Community Impact

Led by Filene Fellow Dr. Mai Nguyen, the Center for Community Social Impact will measure and expand credit unions' social impact to help develop a strategic advantage in the communities they serve and become a catalyst for positive community transformation.

Filene Fellow

Mai Thi Nguyen

Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Community Impact Research

Community Impact / Oct 28 2020

Filene Launches Center of Excellence to Measure Community Development in Financial Services

Dr. Mai Nguyen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill named as research fellow.

Aug 24 2020

Amplifying Social Impact Ten Percent at a Time.

We present a feasible and beneficial approach for the credit union industry to amplify their corporate social responsibility, creating an opportunity for greater impact.

Community Impact / Aug 18 2020

Amplifying Social Impact: The State of Credit Union Giving

There is a sea change underway in how credit unions go about planning, pursuing, measuring, and reporting their philanthropic efforts...

Apr 21 2020

How Credit Unions Can Spur Mutual Support in a Pandemic

The spirit of mutuality is coming alive again in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic crisis...

Community Impact / Feb 28 2020

Pathways to Financial Well-being

Qualitative Research Findings from the Reaching Minority Households Incubator Filene tracked the outcomes of three lending programs through the lives...

Community Impact / Dec 20 2019

The Stakeholder-Empowering Philanthropy of Edward Filene

The origin and continued success of the US credit union sector can be attributed in large part to a unique...

Community Impact / Aug 08 2018

Reaching Minority Households Incubator

Many traditional financial institutions struggle to meet the needs of minority households. Filene, Visa, and the Ford Foundation conducted this research to find out why.

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