Grants
Our grant writing record is stellar. Every grant application authored by Credit Union Strategic Planning has received funding. The results of our grant writers:
- Wrote largest grant awarded to a credit union from the U.S. Department of the Treasury,Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund in 2009 supplemental round, $500,000 for Union Settlement FCU.
- One of the largest NCUF grants approved for an individual credit union in 2008.
- Multiple NCUA grants including, a highly unlikely, two for one credit union within a six-month period in 2008.
- $2 million CIF grant, the largest in the history of the National Credit Union Foundation, was introduced by Credit Union Strategic Planning co-founder to fund Biz Kid$.
Growth
Our plans reach goals. We grow credit union net revenue, service and membership.
- Small credit union with unprecedented 51% annual loan growth.
- The fastest growing small credit union in the United States in 2008/2009.
- The highest credit union election voter turnout in the United States in 2007/2008.
- Net worth restoration plans approved by the DFI to prevent forced credit union mergers.
Media
Our strategies make credit union service headline news.
- Credit Union Journal official media sponsor of American Debt Relief Challenge.
- American Debt Relief Challenge on NPR.
- Credit Union outreach on CNN.
- WOCCU Hong Kong event in Reuters.
- Small credit union branch grand opening on ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC affiliates, and coverage by 3 radio stations and two newspapers.
- Credit union service to Latino consumers syndicated across U.S. on the AP Wire.