Community Impact Close to Home.

We’ve been in the business of better banking for 100 years, and during that time we’ve also been committed to giving back to the communities where our team members live and work. Check out the many ways we’ve created a better way of life by generously giving back to those around us.


For more information about charitable giving, or to request a donation, please email Philanthropic@GateCity.Bank

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Affordable Housing in Fargo-Moorhead

Learn how we’re partnering with the Cass Clay Community Land Trust to establish more affordable housing in the FM community and surrounding area.

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Creative Care for Reaching Independence (CCRI)

In honor of Gate City Bank’s 100 years, our record-breaking $100,000 Giving Hearts Day donation is being used to enhance accessibility and mental-health services in Moorhead, MN.

Gate City Bank team members volunteer for a local food pantry

COVID-19 Response

During difficult times, extending a helping hand to those in need leads to healing. Learn more about how we helped our communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

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El Way Child Care and Learning Center

A valued Gate City Bank business lender went above and beyond to bring a couple’s much-needed day care to life in Grand Forks, ND.

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Empty Bowls

When COVID-19 threatened the survival of Empty Bowls, a charitable cause that feeds much-needed funds into a beloved Grand Forks food pantry, Gate City Bank stepped in to help.

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Fargo-Moorhead Opera

We love community arts! Learn more about how we’ve donated approximately $300,000 toward the Gate City Bank Young Artist Program, which has assisted in delivering world-class live performances to local audiences who might not normally be able to enjoy them.

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Financial Literacy for Students

Learn more about how we’re bringing practical, hands-on financial learning to local schools in our communities throughout ND and MN.

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Free Dental Care Clinic

Learn how we’ve partnered with Mission of Mercy to bring dental care to low-income patients in need – sponsoring free dental clinics in Bismarck, ND, and Moorhead, MN.

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Fueling Our Future

Big or small, we believe in helping businesses thrive. Learn how we donated $300,000 to support this local economic development initiative, driven by the Chamber of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.

Gate City Bank Blue Lights

Have you heard about our brilliant blue lights? Can you guess how many of them we hang each season? Learn more about how community members in Fargo, ND, and Bismarck, ND, look forward to this annual tradition.

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Grace Garden

Learn more about how we partnered with YWCA Cass Clay on a supportive housing initiative that promotes an environment of safety, stability and community for women and children who have experienced domestic abuse and poverty.

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Great Plains Food Bank Delivery Truck

At Gate City Bank, we believe no one should have to suffer from hunger. Learn more about how we surprised Great Plains Food Bank with a brand-new delivery truck in 2016, made possible with a $250,000 pledge over 10 years.

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Green Dot

Learn more about how bystander intervention is helping reduce violence in the greater Grand Forks, ND, community – thanks in part to our assistance in launching the Green Dot program.

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HOPE, Inc.

Learn more about how we donated $10,000 so that an annual nonprofit fashion show (which has become incredibly popular in the local community) could continue virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hospice of the Red River Valley

Gate City Bank provided a $16 million, low-interest line of credit with no fees to build a state-of-the-art house for Hospice of the Red River Valley!

Gate City Bank volunteers Michelle Neumiller and Jacque Erickson smile while serving sandwiches at Jamestown Middle School

Jamestown Middle School

Learn how Michelle Neumiller sparked a community movement when she started volunteering at the understaffed Jamestown Middle School lunchroom.

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Preventing Elder Abuse

Learn how we’re offering extra support to our beloved senior citizens, helping to prevent elder abuse in assisted living homes throughout our communities in ND and MN.

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Souris Valley Animal Shelter

Learn how our team members have donated $30,000 and countless volunteer hours to a Minot animal shelter, which provides care for furry friends both locally and throughout North Dakota.

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Sunshine Memorial Foundation

Comfort. Care. Compassion. See the story behind our $100,000 donation to Sunshine Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit in Grand Forks, ND, that supports patients and their families who must travel for health care.

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Valley Senior Services

By donating over $50,000 to purchase two brand-new delivery vehicles for Valley Senior Services in Fargo, ND, Gate City Bank is continuing to serve the elderly in our communities.

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Veterans Memorial Park

American veterans have sacrificed so much for the sake of our freedom. Learn how Gate City Bank is supporting these brave patriots, donating $50,000 toward Veterans Memorial Park in Grand Forks, ND.

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Wahpeton Fire Department

Learn more about how local team members stepped in to support the Wahpeton Fire Department, donating $14,000 for new protective helmets to help keep our heroes safe.

Gate City Bank leaders and West Fargo firefighters in North Dakota pose with new protective helmets

West Fargo Fire Department

Did you know the West Fargo Fire Department was the first in ND to utilize jet pilot-style helmets? We helped make it happen! Learn how we’re helping keep local firefighters protected on the job.