Community Impact

Consumer expectations for businesses have shifted in the face of a climate change. Credit unions can differentiate themselves by diversifying their product portfolio and expanding on lending business.

This guide offers an overview for credit unions to flexibly and strategically address societal challenges and become key players in developing resilient communities.

Credit unions are looking to impact their communities, build local economies and help close racial and gender wealth gaps. The solution to these challenges? Local entrepreneurs.

Climate change is one of the most important challenges today. Transformational change is needed to confront and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Credit unions can aid in this transformation.

A first-of-its-kind research report takes on the important discussion around the potential impact of climate change and credit unions.

With financial institutions and businesses committed to community social impact like never before, a sense of urgency to address society’s most difficult social issues has emerged.

A sense of urgency to address society’s most difficult social issues has emerged at a time when the world is...

Inspiration and innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. Take a look at insights, photos and more from the 2021 big.bright.minds. event.

We have seen more than our fair share of economic and social challenges over the past year, and with each...

Led by Filene Fellow Dr. Mai Thi Nguyen of the University of North Carolina, the Center of Excellence for Community...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.