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We love giving back

Helping our community is one of our top priorities as a credit union. We love giving back, getting involved, and partnering up with local charities and fundraising efforts. On this page, we’ll tell you about our Jeans Because We Care program. We’ll also let you know how your organization can request a donation from SIU Credit Union.

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What is Blue Jeans Day?

Every Friday, our staff has the option to wear jeans for a $2 donation that goes directly back to our local communities.

In 2023, we raised over $9,200 with our jeans day donations for The Night's Shield, The Carbondale Warming Center, Weekend Blessings, The Poshard Foundation for Abused Children and the 4C's Food Pantry and Shelter.

We proudly wear our jeans because our casual Fridays make a real difference!

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Request a Donation

At SIU Credit Union, we frequently donate and volunteer for a variety of charities and organizations. After all, we're in the business of people helping people. Because of this, we are open to donation requests.

Due to the high volume of requests we receive, we are unable to guarantee funding or volunteers for every request. View our Form to see our requirements to be considered for a donation or sponsorship.

Community Reinvestment Notice

STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT NOTICE
The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Department) evaluates our performance in meeting the financial services needs of this community, including the needs of low-income to moderate-income households. The Department takes this evaluation into account when deciding on certain applications submitted by us for approval by the Department. Your involvement is encouraged. You may obtain a copy of our evaluation once the Department completes our first evaluation. You may also submit signed, written comments about our performance in meeting community financial services needs to the Department. We will update this notice when our first evaluation has been issued.

How to submit a donation request

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Sponsorships & Donations

Submit a Request

Please review the following in order to be considered for a donation or sponsorship:


  • 1

    Plan Ahead

    Requests are processed once a month. To ensure your request is processed in a timely fashion, please allow 45 days notice.


  • 2

    Fill Our Donation Request Form

    Fill out the form linked below, along with details of reasons for request. Download Form


  • 3

    Submit Your Request

    Email, Mail, or Drop-Off Your Request at a Nearby Branch
    SIU Credit Union
    Attn: Marketing
    P.O. Box 2888
    Carbondale, IL 62902

Organizations or individuals will be notified if they will receive a monetary donation from SIU Credit Union, either by phone or mail. A decision to deny a request does not imply that the applicant’s program is not needed or worthy, but simply that it does not fall within our giving guidelines, priorities, or that funds are not available.


Please note that SIU Credit Union will typically only grant two donation requests per year to the same organization. We are also unable to contribute to political campaigns.

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