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.

Financial Education

Click here to read about NCUF's focus on financial education in 2011.

REAL Solutions®

Click to find REAL Solutions®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.

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Development Education

Click to learn about Development EducationLinking 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.” 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.

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Biz Kid$

Click to see <i>Biz Kid$</i>!The National Credit Union Foundation is the largest sponsor in the America's Credit Unions group underwriting the Biz Kid$ 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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Financial Education Grants

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 improve the financial capability of American families.
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Disaster Relief

Click to visit the CUAid websiteWhen 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.
Please click here to visit the CUAid website.