community development bank founded and headquartered in Chicago. At the time of its closing it was the oldest and largest such institution, and in 2008 had $2.6 billion in assets.Annual Reports. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116140925weblink |date=2016-11-16 }} ShoreBank. It was owned by ShoreBank Corporation, a regulated bank holding company.ShoreBank had branches in Chicago's South and West sides, Cleveland, and Detroit. Between 2000 and 2006, ShoreBank issued nearly $900 million in loans to citizens in Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland.Rafter, Dan. "Uncommon Vision {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20061115214811weblink |date=2006-11-15 }}", "Motto". Retrieved on January 9, 2007 ShoreBank and its affiliated companies had projects in 30 countries.Developing International Economies. ShoreBank Corporation.ShoreBank incorporated environmental conservation into its mission during the 1990s, helping develop a triple bottom line approach to banking, equally prioritizing profits, impact on people, and the impact of a project on the environment.Iowa State University. "Investing for Triple Bottom Line Returns", 2006-6-1. Retrieved on January 8, 2007 At that time it established ShoreBank Pacific based in Portland, Oregon. ShoreBank accepted mission-based deposits from across the country through its Development Deposits program, launched in 1982, and its online savings account ShoreBank Direct, launched in 2007.Carpenter, Dave. 'Bank with a heart' thrives despite predictions of failure. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120721220314weblink |date=2012-07-21 }} Savannah Morning News. 11 June 2007.Although mission-based, the bank's financial performance historically matched or exceeded that of its peer banks.Marshall, Katherine. "ShoreBank gauges success by profit and community impact" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012165019weblink |date=2007-10-12 }}, Medill News Service, Northwestern University, May 17, 2005, retrieved September 19, 2007 However, the bank faced significant losses in 2009,{{Citation }} and as of May 2010, was seeking $200 million in additional capital from major investors and the U.S. government. The bank's losses were related to the recession, though it was not engaged in subprime lending.{{Citation ShoreBank Corporation was the first bank holding company to combine commercial banking, real estate development, nonprofit loan funds, and international advisory services aimed at community development. Originally developed as a neighborhood development bank for low-income African-American communities, ShoreBank eventually expanded nationally and internationally.It exceeded its goal of private capital commitments but did not receive requested government support, a condition of the private investors. In August 2010, the bank faced possible insolvency and risked having its deposits taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insured its deposits.NEWS,weblink ShoreBank on the brink, 2010-08-06, 2010-08-06, Roeder, David, Chicago Sun-Times, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100820081912weblink">weblink 2010-08-20, On August 20, 2010, the bank was declared insolvent, closed by regulators and most of its assets were acquired by Urban Partnership Bank.NEWS,weblink Regulators Close Chicago's ShoreBank, 2010-08-20, 2010-08-20, Selyukh, Alina, ABC News, Some of the more recent management hirees of ShoreBank, in an unprecedented move by the FDIC, were allowed to continue to run the restructured bank, now a part of Urban Partnership Bank.NEWS,weblink Feds seize ShoreBank, new management named, Chicago Sun-Times, Sandra, Guy, August 21, 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100822001903weblink">weblink August 22, 2010, According to the FDIC, the recent hirees "did not contribute to the bank's problems."NEWS,weblink Regulators shut down big Chicago bank, 7 others, Gordon, Marcy, August 20, 2010, Yahoo! News, The Associated Press, 21 August 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100822012609weblink">weblink August 22, 2010, J.E. Post and Fiona Wilson, Too Good To Fail, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall, 2011, weblink Sheila Bair, head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, devoted several pages to the lack of federal support in her 2012 book and commented that the FDIC sought approval of the injection of federal funds several times, to no avail."Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself," by Sheila Bair, Free Press, 2012.

