America’s Credit Union Museum (ACUM) has announced the inductees of their newest exhibit, “Credit Union Women Making History: Herstory,” which highlights a range of credit union women and their achievements in the credit union [...]
“We know who gets hurt in economic downturns. It's the same members that got hurt last time. Shame on us as credit unions if we march into another financial downturn and let the same communities [...]
42 credit union leaders from across the United States and Kenya were designated as Credit Union Development Educators (CUDEs) after completing the National Credit Union Foundation’s signature Development Education (DE) program in May. Delivered [...]
May 2nd was a big day for the National Credit Union Foundation because it was the start of our first in-person Development Education (DE) program since 2019. It was thrilling to be face to face [...]
The National Credit Union Foundation has today opened nominations for the 2023 Herb Wegner Memorial Awards. The awards have celebrated the innovators and changemakers of the credit union movement for over thirty years and are [...]
The first step toward improving financial lives is understanding who you’re serving; a $100,000 grant from the Foundation aims to do just that. It provides seven small credit unions with 12 months of [...]
For a cooperative movement committed to improving financial well-being for all, addressing the inequities faced by people of color, women, rural communities and more, is the new frontline. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) [...]
If you’ve met me, virtually or otherwise, you’ll know I’m an avid birder. It’s a passion that provides much-needed balance to my life: the restorative calm of nature versus the catalytic [...]
I finally did it. I made it to CUNA’s GAC. And everything you all told me was true: it’s inspiring, empowering and, let’s be honest, exhausting. But there’s an energy that [...]
The Foundation partnered with Pelican State Credit Union, a Certified Community Development Financial Institution, to compile a research brief, documenting the credit union’s Financial Wellness Program from 2019 to 2021. Originally launched in 2006, [...]
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” Those words from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- as so many of us prepare to attend CUNA’s Governmental [...]
Full disclosure: I’m new here. I joined the National Credit Union Foundation in mid-December so I’m just a month in. I would have started a week earlier were it not for a car [...]
How are your members doing with their finances? If you had to guess, what proportion of your membership is financially healthy? In other words: how much of your member base is spending, saving, borrowing, and [...]
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This infamous passage from The New Colossus is inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty and embodies the idea that [...]
During February 2022’s Foundation Dinner, Chicago’s Faith Based Credit Union Alliance (FBCUA) will receive the Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Outstanding Organization, recognizing its collective impact serving many of the city’s communities [...]
