navigation search spirit of alaska federal credit union type credit union industry financial services founded 1960 headquarters fairbanks alaska united states key people michael lombardino president bruce foote chairman products savings ; checking ; consumer loans ; mortgages ; credit cards total assets 125m usd 2011 website spiritofak.com spirit of alaska federal credit union soafcu is the largest 1 national credit union administration insured credit union based in fairbanks ak . there are 4 branches in the fairbanks area . soafcu has around ten thousand members . any person who lives works or worships within the fairbanks north star borough is eligible to join the credit union . 2 history edit soafcu was originally a small credit union located in the viking room of constitution hall university of alaska fairbanks . the credit union was started with 32 in a metal cash box and was first named greater fairbanks teacher s credit union . it was dedicated to non profit operations for the service and benefit of its member teachers . as the membership grew and expanded to include members north of the alaska range the name was changed in 1975 to northern schools federal credit union . the name was again changed in 2007 to spirit of alaska federal credit union to reflect the continued expansion of the field of membership and expansive growth of soafcu . soafcu opened their newest branch at the corner of hunter and johansen in north fairbanks june 4 2011 . 3 references edit http cuonline.ncua.gov credituniononline cu findcreditunions.aspx from soafcu s about us website http www.spiritofak.com about us about us.html from fairbanks daily news miner http www.newsminer.com view full story 14125063 article spirit of alaska opens johansen branch external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spirit of alaska federal credit union & oldid 732958727 categories 1960 establishments in alaskabanks established in 1960companies based in fairbanks alaskacredit unions based in alaskaeducation in fairbanks north star borough alaskanon profit organizations based in fairbanks alaskahidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediaarticles created via the article wizard 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 4 august 2016 at 11 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view