Cooperative Federal ensures that ALL people have access to affordable banking, fair credit, and economic opportunity. From personal finance, to homeownership, to small business, we show up for neighborhoods that mainstream banks have left behind. And we're not alone: we're part of a growing, nationwide movement of Community Development Credit Unions dedicated to investing in low-income communities.
With rising costs squeezing household budgets, credit union members like you need community finance more than ever. But our movement is facing unprecedented threats, to our funding and even to our very structure as not-for-profit cooperatives. Cooperative Federal is calling on our elected leaders to stand with you -- and we need your help to reach them. Take action today!
The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund provides federal funding to expand affordable housing, small business, fair credit and ethical banking in every state across the nation. For the first time since its inception, the CDFI Fund is facing massive cuts that will eliminate its core programs and cut off communities like Syracuse. Despite an exceptional track record, profound results, and decades of bipartisan support in Congress, the White House put the CDFI Fund on the chopping block for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget -- offsetting tax cuts for the wealthy by withdrawing $291 million from programs for economic opportunity. On top of that, the administration intends to withhold $200 million that was already Congressionally appropriated for the CDFI Fund for Fiscal Year 25.
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Credit unions may provide similar services as banks, but we're NOT the same. We're member-owned, not-for-profit cooperatives that operate for the sole benefit of YOU, our members. Instead of earning profits for wealthy shareholders, we return our earnings in the form of lower fees, better rates on loans, and programs like financial counseling.
Today there is a growing movement, led by Big Banks and Wall Street lobbyists, to impose new taxes on credit unions. But a tax on credit unions is really a tax on our members. This is urgent issue that threatens your financial health and the future of our credit union movement. Read more below, then visit the nationwide Action Center to tell Congress: Don't Tax My Credit Union.