financial services founded twa club credit union 1940 headquarters kansas city missouri u.s. number of locations 31 branches 1 area served kansas city area and st. louis missouri key people lisa ginter ceo services checking savings consumer and business loans mortgages credit cards investments insurance and financial planning . total assets 1.9 billion as of november 2014 number of employees 463 as of november 2014 website www.communityamerica.com communityamerica credit union cacu is a credit union headquartered in kansas city missouri regulated under the authority of the missouri division of credit unions and the national credit union administration ncua of the u.s. federal government . as of november 2014 communityamerica had more than 1.9 billion in assets ranking it among the nation s largest credit unions . 2 based on deposits communityamerica ranks as one of the top 10 kansas city based financial institutions . today there are 31 communityamerica branches in the kansas city and st. louis areas . contents 1 field of membership 2 select employee groups 3 history 4 community support and naming rights 5 references 6 external links field of membership edit communityamerica serves residents of missouri who live or work in jackson county missouri ; clay county missouri ; platte county missouri and st. louis county missouri . membership is also available to people residing or working in these st. louis missouri zip codes 63031 63042 63044 63045 63055 63074 63114 63121 63134 63140 63141 63145 and 63146 . the field of membership in the state of kansas includes residents of douglas county kansas ; johnson county kansas ; jefferson county kansas ; leavenworth county kansas ; miami county kansas ; shawnee county kansas and wyandotte county kansas and their family members . also included in the state of kansas are associations and businesses located in johnson and douglas counties their subsidiaries related or affiliated associations companies or organizations their membership employees retiree s annuitants contract employees and family members . select employee groups edit companies or organizations can elect to offer the benefits of communityamerica membership to employees . employees of over 200 approved select employee groups and their family members are eligible to join communityamerica . the following companies and more are covered under communityamerica credit union s select employee group membership bushnell outdoor products freightquote fike corporation argosy casino ameristar casino kansas city american italian pasta company metropolitan community colleges ford motor company claycomo plant north kansas city hospital blue springs school district park hill school district history edit communityamerica credit union is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2015 . founded on march 19 1940 as twa club credit union by twa pilot george duvall the credit union began with working capitol of only 1 069 . the first loans were made to employees for 5 until payday with five cents charged for interest . through the years the credit union continued to grow changing its name to members america credit union in 1992 and merging with communityamerica credit union in 1998 . since then the credit union has continued to grow through strategic branch expansion and mergers with other credit unions farmland credit union in 2003 midwest united credit union in 2007 healthcare community credit union in 2015 and saint luke s credit union in 2016 . community support and naming rights edit in line with the credit union philosophy of people helping people communityamerica supports the promotion of financial literacy with an emphasis on children grades k 12 . the credit union dedicates resources to junior achievement of middle america and is a sponsor of the school of economics in blue springs . communityamerica offers each of its full time employees 12 hours of paid time each year to volunteer for the 501 c 3 non profit organizations of their choice . additionally it partners with other kansas city area credit unions to support children s miracle network . communityamerica has the naming rights to the communityamerica ballpark . references edit https www.communityamerica.com branch locations communityamerica branch locations communityamerica kansas city business journal 2008 1 18 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title communityamerica credit union & oldid 728054375 categories credit unions based in missouricompanies based in kansas city missouribanks established in 1940hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 21 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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