Be the Nonprofit a Bank Needs.
With thousands of nonprofits vying for a bank’s time and attention, findCRA provides the tools and resources to confidently start the vital bank relationships your organization needs. We’ll prepare you to talk about your nonprofit’s programs and highlight the ways they are aligned with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in helping your community thrive. Together, we’ll ensure you’re educated and equipped to tell your CRA Story to banks and empowered to form lasting, productive partnerships.
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Qualification
Be Visible To Banks
Using CRANIA, our Community Reinvestment Act Nonprofit Identification Algorithm, we’ve taken the first step in helping you stand out to banks in your community. We’ve qualified nonprofits that are aligned with the requirements of the CRA and have automatically included your nonprofit’s profile to our website.
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Verification
Claim Your Nonprofit
The next step is to claim your nonprofit profile for free in just a few simple steps. Add important information including your phone number, website, mission and email to build out your listing to share more information about your services and clients.
Claim Your Nonprofit
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Certification
Promote Your CRA Story
Become the nonprofit a bank needs through CRA Certification.You’ll receive customized tools and resources to present to banks that highlight your CRA alignment. You’ll also be able to list your organization’s specific requests for volunteers and funding on findCRA to share additional ways for support your nonprofit.
Become Certified
Show Banks Your CRA Benefits with Tools Customized for Your Nonprofit
CRA Story
This personalized document is available for you to share with interested banks wanting to know more about the CRA benefits of your nonprofit. It includes important information about how your nonprofit’s programs and services align with CRA requirements and other facts banks want to know.
CRA Strategy
This customized strategy document is provided to your nonprofit to outline internal steps for your CRA outreach. It includes do’s and don’ts for talking about CRA, suggestions for what to work on to strengthen your CRA alignment, and tips for how to talk about your CRA Certification.
CRA Certificate
This certificate demonstrates that your nonprofit is aligned with the federal Community Reinvestment Act. When you first become certified, we’ll send you a copy to display at your nonprofit.
CRA Certification Badge
The CRA Certification Badge is the easiest way to let people who visit your website or receive your marketing materials know that you’ve been certified as a Community Reinvestment Act Nonprofit. Include it on your website, in social media, in marketing materials or anywhere else you’d like to share and promote your Certified CRA Nonprofit status.
List Your Community Needs
With your CRA Certification, you gain access to list the specific community needs your nonprofit may have to share more ways to support your organization. List as many needs as you’d like, including their related community impact and individuals served.
Become the Nonprofit a Bank Needs
Get Certified Today
It’s easy to begin the CRA Certification process. To get started, all you need to do is complete our online application. Then, we’ll review it to determine your nonprofit’s alignment with CRA. Within a few days, we’ll let you know your CRA Certification status. Once certified, you’ll gain access to important customized CRA tools for your nonprofit, an enhanced online profile, and the ability to list your community needs on findCRA. All of this positions you as the nonprofit a bank needs.
Each year, as long as your certification remains active, you’ll also be able to renew it at a discounted rate. We’ll provide you updated CRA tools to refresh your outreach to banks as well.
$150
Annual Renewal
Learning Center
Expand your Community Reinvestment Act knowledge with industry updates, regulatory guidance and forum discussions or learn more about using findCRA.
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List Your Community Need
Once you become certified, you can list your specific community needs for banks to find and support through donation, loans or service.
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