Nelson & District Credit Union’s (NDCU) Community Impact Program (CIP) was created to ensure our communities are positively impacted and can thrive. Funding assistance is available in these areas of impact:

• Education
• Sports & Recreation
• Health & Wellness
• Economic Development
• Arts, Culture & Heritage
• Community Life
• Social Responsibility

EVALUATION CRITERIA

• What we support must align with:
  • Our listed areas of impact
  • NDCU’s mission of enriching lives locally
  • NDCU’s aspirational strategic pillars
  • Co-operative principles
  • A meaningful impact towards community priorities
• Financial accountability, and project feasibility and sustainability
• Safety and inclusivity
• Affiliation with Credit Union and co-operative spirit
• Member, director or employee involvement
• Measurable scale of impact
• Avoidance of restricted funding areas
  • e.g. salaries, research, controversial causes, personal gain, political parties or religious bias
• Strategic collaboration amongst community partners

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• A complete and thorough application, accompanied by the appropriate supporting documents, enables our review committee to make timely and well-informed decisions about your application.
• Due to the number of donation requests NDCU receives on an annual basis, we cannot always approve every request to its full amount. Each request will be given fair consideration based upon the evaluation criteria provided and the state of funds available in the CIP.
• Receiving a donation in one year does not mean NDCU can/will make a similar commitment in following years. On-going commitment will be reviewed with consideration to the future impact, success, viability and sustainability of the request.
• All requests will be reviewed by our Community Impact Program Team and/or our Board of Directors. Allow approximately two months for a decision to be made, while large donation requests and complex applications may take longer.