Largest credit union of Georgia will award $150,000 to local nonprofits
Atlanta Business Chronicle
The state's largest credit union plans to award $150,000 in grants to 20 local nonprofit organizations as part of an annual initiative.
Delta Community Credit Union is now accepting applications for its 2026 Philanthropic Fund program.
Applications must be submitted online by 5 p.m. on Aug. 29, 2025. The focus is on organizations that help families manage their household finances and improve the physical and financial wellbeing of young people.
The credit union will award $10,000 to seven organizations, $7,500 to six organizations and $5,000 to seven organizations, according to a news release. Projects or programs must take place within the 2026 calendar year, and unused grants must be returned by the end of the 12-month period. Organizations or programs that received funding in 2025 through the program are not eligible for 2026, but they can apply in future years.
Delta Community Credit Union launched the Philanthropic Fund program in 2013. Since then, the company says it has invested approximately $1.3 million in more than 240 organizations.
CEO Hank Halter said the company allocates a minimum of 2% of its annual projected earnings to local community development. The goal is to "foster ongoing prosperity and success of the municipalities and counties where Delta Community operates."
"Although our investments take many forms, our annual philanthropic grants have been fundamental to our approach for 13 years," Halter said in a prepared statement.
Founded in 1940, Delta Community Credit Union has grown to more than 515,000 members, 30 branches in metro Atlanta and three out-of-state branch locations. An additional branch in the final stages of construction in Conyers is expected to open in September.
The company recently added Barrow, Jackson, Newton and Walton counties to its field of membership, an expansion approved by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. As part of the expansion, Delta Community plans to immediately begin evaluating potential branch sites in those counties.
With $8.8 billion in assets and more than 1,300 employees, Delta Community Credit Union is the state's top credit union, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle research.
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