We want to be your Community Partner!
At Meriwest Credit Union, we believe in the power of partnership. Our Community Partner program is designed to build lasting relationships with local businesses and organizations, fostering mutual growth and prosperity. By joining our network of community partners, you’ll gain access to exclusive benefits, resources, and opportunities that help your business thrive while enhancing the financial well-being of our community.
Benefits of Partnering with Us
- Exclusive Financial Services:
Enjoy tailored financial solutions, including special loan rates, discounted fees, and personalized financial planning services. - Collaborative Marketing Opportunities:
Increase your visibility and reach by participating in joint marketing campaigns, community events, and co-branded initiatives. - Employee Perks:
Offer your employees enhanced financial benefits, such as free financial education workshops, special membership offers, and access to our suite of financial wellness programs. Learn more about Meriwest at Work Program. - Community Impact:
Partner with us to support local causes and initiatives that matter to you. Together, we can make a significant positive impact in our community. - Networking Events:
Connect with other local business leaders and community influencers at our exclusive networking events, fostering relationships that can lead to new opportunities and collaborations.
Some of our current community partners include:
- Sharks Foundation - The Sharks Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the lives of underserved youth and families in the community with an emphasis in the areas of education, health and safety, and character development. The Foundation supplies emergency aid when appropriate, executes unique and relevant programming, supports the advancement of youth hockey, and provides financial support and resources to organizations that enrich the lives of those in need. Since its inception, the Sharks Foundation has given more than $15 million back to Bay Area organizations through its annual Community Assist Grant program and season-long Giving Campaign.
- Santa Clara County Youth and Family Services - The mission of Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children’s Services is to keep children safe and families strong. With respect and cultural humility, we partner with our diverse community to ensure that any child or youth who is at risk or has suffered abuse or neglect is safe, cared for and grows up in a stable, loving family.
- Second Harvest Food Bank - Sole Mission is to “Lead our community to ensure that anyone who needs a healthy meal can get one.” Meriwest volunteer team received a gold medal award for our support. Second Harvest Food Bank provides free meals, volunteer opportunities and jobs.
- Fremont Unified High School Foundation - Fremont Union High Schools Foundation is an independent non-profit organization promoting educational excellence across our five high schools: Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook and Monta Vista.
- Bill Wilson Center - Bill Wilson Center is committed to working with the community to ensure that every youth has access to the range of services needed to grow to be healthy and self-sufficient adults. Bill Wilson Center has been providing services to runaway and homeless youth since 1973.
- Good Karma Bikes- Good Karma Bikes is a nonprofit social enterprise full-service bike shop. We reinvest our earned revenue into programs targeting at-risk and emancipated foster youth as well as those whose bicycle is their primary means of transportation.
- Peninsula Family Services - Peninsula Family Service strengthens the community by providing children, families, and older adults the support and tools to realize their full potential and lead healthy, stable lives. Visit their website to learn more about Financial Empowerment Programs.
- African American Community Services Agency - It is the mission of the African American Community Service Agency to preserve the dignity and culture of a diverse African American Community and to provide services that promote full participation of all of Santa Clara County and the general society.
- Neurodiversity Pathways at Goodwill - Neurodiversity Pathways at Goodwill of Silicon Valley seeks to expand the acceptance and inclusion of neurodivergent individuals in the modern workplace. The primary impact for the neurodivergent individuals we hope to achieve is meaningful, rewarding, and sustained employment that is commensurate with their education, interests, and skills.
- YWCA - At YWCA Silicon Valley - one of the first multiservice agencies in the Bay Area, we are committed to eliminating racism and empowering women by not only a depth of direct service to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, but also towards bold systems change. YWCA is on a mission to empower by working to end racism and violence, to achieve solutions for survivors of violence facing homelessness and to inspire by closing the education and prosperity gap.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Please call our Community Relations Team at (408) 365-6328 or send an email.
Join Our Family!
Membership is required for Meriwest products and services. You are eligible to join Meriwest Credit Union if any of the following applies:
- You live, work, worship, or attend school in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties of Northern California, and Pima county of Arizona.
- You are an employee of a participating Meriwest Credit Union member company.
- You are a relative of or reside with a current member of Meriwest Credit Union.
- If you don’t meet any of the requirements above but live in California or Arizona, you can still join Meriwest with a complimentary membership in the Financial Fitness Association. Call 1-877-637-4937 to learn more.
