The National Credit Union Foundation Celebration

When: March 2, 2020

Time: 5:30 – 6:30 PM CT

Where: Virtual – we are bringing the celebration to you!

Attire: Dress to impress (from the waist up)

The Foundation Celebration provides a a fun “night out” for our movement to get dressed up, experience interviews with some of our favorite past Wegner Award winners with help from emcee Andy Janning, support the National Credit Union Foundation and an opportunity to get re-energized with passion for the difference we make as credit unions.

The Wegner Awards are the highest honors in the credit union system and are given to organizations and individuals whose tireless dedication, innovative ideas and deeds truly revolutionized the ways that credit unions serve their communities. The Foundation Celebration will provide an opportunity to catch up with some of our favorite industry pioneers & past award winners.

If you would like to attend the Foundation Celebration, please contact Jenni Speth at [email protected].

Sponsorship Options

• INSPIRE– $10,000

Sponsor a Wegner Awardee spotlight

• RESPOND– $5,000

Inspirational on-screen ad

Viewing Packages

• IMPACT – $2,500

Asset size $501M & above

• ADVOCATE – $1,500

Asset size $51M – $500M OR State Leagues/Foundations

• PARTNER – $500

Asset size $50M & below

• INDIVIDUAL – $100

When you attend the Foundation Celebration, you are supporting the National Credit Union Foundation. People need credit unions now more than ever, and the Foundation exists to help credit unions put their best foot forward to meet members where they are in life. The Foundation enhances the work of credit unions through grants and resources to put financial well-being at the center of their strategy, training and tools to empower a culture of living their values and mechanisms to facilitate disaster relief efforts.

Credit unions and the Foundation have a shared purpose and together, we are truly boundless.

Learn more about the impact of the Foundation

The Foundation Dinner Presenting the Herb Wegner Memorial Awards is the primary fundraising event for the Foundation. As one of our pillars of work, it also serves to inspire attendees to remember the reasons why our credit union movement is special and the impact we have upon people’s financial lives.

Last year’s dinner took place on February 24th, 2020 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC. It shattered all previous attendance records with over 1,000 credit union people gathering to celebrate our awardees, the credit union difference and the Foundation.

Catch-up on all the action from the 2020 Foundation dinner:

• Awards press coverage

• Red carpet photos

• VIP reception photos

• Attendee photos

• Awardee photos

Since 1989, the Foundation has presented the Herb Wegner Memorial Awards, which are often referred to as the “Academy Awards” of the credit union movement. The awards are named in honor of the late Credit Union National Association (CUNA) CEO Herb Wegner, whose tireless dedication, innovative ideas and deeds truly revolutionized the ways that credit unions serve their communities.

These awards are the credit union movement’s highest national honors and celebrate individuals and programs that put belief into action. Their achievements fulfill the mission of promoting financial freedom for millions of people around the world.

The awards are presented each year at a special event in conjunction with the CUNA Governmental Affairs Conference (GAC).