We are motivated and inspired by people like you who are making great things happen. Where we can, we’d love to lend our support! We are seeking community partners who we can help in a meaningful way and who, in return, will be advocates for Interior Savings, committed to helping our credit union achieve success and further our community impact objectives. Our Community Partner Sponsorships range anywhere from $1,001 to $15,000 depending on the event, the positive impact on the community and the opportunities for us to build our business, because the stronger we are, the more we can keep giving back.

Eligibility Criteria

Each year we receive hundreds of requests for support from deserving community groups. Regrettably, we can’t support them all, so we’ve created some guidelines that help us determine if a project is a strong fit.

Applicants for Community Partner Sponsorship will only be considered if they are:

• Community-based non-profit, volunteer, or charitable organizations.
• Serving Okanagan, Nicola Valley, Thompson and Central Interior communities (Oliver, Okanagan Falls, Penticton, West Kelowna, Kelowna, Lake Country, Vernon, Chase, Kamloops, Barriere, Clearwater, Ashcroft, Lillooet, Merritt, Prince George, Fort St. John, Hudson’s Hope, and Fort Nelson).
• Submitted at least eight (8) weeks in advance of the event or project.

Your application must clearly demonstrate how the program or event will:

• Further one or more of Interior Savings’ community impact objectives:
• Empowering parents of young children, with a focus on family and financial literacy.
• Promoting and enhancing mental wellness.
• Enhancing social connection with age and helping to build a more age-friendly community.
• Supporting a strong, cooperative local economy with a focus on cooperative development and social innovation.
• Benefit the greatest number of people for the longest period of time.
• Benefit Interior Savings and its members.
• Measure results.
• Provide our employees the opportunity to participate and contribute as volunteers.

We are unable to support programs that:

• Take place outside of our market area.
• Do not provide a request through our website.
• Are retroactive in nature.
• Only benefit one individual or family.
• Benefit "elite" sports teams like 'all-star', 'rep', 'select', or 'traveling' teams.
• Support travel costs or operating costs to sustain a facility/program.
• Have a specific political or religious affiliation or represent a conflict of interest for Interior Savings, i.e. specific programs which are considered to be controversial, or where Interior Savings considers the issue to be one about which our members may have significantly divergent views.

We look forward to receiving your request. Please use the link below to tell us how this sponsorship will help make a big difference for our communities, our members and our credit union.

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