Community

IMPACT

We Believe in Our Community!

At Ravalli County Credit Union, we believe in “People Helping People”, we believe in better banking, and we believe in creating beneficial, life-long, financial relationships for our members and community. As a credit union member, you can take pride in knowing you are part of something bigger. Throughout the year, Ravalli County Credit Union volunteers, sponsors, and donates to local non-profits and schools to enrich the lives of those in our community.

2025 Community Impact Report

Bitterroot’s Best

Credit Union
Customer Service
Community Involved Business
Tax Prep Services
Place to Work
Accountant

Newsweek

One of America’s Best
Regional Credit Unions

6,118 Members

18 Staff Members

52 Organizations Supported

WINcentive Winners
Awarded $2,050

437 lbs of Food Donated to Local Food Banks

139 VITA Tax Returns Processed

3 Reality Fairs

$6,000 in Scholarships

$4,587 in CU4Kids Donations

1,560 Volunteer Hours

$67,784 Donated

123 Thanksgiving Meals

Community Partners

Last year alone, Ravalli County Credit Union was honored to donate nearly $67,784 to the schools and non-profits below, almost $9,000 of this donation was generously donated by you, our members. Thank you for partnering with us to make our community great!

Ravalli County Credit Union also proudly supported the following charitable organizations:

  • Darby Rodeo Association
  • Hellgate Chapter
  • MCUCD
  • CU4Kids
  • Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department
  • Florence Food Box
  • Women’s Leadership Community

People Helping People (And Animals)

We encourage our staff to volunteer and support our local community. Many of them volunteer for local organizations such as Ravalli Head Start, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton Downtown Association, and the Bitterroot Humane Association.

Staff volunteered 1,560 hours in 2025!

Better Future, Better Life

Historically, Ravalli County Credit Union has selected one graduating High School Senior to receive our $3,000 High School Member Scholarship.

Since 2016, we have awarded $39,000 in scholarships to seniors throughout Ravalli County.

2025 marks the first year we offered a $3,000 scholarship to two graduating seniors! To be eligible, graduating seniors must have been a member with us for at least one year and meet specific criteria set forth by the Scholarship Committee.

Congratulations to all seniors graduating in Ravalli County! We’d like to extend a special Congrats to this year’s High School Member Scholarship recipients, Evan Bennett and Elaina Lewis.

The Giving Tree

One of our favorite holidays is Thanksgiving and we love collaborating with our members to ensure that people in our community receive a turkey dinner. We buy the turkeys and members donate the “fixins” from shopping lists on our “Giving Tree”. 

In 2025, we were able to feed 123 local families!

Wincentive Savings Accounts (WSA)​

WINcentive Savings offers prize drawing entries in return for each time you increase your savings balance by $25 (up to 4 entries per month). Prize drawings occur monthly, quarterly and annually – so the more you save, the more chances you have to win! You could even end up winning the grand prize of $5,000! 

Ravalli County Credit Union is 1 of 8 Credit Union’s in the State of Montana offering WSA accounts. We also have a monthly in-house $100 drawing specifically for our members.

In 2025, our members won a total of $2,050 – just for saving!

Great Rates, Great Cause

Annually, we tie a local food drive in with our Summer Loan Promotion. Our Hamilton location collects for Haven House and our Florence location collects for Pantry Partners.

With your help, Ravalli County Credit Union donated 437 LBS of food to Haven House & Pantry Partners in 2025.

VITA

VITA is a volunteer Income Tax Assistance program that offers free tax preparation and e-filing for people who generally make $67,000 or less, persons with disabilities and limited English speaking taxpayers in our community. Ravalli County Credit Union is the only credit union in the state of MT offering this service.

This year, VITA volunteers helped 148 taxpayers. BIG thank you to our volunteers for making this year’s tax season a success!

Annual Meeting

On Wednesday, September 16, we celebrated our 69th Annual Meeting at the Bitterroot River inn with 152 members in attendance. Annual reports were given by Board Member Barrie Smith and Supervisory Committee Chair Byron Williams. Dinner was provided by 5T Taco. As the celebration continued, RCCU awarded $2,200 in cash and prizes. Congratulations to all of our winners!
 
During the meeting members also voted to fill three open positions on RCCU’s Board of Directors. Congratulations to Clarence Ferguson and Roger Moore, who were re-elected for additional three-year terms, and Dennis Kelvie, who was elected to complete the remaining two-year term on this year’s ballot.
 
Thank you to our members for 69 years of continued support. We’re honored to serve you and look forward to many more years together!

ICU Day

International Credit Union (ICU) Day was October 16 and has been celebrated annually since 1948. It’s a day that we celebrate the credit union movement of People Helping People. Since it’s also domestic violence awareness month, we celebrated by hosting a bake sale to support SAFE, our local women’s shelter.

From lemon bars and cupcakes to cinnamon roll cheesecakes, the day was a sweet success. The bake sale raised $510 and the credit union matched each dollar donated, bringing our total donation to $1,020. BIG thank you to all our amazing members who made this event a success!

 

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