Foundation Programs - What We Do |
Our Signature Programs and Partnerships |
| As the philanthropic leader of America's credit union movement, the National Credit Union Foundation raises millions of dollars in funds, makes millions of dollars in grants, and manages innovative programs that help people declare financial independence through credit unions.
With support from individuals, Community Investment Fund investors, Corporate Supporters and other caring organizations, the National Credit Union Foundation makes a real impact through the "People Helping People" philosophy that inspires the credit union movement. |
|  REAL Solutions® works through state credit union leagues to help credit unions provide dozens of new products that have proven successful in serving real people with real needs. REAL Solutions® has the potential to touch millions of lives. Through REAL Solutions®, everyone across America who is struggling to live from paycheck to paycheck can begin to build savings and secure assets that will help working families for generations to come.
Click here to find REAL Solutions®! |
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|  Linking credit unions’ past and present, the Development Education (DE) program brings renewed relevance to credit unions’ seven cooperative principles and the philosophy of “people helping people.” Twice each year, people from all parts of the movement participate in a six-day total immersion experience to become certified Credit Union Development Educators (CUDEs). Once they earn this designation, CUDEs return to their jobs with a sense of personal enrichment and renewed energy to share what they learned.
Click here to learn about Development Education! |
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|  Social Impact Management is a unique leadership training experience that empowers current and future credit union leaders (both staff and boards) by: |
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- providing thought leadership and tools to capitalize on the unique role that credit unions and co-ops play in society;
- demonstrating how that role provides a real social value that can be leveraged and embraced by current members, new members, and new markets;
- connecting credit unions to learn from each other’s success and from global leaders who have created benefits for their communities through proactive social responsibility.
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|  The National Credit Union Foundation is the largest sponsor in the America's Credit Unions group underwriting the Biz Kid$ financial education series on national public television through PBS. Every episode begins and ends with an America's Credit Unions visual in a classroom, with a narrator reminding viewers that "Production funding for Biz Kid$ is provided by America’s Credit Unions, where people are worth more than money.” |
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| | | | Since 1980, the National Credit Union Foundation has provided millions of dollars in grants to credit unions and their partners for initiatives that support our mission to improve consumers' financial independence through credit unions. Every year, NCUF looks to fund new innovations that will help low-wealth members reach life-changing goals in five steps on the Credit Path®: Financial Education, Transaction Services, Savings, Credit, and Homeownership. |
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| | | | Since qualifying as a federal grant intermediary in 2002, the National Credit Union Foundation has attracted millions of dollars in federal grants for credit unions. More importantly, those credit unions are offering life-changing services to tens of thousands of potential first-time homebuyers. |
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|  When a major disaster strikes credit union people, the National Credit Union Foundation raises disaster relief donations to support credit union employees, volunteers and members who suffer unrecoverable losses. To prepare for all future disasters, the Foundation developed CUAid (www.CUAid.coop), the credit union movement's online disaster relief fundraising system. |
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