Community Involvement

When you step back a bit and look at the big picture, you’ll see that credit unions are driven by the philosophy, “people helping people.” Credit unions are places where members pool their savings, lend to one another and own the organization — people helping people. This is how Consumers Credit Union operates. And we take it even further to support our communities. 

At the heart of Consumers Credit Union is a dedication to making our local communities better places to live. CCU currently works with the organizations listed below to achieve that goal.

• Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce
• Arlington Heights Rotary Club
• Bernie’s Book Bank
• Bloomingdale Chamber of Commerce
• Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce
• City of Waukegan Chamber of Commerce
• City of Waukegan Chamber of Commerce
• College of Lake County
• GLMV Chamber of Commerce
• Gurnee Chamber of Commerce
• Lake County Chamber of Commerce
• Mano a Mano Family Resource
• Northbrook Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Safe Place
• Salute, Inc.
• Schaumburg Business Association
• Streamwood Park District
• The Exchange Club of Gurnee
• Village of Carol Stream
• Waukegan Main Street
• Waukegan Public Library
• Western DuPage Chamber of Commerce
• WINGS Program

Guidelines 

In order to be eligible for a sponsorship grant or donation, your request must meet the following criteria:

• Submit application (below) at least 30 days prior to your event.
• Your event/organization must be a 501(c)3 and provide civic or charitable support to a community in a Consumers Credit Union Service Center market. You must provide proof of 501c3 not for profit status such as a W-9.

CCU is dedicated to our members and our community. Unfortunately, due to limited funding we do not fund the following: 

• School field trips, teams, tours, clubs or sporting activity fundraising
• Individual fundraising efforts or troops
• Pageants of any kind
• Activities, groups or events not in a CCU Service Center community
• Administrative expenses or expenses such as conference and travel
• Projects whose primary purpose is religious, legislative or political

While CCU tries to support as many community events and organizations as possible, we are unable to accommodate all sponsorship applications due to the high volume of requests.  We encourage applicants to submit requests in a timely manner and provide as much detail about the event/activity as possible.
Please complete our online sponsorship application to submit your request.