Press Release

Elan Credit Card today announced $250,000 in donations across 25 communities through its philanthropic initiative, the Elan Charitable Giving program. Each $10,000 donation was given to a local organization selected by an Elan Credit Card partner.

“Over the last three years, this program has received such positive response from our partners and their communities, and we’re thrilled to continue the initiative in 2025,” said Aaron Melnarik, Director of Client Relationships at Elan Credit Card. “We serve millions of cardmembers through our credit card partnerships and we hope to support even more through this program and our volunteer work in communities across the country.”

The 2025 Elan Charitable Giving credit card partners and selected beneficiaries include:

• Alive Credit Union, Developmental Learning Center (Jacksonville, FL)
• BankFinancial, National Association, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (Olympia Fields, IL)
• BankNewport, Rhode Island Community Food Bank (Newport, RI)
• Baptist Health Federal Credit Union, Refuge Village - Providence Park (Little Rock, AR)
• BluPeak Credit Union, San Diego Coastkeeper (San Diego, CA)
• Capital Credit Union, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (Green Bay, WI)
• CoastLife Credit Union, F.O.C.U.S. Foundation (Corpus Christi, TX)
• Copper State Credit Union, The Foster Alliance (Phoenix, AZ)
• Cornerstone Community Bank, Children First Foster Family Agency (Red Bluff, CA)
• Credit Union 1, Community Service Center of Northern Champaign County (Rantoul, IL)
• Envision Credit Union, United Way of the Big Bend (Tallahassee, FL)
• Go Energy Credit Union, GA Transplant Foundation (Tucker, GA)
• Gold Coast Federal Credit Union, Hispanic Human Resources Center (Palm Springs, FL)
• Heart O’ Texas Federal Credit Union, Food Care Center (Waco, TX)
• Home Federal Bank of Tennessee, Neighborhood Housing, Inc. (Knoxville, TN)
• Kansas Teachers Community Credit Union, Learning Tree Institute at Greenbush (Pittsburg, KS)
• Light Commerce Credit Union, Love City USA Summer Camp (Houston, TX)
• Manasquan Bank, HorseSense Therapeutic Center (Wall, NJ)
• Meriwest Credit Union, Alzheimer’s Association (San Jose, CA)
• Northwest Christian Credit Union, LEAP Housing (Nampa, ID)
• O&R Utilities Employees Federal Credit Union, Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, Inc. (Monroe, NY)
• Pillar Credit Union, Inc, Marion Matters Inc. (Marion, OH)
• Sheboygan Area Credit Union, REINS, Inc. (Sheboygan, WI)
• WCU Credit Union, The American Cancer Society (Decatur, AL)
• West Virginia Central Federal Credit Union, American Red Cross (Parkersburg, WV)

Since the launch of the Elan Charitable Giving program in 2022, more than $2 million has been distributed to 146 charities in the communities of our partners. Elan employees have volunteered 285 hours of their time alongside our partners to further the impact of these gifts. Additional volunteer events with selected partners and charities will take place in 2025.

To learn more about each organization, credit union, community bank, and the impact Elan is making in communities through its charitable giving initiative, visit  visit  www.elancharitablegiving.com.