The Northwest Credit Union Foundation strives to create equitable access for individuals, families, and small businesses so that they may successfully participate and contribute to their local economies.  We focus our economic empowerment work on decreasing barriers to workforce housing, advancing small business growth, and supporting community-based solutions to workforce development. The Foundation serves as a catalyst for credit union-led initiatives, partnering to tackle the financial barriers that stand in the way of economic mobility for their members. We work alongside credit unions to incubate, and then scale or replicate solutions for our Northwest communities who may be disproportionately vulnerable to economic instability.