After he leaves the National Credit Union Foundation on Dec. 31, executive director Steve Delfin will begin as the CEO of America's Charities.

America's Charities is a federation of 180 national and local nonprofit organizations that promote the use of the work place for charitable giving, particularly through the use of payroll deductions, a long passion of Delfin's.

In a prepared statement related to his leaving, Delfin expressed great pride in the foundation's adoption of the REAL Solutions program, which seeks to equip credit unions to more directly serve lower income communities and members.

"REAL Solutions focused initially on predatory transactional services such as traditional payday lending and check-cashing, and worked to identify sustainable, lower cost credit union alternatives," said Delfin.

Since January 2007, when NCUF took on REAL Solutions as its "signature" program, the program has grown to encompass 33 states, with over 800 participating credit unions representing nearly 10% of all credit unions, 19% of all credit union assets, and 20% of all credit union members. "It has tremendous potential for growth and sustainability," said Delfin.

"At no time have any institutions been better positioned to leverage their positive social impact for growth than credit unions, and REAL Solutions is a lynchpin in that strategy," he added.