Origin

In 1973 the South Shore Bank attempted to relocate from 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard in the economically declining South Shore to the Loop. At the time, one third of all apartment buildings in South Shore were tax-delinquent and in danger of abandonment by landlords. Angered by the bank's racist lending practices, community banker-activists Milton Davis, James Fletcher, Mary Houghton, and Ron Grzywinski purchased the bank after successfully petitioning the federal Comptroller of the Currency to stop the move after creating the Illinois Neighborhood Development Corporation.Douthwaite, Richard. ""How a Bank can Transform a Neighborhood", "Short Circuit". Retrieved on January 8, 2007WEB, Milton Davis's Biography,weblink 2020-06-29, The HistoryMakers, en, Urban planner Stanley Hallett was a founding board member and was vice president of the bank's holding company its first five years.Renamed ShoreBank in 2000, it was the nation's first community development bank. During its 37 years of operation, ShoreBank played a critical role in stabilizing and rebuilding many of Chicago's low-income neighborhoods and eventually expanded globally, setting the standard for the development finance industry.As its range of financial products grew, so did its geographic reach and influence in the banking industry. ShoreBank expanded into low-income communities in Detroit, Cleveland, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Arkansas, and the Pacific Northwest. Its influence in Arkansas influenced Bill Clinton, then governor to propose the Community Development Financial Institutions Act, which he signed in 1994. In addition, ShoreBank executives assisted in the development of the international microfinance industry. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the corporation's consulting affiliate, ShoreBank Advisory Services, assisted banks in Russia and Eastern Europe with small business lending.

Structure

ShoreBank Corporation is the holding company for and with ShoreBank. Its other subsidiaries provided banking, equity investing, consulting, and environmental banking services:

• ShoreBank Pacific in Oregon and Washington state. On August 21, 2010, it was announced that ShoreBank Corporation had entered into an agreement to sell ShoreBank Pacific to OneCalifornia Bank of Oakland, California. The acquisition completed in December 2011 and the resulting entity was rebranded eventually to Beneficial State Bank.WEB,weblink Our History - Beneficial State Bank, www.beneficialstatebank.com,
• ShoreBank International, is now a part of Palladium Impact Capital.WEB, ishan.perera.enc, About,weblink 2022-01-16, Palladium Impact Capital, en-US,
• ShoreCap Management

ShoreBank established a number of affiliated nonprofits to provide related financing, technical assistance, and consulting services:

• Center for Financial Services Innovation, now named Financial Health Network
• National Community Investment Fund (NCIF)
• Northern Initiatives, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. On August 20, 2010, Northern Initiatives announced that it had amended its by-laws to end appointment of board members by ShoreBank and that it would continue its operations independently of the Chicago-based bank.WEB,weblink News about ShoreBank, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110727124148weblink">weblink 2011-07-27,
• ShoreBank Enterprise Cascadia in Oregon and Washington state announced it would change its name to Enterprise Cascadia on August 20, 2010, and would continue its operations independently of the Chicago-based bank.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110716012244weblink">"Message from the President" In 2013 Enterprise Cascadia rebranded as Craft3. Their new name reflects their focus on the "'three bottom lines' of economic, environmental and social equity."WEB,weblink About Craft3,
• ShoreBank Enterprise Cleveland. On August 20, 2010, it was announced that ShoreBank Enterprise Cleveland was changing its name to Enterprise Cleveland (EC) and would continue its operations independently of the Chicago-based bank."News on ShoreBank" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109091507weblink |date=2011-01-09 }}/ In 2018, the Cuyahoga Land Bank acquired the enterprise center.WEB, Jarboe, Michelle, Dealer, The Plain, 2016-04-08, Cuyahoga Land Bank acquires ailing Glenville biz center,weblink 2022-01-16, cleveland, en,
• ShoreBank Enterprise Detroit. It was announced that ShoreBank Enterprise Detroit would be changing its name to Enterprise Detroit and would continue its operations independently of the Chicago-based bank.Henderson, Tom, (August 23, 2010) "ShoreBank Enterprise Detroit unaffected by namesake bank's closure, will get new name″, Crain's Detroit Business Retrieved on September 6, 2010. In 2011, the name changed to Detroit Development Fund.WEB, Fund, Detroit Development, Enterprise Detroit Announces Name Change to Detroit Development Fund and Plans Move to Harmonie Park,weblink 2022-01-16, www.prnewswire.com, en,
• ShoreBank Neighborhood Institute
• ShoreCap Exchange, now named CapitalPlus Exchange

