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OCUF Trustee Rita Haynes wins highest CU honor
Rita Haynes, CEO of Faith Community United and member of the Ohio Credit Union Foundation Board of Trustees, has won the 2009 Herb Wegner Memorial Award for Individual Achievement for her service to the underserved residents of Cuyahoga County. Read more
Thanks to our 2008 contributors
See the latest list of the generous contributors to the Ohio Credit Union Foundation in 2008. Read more
OCUF sets impressive pace for 2008 grantmaking
The Ohio Credit Union Foundation (OCUF) is well on its way to achieving its goal of granting $250,000 in 2008 to support educational and outreach initiatives that promote financial independence through credit unions. In the first six months of 2008, the Ohio Credit Union Foundation (OCUF) awarded $124,044 in grants to promote financial independence through credit unions.
VITA programs present a low-cost, high-impact outreach opportunity
Partnering with the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) to Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program to offer free tax help to low- to moderate-income people is an excellent low-cost, high-impact outreach opportunity. Grants are also available to help. Read more
Ohio CU Foundation Press Room
A Press Room has been created for the Ohio Credit Union Foundation Web page. Read the Foundation's latest press releases.
 

Our Mission
The Ohio Credit Union Foundation supports educational and outreach initiatives that promote financial independence through credit unions.
 

Who We Are
The Ohio Credit Union Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charitable foundation, is the philanthropic arm of the Ohio Credit Union System. The OCUF was incorporated in December 1997, began fundraising in 1998, and made its first grants in 1999. The Foundation is proud to be celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2008.
 

What We Do
The Ohio Credit Union Foundation is active in and dedicated to:

Promoting financial education to benefit credit union members, Ohio students, and the public at large;
Helping credit unions implement programs within their communities that fulfill their social responsibility to make financial services affordable and accessible to all members, including those of modest means, or to areas in financial distress;
Providing professional development grants to assist credit union employees and volunteer leaders with the training to achieve professional excellence;
Offering financial relief to credit unions, their employees, members, and their communities in the wake of disasters such as floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, or fires; and
Empowering people to improve their financial well-being, based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, and equity.

See the Foundation's accomplishments during the first six months of 2008 and 2007.

 

In 2008
The Ohio Credit Union Foundation has a fundraising goal of $280,000 and grant making goal of $247,000.

Credit unions will be encouraged to undertake programs and projects that support the signature financial education initiative, MoneyAndStuff. The OCUF recognizes MoneyAndStuff – along with other financial education initiatives – as the signature grant-making opportunity in 2008.

 
 

Ohio Credit Union Foundation
5815 Wall St., Dublin, Ohio 43017 
Phone: (614) 336-2894, (800) 486-2917  Fax: (614) 336-2895
www.OhioCreditUnions.org
e-mail:
oculmail@ohiocul.org