Press Releases
SECU issues press releases to inform you of matters such as changes in services, new policies or new community interest news. Select the press release you would like to view.March 2024
March 21, 2024 – SECU Foundation Welcomes 16 Non-Profits to Mission Development Grant Program With $640,000 in Awards
March 12, 2024 – SECU Foundation Awards Crittenton $600,000 Grant for Capital Campaign Project
January 2024
January 30, 2024 – SECU Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant to Help Good Shepherd Center Fight Homelessness
December 2023
December 15, 2023 – SECU Foundation and North Carolina Coastal Federation Collaborate to Protect Coastal Communities
December 5, 2023 – Triangle Business Journal Names SECU Foundation Among Its 2023 Corporate Philanthropy Award Winners
November 2023
November 14, 2023 – American Banker Names SECU’s Leigh Brady Among Its 2023 Most Powerful Women in Credit Unions
November 6, 2023 – SECU’s Annual Statewide Toy Drive is Now Underway
October 2023
October 2, 2023 – SECU Foundation Launches New Disaster Response Pilot to Assist North Carolina Non-Profits
September 2023
September 25, 2023 – SECU Foundation Provides $560,000 to Help 14 Non-Profits Build Organizational Capacity
September 12, 2023 – SAFEchild Awarded $500,000 Grant from SECU Foundation for New Child Advocacy and Resource Center
September 6, 2023 – SECU Receives National Recognition for Financial Education Efforts Benefiting North Carolina Youth
August 2023
August 22, 2023 – SECU Foundation Surpasses Quarter of a Billion Dollars in Funding for North Carolina Non-Profits
August 10, 2023 – SECU Foundation Awards Charlotte Rescue Mission $500,000 Grant for new Rebound for Men Facility
August 8, 2023 – Eden Village of Wilmington Receives $500,000 Grant from SECU Foundation for Tiny Home Initiative
August 3, 2023 - SECU Foundation Supports 20 North Carolina Non-Profits with $800,000 in Capacity Building Grants
July 2023
July 25, 2023 - SECU Foundation Grant Helps New Hanover County Non-Profit Open Doors to New Shelter
July 24, 2023 - SECU Joins North Carolina Governor’s Office for School Supply Drive to Benefit Teachers and Students
July 18, 2023 - Plain View Community Coalition Receives SECU Foundation Grant for Strategic Planning
July 12, 2023 - SECU Foundation Awards Teach for America with $250,000 Grant
July 10, 2023 - SECU Helps Send 185 Youth Members to Summer Camps through Scholarship Program
June 2023
June 13, 2023 - North Carolina State Employees’ Credit Union Board of Directors Names New CEO
June 8, 2023 - $1.5 Million Grant from SECU Foundation Aids Campus Expansion of Tammy Lynn Center
May 2023
May 25, 2023 - $750,000 SECU Foundation Grant Helps Surry Medical Ministries Expand and Open New Healthcare Clinic
May 23, 2023 - SECU Foundation Provides Choanoke Area Development Association $40,000 Grant for Affordable Housing
May 18, 2023 - N.C. Zoological Society Awarded $2 Million Gift from SECU Foundation for Asia Habitat Addition
May 11, 2023 - State Employees’ Credit Union CEO Jim Hayes Named to Business North Carolina’s Power List
May 9, 2023 - State Employees’ Credit Union Selects NCR to Modernize Members’ Digital Banking Experience
April 2023
April 24, 2023 - State Employees’ Credit Union Welcomes Visiting Delegation from Africa
April 19, 2023 - SECU Kicks Off Financial Literacy Month with CUNA Mutual Group and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
April 14, 2023 - SECU Brings Back Popular Document Shred Day Events for Residents around the State
April 6, 2023 - SECU Foundation Provides Grant to Dunn Non-Profit to Build Capacity and Grow Afterschool Programs
April 5, 2023 - 100 Black Men of Triangle East Receives SECU Foundation Grant to Increase Community Impact
April 3, 2023 - $500,000 Grant to Homeward Bound for Housing Complex Will Benefit Homeless Population in Asheville Area
March 2023
March 23, 2023 - SECU Foundation Sponsors Production of PBS North Carolina’s 2023 Year of the Trail Series
March 21, 2023 - Adults Recovering from Addiction or Incarceration to Benefit from SECU Foundation Grant
March 8, 2023 - Triangle Business Journal Recognizes Jama Campbell with 2023 Women in Business Award
March 6, 2023 - State Employees’ Credit Union and SECU Foundation Receive Top Honors for Service and Social Responsibility Programs
February 2023
February 23, 2023 - Career Mastered Magazine Recognizes SECU’s Emma Hayes for Diversity and Inclusion Leadership
February 21, 2023 - The Collective Power of a Dollar: SECU Foundation has a Long History of Supporting Economically Distressed Communities Across North Carolina
February 20, 2023 - SECU Foundation Awards $500,000 Grant to Senior Services to Support Campus Expansion
February 16, 2023 - SECU Foundation Awards Scotland Family Counseling Center Grant to Benefit Expansion of Mental Health and Wellness Programs
February 14, 2023 - SECU Foundation Provides Grant to Non-Profit to Help Preserve Historic African American Community in Moore County
January 2023
January 26, 2023 - SECU and SECU Foundation Provide Joint Gift of $5 Million to Develop Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh
January 9, 2023 - Craven County Non-Profit Tried By Fire Receives $40,000 Grant for Expansion of Services
January 4, 2023 - SECU Foundation Grant Supports Expansion of Health and Wellness Programs for Residents of North Carolina’s High Country