Community Impact

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.

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.

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

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.