financial services

North Carolina State Employees' Credit Union

John and Jennifer Hall had plenty of mortgage options for their first home, including a VA loan. But because they were buying a starter home, it made better sense to work with a non-profit financial cooperative—the State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) in North Carolina.

Kind of Co-op: consumer, financial services

Self-Help Credit Union

When Martin Eakes was a teenager growing up in a poor, rural community outside of Greensboro, N.C., his best friend was shot and killed on a playground near Martin's home.

Kind of Co-op: consumer, financial services

National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions

Dan Apfel believes in cooperatives. The first co-op he joined while a student at the University of Rochester, Minowin Environmental Cooperative (MEC), was one that he helped to formalize.

Kind of Co-op: consumer, financial services