ABQ Times

July 1, 2024 - For Immediate Release

Albuquerque, N.M. – The Nusenda Foundation recently opened applications for the 2024 Community Rewards grants. This program is designed to create positive change and address important needs in the region.

Nusenda Community Rewards grant-giving is focused on five areas: education, healthcare, environment and wildlife, the arts, and community service. The program is made possible through a financial partnership between Nusenda Credit Union and its members, who contribute with qualifying use of their Visa® debit cards. Members who opt into the program can direct their contributions to one of the five focus areas.

Grant requests are reviewed and awarded by employee volunteers. Selection committees include a variety of employees from across the organization.

“The partners that receive support through Community Rewards are responsible for transformative work in the communities we serve,” said Sara Keller, Nusenda’s Senior Vice President of Community Engagement and Executive Director of Nusenda Foundation. “We are excited to power positive change to help create a place where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.”

In 2023, Nusenda Foundation awarded 108 organizations $634,000 in funds for innovative programs.

To qualify for Community Rewards funding, organizations must be a 501C3 in New Mexico or El Paso County, Texas. The grants are provided through a competitive application process that opens July 1, with awards being distributed in December. The application deadline is August 30, 2024.

For more information, visit www.nusendafoundation.org/community-rewards

About Nusenda Credit Union

Nusenda Credit Union is New Mexico’s largest locally owned and operated credit union with over 260,000 members and more than 800 employees. It has more than 25 branches throughout New Mexico in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Taos, Valencia County, Socorro, Deming, and Las Cruces; as well as locations in El Paso, Texas. There are hundreds of ways to join the credit union. Connect with Nusenda Credit Union at www.nusenda.org; Facebook @NusendaCU; Twitter@NusendaCU; and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nusenda-credit-union.

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