Veridian Credit Union Awards $90k in Grants to 24 Organizations Across Iowa, Nebraska

December 7, 2023

WATERLOO, Iowa (December 4, 2023) – Veridian Credit Union has distributed $90,000 in grants to 24 organizations across Iowa and eastern Nebraska. The credit union awards Successful Financial Future Grants annually of up to $5,000 each to nonprofit organizations who address barriers to financial stability through financial literacy and employment readiness.

“Financial literacy and employment readiness are vital to creating a successful financial future,” said Angela Weekley, Veridian’s community inclusion manager. “It’s important for us to support organizations who are offering those tools in our communities.”

Recent recipients of Veridian’s Successful Financial Future Grants include:

Cedar Falls/Waterloo area

The Job Foundation	5,000
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity	2,500
House of Hope	5,000
Operation Threshold, Inc.	5,000
The Larrabee Center Inc.	3,000
Friends of the Family	2,500

 

Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area

Willis Dady Emergency Shelter, Inc.	5,000
Catherine McAuley Center	5,000
Junior Achievement of Eastern Iowa	2,500
Inside Out Reentry	5,000
Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa	3,000

 

Des Moines metro area

International Rescue Committee	3,000
Project IOWA	5,000
Lutheran Services in Iowa	5,000
By Degrees Foundation	3,000
Junior Achievement of Central Iowa	2,500
Hawthorn Hill	2,500
Oakridge Neighborhood Services	5,000

 

Omaha/Council Bluffs area

College Possible	3,000
Chicano Awareness Center DBA Latino Center of the Midlands	5,000
Midlands Latino Community Development Corporation	5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands	2,500
Junior Achievement of the Midlands, Inc.	2,500
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha	2,500

 

Veridian partners with the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa (CFNEIA) to administer Successful Financial Future Grants from the Veridian Credit Union Fund. The 2024 grant funding cycle will open on May 15, 2024. Details are available at veridiancu.org/grants.

 

Veridian Credit Union, founded in 1934 in Waterloo, Iowa, is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by its 329,000 members. The credit union offers a full range of business and consumer financial services with more than 1,000 employees and 32 branches across Iowa, eastern Nebraska and the Twin Cities metro area. For more information, visit veridiancu.org or call (800) 235-3228.