National Federation Funds North Side CDCU to Expand Financial Services to Older Adults.
July 2011. The Federation’s grant will provide North Side with the opportunity to focus on marketing and community outreach efforts, on building new relationships, promoting new product offerings, and developing financial programs for low-income older – and potential new – members.
Credit From the Corner Store
Activists say payday lenders exploit the poor, but better borrowing options are hard to find. North Side is cited as an exemplary alterntaive to payday loans. Published in Chicago Reader
June 30, 2011
Unbanked but No Longer Ignored: Regulators, Firms Take Aim At
Payday-Lending Market North Side is cited as an exemplary credit union offering short-term loans as an alternative to payday lenders.
Published in The Washington PostOctober, 2009
A Risk Worth Taking
Many ethical subprime lenders still manage to make plenty of money
Published in Newsweek November 24, 2008
Capital Ideas: Five New Ways to Server America's Unbanked
Published in the Ford Foundation Report, Fall 2004
Good Neighbor Award for Community Advocacy by the Uptown Chicago Commission, May 2009
Chicago Neighborhood Development Award for Non-Profit Community Building, 2004
Community Partnership Award, presented by the Vietnamese Association of Illinois, November 16th, 2002
The Mongsignor John Egan Campaign for Payday Loan Reform Vision Award, 2001
Certificate of Community Service, presented by the Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, November 12th, 1996
Eureka Mentor Award, presented by The Eureka Foundation, March 1993
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Medal of Honor, presented by the Woodstock Institute, May 15, 1991
Neighborhood Award, presented by Trust, Inc. Community Development Lending Program, 1988
Outstanding Volunteer Service, presented by Uptown Center Hull House, 1981
Recognition of Distinguished Service, presented by Hull House Association, November 17, 1980
