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Causes: Credit Unions, Microfinance
Mission: A cooperative, organized for the purpose of promoting thrift and savings among its members, creating a source of credit for them at rates of interest set by the board of directors, and providing an opportunity for them to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and social conditions. As a cooperative, meriwest credit union conducts its business for the mutual benefit and general welfare of its members with the earnings, savings, benefits, or services of the credit union being distributed to its members as patrons.
Programs: Meriwest credit union provided members 4,309 real estate base loans totaling $218 million in 2014.
meriwest credit union provided members 13,955 consumer loans totaling $126 million in 2014.
meriwest credit union offered loans, deposits and other services to 68,584 members in 2014.