NCUA Awards Over $3.5 Million in Community Development Revolving Loan Fund Grants

The NCUA today announced awards of more than $3.5 million in Community Development Revolving Loan Fund grants to 135 low-income-designated credit unions. One local credit union, Mount Jezreel, in Silver Spring was awarded $10,000 to enhance digital services and strengthen cybersecurity.

"Community Development Revolving Loan Fund grants can provide the seed money needed for credit unions serving low-income members and under-resourced communities to grow small ideas into big initiatives that build intergenerational wealth and change lives," NCUA Chairman Todd M. Harper said. "These grants also assist credit unions in reaching more people with the safe, fair, and affordable financial products and services they need, promoting consumer education, building staff capacity, and providing greater online security for their members."

The NCUA awarded grants ranging from $1,100 to $100,000 to credit unions in 37 states. Thirty-nine grantees were minority depository institutions, which received a total of nearly $1.4 million. Eighteen grantee credit unions were first-time applicants. The NCUA made awards in six categories:

• Underserved Outreach: 26 grants totaling $1,255,087
• MDI Capacity Building: 26 grants totaling $1,154,500
• Digital Services and Cybersecurity: 66 grants totaling $629,200
• Impact Through Innovation: 4 grants totaling $400,000
• Training: 11 grants totaling $52,500
• Consumer Financial Protection: 2 grants totaling $20,000

In the 2024 grant round, the agency received 271 grant applications requesting more than $8.3 million.

Information about CDRLF grants and a complete list of awardees are available on the NCUA website. The NCUA's Office of Credit Union Resources and Expansion administers CDRLF grants to eligible credit unions. The office also supports low-income-designated credit unions; credit unions interested in a low-income designation; minority depository institution credit unions; credit unions seeking changes in their charters, bylaws, or fields of membership; and groups organizing to start new federal credit unions.