Investment Options
Tenants celebrate at a ribbon-cutting event for Hardee Street Apartments in Durham, North Carolina.
Invest in a more inclusive future
Our investors and supporters provide the liquidity that funds our work. Your dollars support impactful community investments, projects that drive change, and economic opportunity for all.
Earn a competitive return on your savings while supporting our mission.
Support innovation, partnerships and policy through grants to the Center for Community Self-Help.
Invest in impact and specialized programs through loans or tax credit equity investments in Self-Help Ventures Fund.
Self-Help is a family of organizations all working for the same mission: ownership and economic opportunity for all.
Depending on the structure of your investment, you'll engage with different organizations in the Self-Help family.
Mission-supportive depositors join and deposit money into one of our two credit unions: either Self-Help Federal Credit Union or Self-Help Credit Union. Some investors choose to join both credit unions to get access to up to $500,000 in NCUA insurance coverage.
Whether you're making investment choices for yourself or on behalf of an organization, our deposit products — like term certificates and money market accounts — are a great way to make a difference while earning a strong return.
Grants to the Center for Community Self-Help support work across Self-Help institutions, including our credit unions and Self-Help Ventures Fund. The Center serves as an umbrella organization for Self-Help Ventures Fund and the Center for Responsible Lending.
Self-Help Ventures Fund is our nonprofit loan fund and is a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Our investors invest in Self-Help Ventures Fund through low-interest, long-term loans; tax credit investments; and program-related investments (PRIs) of $2 million and up. These supporters include banks, corporations, foundations, government entities and other institutions.
Get in touch. We're happy to share more details and discuss options with you.
If you're interested in supporting this work with a one-time or recurring tax-deductible donation, consider donating to our policy and research arm, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL). CRL also accepts grants and cy pres awards.
You can choose to convert your mission deposits to a donation. You can also include Self-Help or CRL in your estate plan as part of a planned gift.
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No matter how you choose to support our mission, thank you — every dollar makes a difference