Recognition

ShoreBank, its co-founders, and its affiliates have received numerous awards and honors, including from the magazines Fast Company,Profits with Purpose: ShoreBank. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206032331weblink |date=2008-12-06 }} Fast Company. Business Ethics,First Sustainable. "Business Ethics Announces Six Social Investment Award Winners {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210171320weblink |date=2007-02-10 }}", "SRI News", 2000-4-2. Retrieved on January 8, 2007 and U.S. News & World Report,Schulte, Bret. Ron Grzywinski and Mary Houghton: Community Bankers. U.S. News & World Report. 12 November 2007. University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, the Independent Community Bankers of America,Cook, Tim. "ICBA Announces National Community Bank Service Award Winners", "ICBA", 2005-4-29. Retrieved on January 8, 2007Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago,Clutter, Charles. "Mayor Daley Awards Local Companies Employee Development Achievements" (pdf) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061223062351weblink |date=2006-12-23 }}, "workforceChicago2.0", 2004-6-2. Retrieved on January 8, 2007the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce,Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. "Four Chicagoland Businesses Recognized for Workplace Innovations", "www.chicagolandchamber.org". Retrieved on January 8, 2007 and Governor Ted Kulongoski of Oregon. In 2023, the founders of ShoreBank (Ron Grzywinski, Mary Houghton, and posthumously Jim Fletcher and Milton Davis, received the Ned Gramllich lifetime Achievement Award for Responsible Finance from Opportunity Finance Network.Former President and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is a prominent supporter of the bank. In 1985, ShoreBank worked closely with Clinton to set up the Southern Development Bancorporation, a community development bank serving rural Arkansans. Clinton described ShoreBank as "the most important bank in America"Douthwaite, Richard. How a Bank Can Transform a Neighbourhood., "Short Circuit". Retrieved on January 8, 2007 and credited ShoreBank's success with inspiring a movement of community development financial institutions (CDFIs).Clinton, William. "Remarks by the President in Announcement of Community Lending Initiative. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060918214347weblink |date=2006-09-18 }}" White House South Lawn, 1993-7-15. Retrieved on January 8, 2007Under a grant from the Ford Foundation in the 1980s, ShoreBank worked with Muhammad Yunus to advise him on the growth of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Yunus and Grameen Bank were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.Glenn, Brandon. "ShoreBank leaders had hand in Nobel Prize", Crain's Chicago Business, 2006-10-16. Retrieved on January 8, 2007 Later, it worked with BRAC, a second large Bangladeshi organization."Over Two Decades and Eight Thousand Miles: The Cross-continental Collaboration on Development Finance of Two Social Enterprises, ShoreBank Corporation and BRAC" by Mary Houghton and Fiona Wilson, Journal on Corporate Citizenship, Autumn 2012, page 75-99.

Loan Portfolio Troubles

In 2010 ShoreBank had a troubled asset ratio of 300% compared to a national average for all banks of 15%. Unemployment in many of the neighborhoods where the bank did business rose to as much as 50%; property values fell by 30%. The bank relied heavily on cash flow financing for multifamily buildings. As unemployment spiked beyond levels ever seen before, tenants struggled to pay rent; vacancies increased and landlords got behind in their loan payments. The single family portfolio was also negatively impacted and delinquency rates went higher than historical levels. Once homeowners secured new jobs they quickly came to the bank to refinance. Nine times out of ten the homeowners were laid off from full time jobs with benefits and found multiple part time jobs to provide the income needed to save their house.After insolvency the new bank was recapitalized through loss-share guarantees from the FDIC and a $367.7 million loss taken by the FDIC insurance fund, and nearly $140 million was invested by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. There were no other cases in which large banks lined up to recapitalize a failing bank.WEB,weblink Regulators Seize ShoreBank; Management Takes Over, Dan, Fitzpatrick, 21 August 2010, www.wsj.com, In an unusual move the FDIC lawsuit against the bank did not name co-founders, top executives or board members.WEB,weblink FDIC settles ShoreBank lawsuit for $17 million, 19 November 2015, The new management team of the former ShoreBank was allowed by the FDIC to run the newly formed Urban Partnership Bank. Although ShoreBank's President William Farrow was brought on after regulators ordered ShoreBank to raise additional capital, it is not standard practice for the FDIC to resell a bank to the managers who ran the failed bank.WEB,weblink Politically Connected ShoreBank Of Chicago Fails And Reincarnated At Taxpayer Expense - Problem Bank List, problembanklist.com, 21 August 2010,

References

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Further reading

• Taub, Richard. Doing Development in Arkansas: Using credit to create opportunity for and with entrepreneurs outside the mainstream. Fayetteville AR: University of Arkansas, 2004.
• Taub, Richard. Community Capitalism. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1988.

External links

• Metropolis Research Consortium