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Findacreditunion.com
Find A Credit Union is an important component of the iBelong campaign website,
www.ibelong.org. Credit unions are strongly encouraged to make sure their Find A Credit Union information is accurate and up-to-date during this campaign.
Find A Credit Union is a web-based service that links potential members with credit unions they may be eligible to join. The program requires a potential member to fill in a series of simple information fields such as city, state, zip, occupation, religious affiliation, organization, association and employer. This input is matched with the information contained in the database and a list of possible credit unions is displayed.
For details on how to update your credit union's findacreditunion.com listing,
click here.
Community Investment Fund
The Community Investment Fund (CIF) is the National Credit Union Foundation's primary funding mechanism for local, state and national credit union development activities. A partnership of the Foundation, U.S. Central Credit Union, corporate credit unions and state leagues, CIF is a unique, win/win/win investment opportunity for credit unions.
Credit unions investing in CIF through their corporate credit union receive at least 50 percent (50%) of the dividend on the investment. Up to 50 percent (50%) of the return is distributed to the National Credit Union Foundation, half of which the Foundation returns, pro-rata, to the leagues or state credit union foundations in the states of investment origin. These funds, at the national and state level, are earmarked specifically for development initiatives that increase credit unions' capacity to impact the financial lives of consumers, including education, small credit union programming, community outreach and international development. The National Credit Union Foundation has placed a cap of 2% on the portion of the dividend they are to receive. Therefore, any dividend over two percent is returned to the credit union.
For More InformationTo learn more about the CIF, please visit
www.ncuf.coop and click on the “Community Investment Fund” tab. The MCUA staff contact for CIF information is
Charles Elliott.
CU underwritten 'Biz Kid$' airs on eight MS PBS stations
The Biz Kid$ TV series, exclusively underwritten by America’s Credit Unions, is a fun, fast-paced series designed to entertain, engage, and elevate kids’ knowledge about money. The show airs on eight PBS stations in Mississippi and many more nationwide, as well as in other countries.
Every Biz Kid$ episode will begin and end 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.” Click here for more information about Biz Kids$
Funding Support Still Needed for Biz Kid$ National underwriting dollars from credit unions are needed for continued support of Biz Kid$. Credit unions are asked to consider a contribution to help support continued television production, website and curriculum development costs. Credit unions interested in supporting Biz Kid$ can contact
publicrelations@mscua.com to request contribution information.
Spread the Biz Kid$ WordThe National Credit Union Foundation, a major underwriter of BizKid$, has downloadable promotional materials, including flyers, posters and statement stuffers credit unions can use to help spread the word about Biz Kid$. For more information, visit
http://www.ncuf.coop/home/programs/bizkids/bizkids.aspx.