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Member Impact Stories: Southern Security FCU

CU Strategic Planning

Jul 13, 20221 min read

Member Impact Stories: Southern Security FCU

The work we do with credit unions allows them to make real differences in the lives of their members and communities. This could be...

Credit Union Members Need HEROes in the Battle for Financial Independence

CU Strategic Planning

Jul 8, 20223 min read

HERO

Credit Union Members Need HEROes in the Battle for Financial Independence

Only 55% of American adults believe they will achieve financial independence, according to a recent survey by the National Financial...

CDFI $1.73 Billion Equitable Recovery Program Applications Now Open: Deadline is September 22

CU Strategic Planning

Jun 23, 20222 min read

CDFI

CDFI $1.73 Billion Equitable Recovery Program Applications Now Open: Deadline is September 22

Note: since the original publication of this article, the CDFI Fund extended the deadline for ERP applications from August 23 to...

House Subcommittee Approves $336.4 Million for CDFIs

CU Strategic Planning

Jun 17, 20222 min read

CDFI

House Subcommittee Approves $336.4 Million for CDFIs

The House Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee (FSGG) approved a FY2023 financial service spending bill that calls for...

Member Impact Stories: NorthPark Community Credit Union

CU Strategic Planning

Jun 13, 20222 min read

Member Impact

Member Impact Stories: NorthPark Community Credit Union

This one’s about NorthPark Community Credit Union in central Indiana. A member had been with the credit union for about five years when she

Member Impact Stories: New Orleans Firemen's FCU

CU Strategic Planning

Jun 3, 20222 min read

Member Impact

Member Impact Stories: New Orleans Firemen's FCU

The work we do with credit unions allows them to make real differences in the lives of their members and communities. This could be...

Leveraging Data Capabilities to Serve CDFI Credit Unions

CU Strategic Planning

May 27, 20223 min read

CDFI

Leveraging Data Capabilities to Serve CDFI Credit Unions

“How do you know that about our members?” That’s a common question we get from prospects and clients. We’ve learned the critical nature...

Member Impact Stories: Sisseton-Wahpeton FCU

CU Strategic Planning

May 6, 20222 min read

Member Impact

Member Impact Stories: Sisseton-Wahpeton FCU

The work we do with credit unions allows them to make real differences in the lives of their members and communities. This could be...

Four "Other" Paths to CDFI Certification

Mike Beall

Apr 19, 20223 min read

CDFI

Four "Other" Paths to CDFI Certification

CDFI certification is intense and involved, but if your credit union has the means and the heart, the results for your community are your...

CDFI Grant Season Draws to a Close: Hurry Up and Wait

CU Strategic Planning

Apr 14, 20222 min read

Grants and Awards

CDFI Grant Season Draws to a Close: Hurry Up and Wait

With the click of the “Submit” button on the last of our client FY2022 CDFI FA and TA grant applications, our most intense season is at a...

America’s First Black Credit Union: Learning From a Pioneer’s Own Words

Ronaldo Hardy

Feb 24, 20223 min read

Credit Union Principles

America’s First Black Credit Union: Learning From a Pioneer’s Own Words

Black Americans have relied on cooperatives since the 19th century, when both free and enslaved Black people would pool their money to...

CU Strategic Planning

Feb 2, 20222 min read

Member Impact

Member Impact Stories: FLAG CU

The work we do with credit unions allows them to make real differences in the lives of their members and communities. This could be...

CU Strategic Planning

Jan 26, 20222 min read

CDFI

20 Credit Unions Approved for CDFI Certification So Far This Year With CU Strategic Planning!

2022 is off to a roaring start for our credit union clients! So far this year, CU Strategic Planning has successfully ushered 20 credit...

CU Strategic Planning

Jan 20, 20222 min read

CDFI

VyStar Credit Union Earns CDFI Certification With assistance from CU Strategic Planning

CU Strategic Planning recently helped VyStar Credit Union earn its certification as a Community Development Financial Institution....

Member Impact Stories: Consolidated Community CU

CU Strategic Planning

Dec 30, 20211 min read

Member Impact

Member Impact Stories: Consolidated Community CU

The member is finally a homeowner thanks to the credit union’s willingness to look at the individual and not let his lack of citizenship...

CU Strategic Planning

Dec 16, 20212 min read

CDFI

CU Strategic Planning Wins 100% of Secondary Capital and ECIP Plan Proposals

Half a billion dollars goes to CU Strategic Planning clients in one day; more than all historical and outstanding secondary capital...

CU Strategic Planning

Dec 9, 20212 min read

CDFI

CU Strategic Planning Clients Awarded More Than $20 Million from CDFI Fund

CU Strategic Planning is proud to announce that the grant applications we facilitated for our clients make up nearly half of all of this...

Stacy Augustine

Dec 2, 20218 min read

Advocacy

Letter to the CDFI Fund Advisory Board

The following is the written statement of Stacy Augustine, CU Strategic Planning's President and CEO, provided to the CDFI Fund Advisory...

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