Message from the Chair

Today, as our tagline suggests, the FedChoice Charitable Foundation exists to Embrace, Educate, and Elevate.

We EMBRACE others through empowering activities that foster and strengthen relationships.
We EDUCATE members and communities by providing financial education and resources.
We ELEVATE people to reach their financial goals and aspirations.

Brett Noll, FedChoice Charitable
Foundation Chairman

It was only about a year ago when a decision was made to reinvent the Foundation created by FedChoice Federal Credit Union in 2017. The renewed vision incorporated the Credit Union’s core strength of elevating people through financial education, while maintaining the former Tangerine Foundation’s primary mission of providing benefit and retirement planning guidance to Federal employees. The new direction also included a solid commitment to ‘invest’ for success, by providing appropriate resources to make a sustainable impact in our world.

Today, as our tagline suggests, the FedChoice Charitable Foundation exists to Embrace, Educate, and Elevate.

We EMBRACE others through empowering activities that foster and strengthen relationships.
We EDUCATE members and communities by providing financial education and resources.
We ELEVATE people to reach their financial goals and aspirations.

A lot has happened in the last several months. We hired a dynamic Executive Director, Andrey Gidaspov, PhD, who has been a lightning rod for positive change. Andrey, the Foundation Board, FedChoice Credit Union staff, and many volunteers have constructed a wonderful platform inclusive of bringing financial literacy to underserved communities, college scholarships, grants for teachers, an incredible new website (fedchoicegives.org), and much more.

None of this could have been achieved without the inspiring foresight of David Bunch, the immediate past President; CEO of FedChoice Federal Credit Union; Karen Sandor, past Executive Vice President and former Foundation Board Chairperson; as well as the outstanding Board of Directors at FedChoice FCU. These innovative pioneers envisioned a new way the Credit Union could empower and uplift people via a non profit charitable foundation. They built what is now known as the FedChoice Charitable Foundation and although some names have changed, their altruistic and entrepreneurial spirit will forever be honored.

I’m very pleased that you can follow the Foundation’s work via “FedChoice Gives”, our new Quarterly Newsletter! Put simply, and in accordance with credit union philosophy, we are People Helping People. Thanks to everyone for your support of the FedChoice Charitable Foundation as we strive to improve lives and the communities we serve.