Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award
The Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award recognizes leadership on behalf of youth financial literacy. It considers all activities supporting the personal finance education of young (18 and under) members and nonmembers including, but not limited to, face-to-face teaching, publicity, lobbying for curriculum requirements, teacher and volunteer training, and promotion and use of the NEFE High School Financial Planning Program® (HSFPP) (involvement in the NEFE program is not required for entries). Leagues, credit union chapters (or groups) and individual credit unions are eligible to enter.

Naming the new award after Alphonse Desjardins emphasizes the movement's long-time commitment to youth. Besides founding the first credit unions in Canada and the U.S., Desjardins pioneered youth savings clubs and in-school "banks," known as caisses scolaires.

Dora Maxwell & Louise Herring Awards
The Dora Maxwell and Louise Herring Awards call on credit unions to fulfill the words of pioneer Edward A. Filene when he said, "there is an urgent need to bridge the chasms in human society, and cement the brotherhood of man." The Awards honor two "founders" of the credit union movement whose careers were characterized by tireless work on behalf of their communities and credit unions.

The Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Award recognizes a credit union, chapter or multiple credit union groups for its community involvement in an activity that helps other people or strengthens the structure of their community. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, raising funds for a charity, community involvement projects, such as a volunteer fair, building low-income housing, or collecting contributions for a food bank. Educational activities, such as tutoring at a local school or programs that support financial literacy at the community level, are also eligible activities.

The Louise Herring Philosophy in Action Award recognizes a credit union for programs and activities offered to its members. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, member programs for groups that are often economically or otherwise challenged and programs that do an extraordinary job of encouraging money management and consumer financial education. Only individual credit unions are eligible to enter.

Moses C. Davis Awards
Since its inception in 1985, the Moses C. Davis Awards have recognized the very best volunteers and professionals of the Georgia credit union movement.

The awards are given in recognition of the highest traditions of service and professionalism that Moses C. Davis embodied. Moses Davis is widely recognized as the founding father of the Georgia credit union movement. The Moses C. Davis Award is a tribute to his tireless commitment to the credit union movement and is presented to volunteers and professionals who personify the credit union philosophy – "People Helping People." Each of the candidates nominated is worthy of the recognition. Their credit unions are better for their efforts, as are the lives of the members they work so hard to serve.