PR and Brand Guidelines

Our Name

Clearwater Credit Union. Also referred to in copy as “Clearwater” as one word.

Our Mission

Our mission is to be a force for good in banking, in the communities we serve, and in the lives of our members.

Short Description

Clearwater Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative founded by 8 Missoula police officers in 1956. Currently, the largest Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and second-largest credit union in the state of Montana – Clearwater serves over 50,000 members across twenty counties in Western Montana. In 2016 Clearwater was invited to join the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), becoming 1 of 3 credit unions in the United States and the only financial institution in Montana to join the GABV.

Field of Membership

We serve people who live, work, worship, attend school in Beaverhead, Broadwater, Cascade, Deer Lodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Park, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, and Silver Bow Counties. ​

We also serve people who participate in associations headquartered in, and people who participate in programs to alleviate poverty or distress which are located in our 20 county field of membership listed above. ​

​We serve incorporated or unincorporated organizations located in or maintaining a facility in our field of membership.