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How COVID-19 Pushed The SECU Foundation Out Of Its Comfort Zone
More targeted giving and other changes helped the foundation make a bigger difference in the lives of North Carolinians — especially those in rural and low-income communities.
What A Difference A Dollar Makes
Top-Level Takeaways The SECU Foundation focuses on four key areas: education, health care, housing, and human services. Members fund the foundation via an opt-in $1 monthly maintenance fee. Membership donations to the foundation surpassed $18.2 million in 2021, and the foundation’s total assets were up to more than $53 million. The world today bears little resemblance to 2004. Cell phones
Anatomy Of SECU Foundation
Since its launch, small monthly contributions from members of North Carolina’s State Employees’ Credit Union have helped fuel more than $216 million in total giving from the SECU Foundation.
Help Members Reskill To Pay The Bills
A scholarship program in North Carolina provides more than $1 million annually to statewide community colleges for continuing education and career planning.
Exit Interview: Mike Lord, State Employees’ Credit Union
“A positive difference” at the end of the day and a career of 46 years.
Lessons Learned From A Challenging Year (Part 2)
Credit union chief executives share key takeaways from 2020 and talk about how they’ll turn challenge into opportunity in the year ahead.