PACU Foundation
The PACU Foundation advances charitable giving to support access to financial literacy, education and training, and disaster and emergency assistance for residents overcoming financial hardship throughout the Triad and Charlotte communities.
Giving Hope, Creating Opportunity
At the PACU Foundation, we believe that financial resilience starts with access to resources, support and opportunities that can change lives. That’s why we collaborate with nonprofits that give hope where it’s needed most and create opportunities that last. Our purpose is to walk alongside those making a meaningful difference in the communities we’re privileged to serve.
Run for a Reason: Flying Colors Charity 5K and Fun Run
Lace-up your sneakers and make every step count. The PACU Foundation’s signature event, the Flying Colors Charity 5K and Fun Run, is more than a race. It’s a celebration of community, compassion and purpose.
Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville, North Carolina
From your racing for a personal best or walking with friends and family, your participation supports local charities that help individuals and families overcome financial hardship.
Celebrating Five Years in 2025 of Giving Back
In 2025, the PACU Foundation proudly celebrates its fifth anniversary. Since our founding, we have donated more than $100,000 to area nonprofit organizations that align with our mission to improve the lives of individuals and families in the communities we serve.
From providing basic needs to supporting financial education and disaster relief, every dollar given has helped us turn compassion into action.
PACU Foundation gifts $31,200
The PACU Foundation gifted $31,200 to six North Carolina charities on Giving Tuesday to increase their capacity to help area residents overcome financial hardship.
Since the foundation’s formation in 2020, it has gifted more than $100,000 to area charities.
“Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea – a day that encourages people to do good. This idea has grown into a global movement, held annually on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity,” said PACU Foundation President Jean Golden-Rumer, adding, “As such, we felt that this was an appropriate day on which to hold our check presentations as a way of honoring the spirit of Giving Tuesday.”
2025 Supported Nonprofits
In 2024, the PACU Foundation gifted funds for 2025 to six area charities. From providing essential resources to offering financial education and crisis support, these organizations are amplifying impact in the communities we serve. Congratulations to the following 2025 Supported Nonprofits:
- A Storehouse for Jesus: A volunteer-led distribution and medical ministry assisting in-need residents due to financial constraints, illness, domestic violence and homelessness with clothing, food, household and care needs, serving Davie County and surrounding areas
- Education Over Debt Foundation: This program provides scholarships to African American high school students in Mecklenburg County who plan to attend college or university, along with helping the area’s undocumented high school students of color on a path to citizenship and continuing education
- Help, Incorporated’s Square One Family Justice Center: Financial safety resources to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse and human trafficking, along with its newly constructed SquareOne facility, serving Rockingham County
- Jim Shaw ACE Academy: Comprehensive education in aviation, financial literacy and STEM to middle and high school students in Forsyth County, empowering these young minds to change the face of aviation
- The Christian Mission: A holistic approach to combat intergenerational poverty with crisis assistance, case management and educational programming, serving Iredell County
- The Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro: The promotion of self-reliance of women by assessing needs, providing resources and acting as a gateway to community resources
Now Accepting Funding Requests for 2026
If your 501 (c ) (3) organization’s mission aligns with ours, we invite you to complete a short inquiry form to get started. Once received, a member of our team will contact you to learn more about your organization and share our funding request process with you.
Questions? Please call us at 336.744.8780.
PACU Foundation Quick Facts
- Serving North Carolina localities since 2020
- Volunteer hours to run the Foundation provided by Piedmont Advantage Credit Union
- More than 70% of Piedmont Advantage employees donate
- PACU Foundation logo with the display of wings: A tribute to Piedmont Advantage’s humble beginnings within the aviation and airline industry
- A Section 501(c )(3) charitable organization, EIN 84-4139152
Board of Directors
| Mary Vitale, Chair | Jean Golden-Rumer, President |
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| Email: mvitale@pacufoundation.org | Email: jgolden-rumer@pacufoundation.org |
| Jeanette Stark, Vice Chair and Vice President | Mike Fabregas, Treasurer |
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| Email: jeanette.stark@pacufoundation.org | Email: mfabregas@pacufoundation.org |
| Karla Castilleja, Secretary | Megan Brooks, Director |
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| Email: kcastilleja@pacufoundation.org | Email: mbrooks@pacufoundation.org |
| James Moore, Director | Diana Santos Johnson, Director |
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| Email: jmoore@pacufoundation.org |
| Kim Adkins, Director |
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| Email: kadkins@pacufoundation.org |
Our Staff
| Dion Williams, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union President & CEO | James Moore, Gifting Committee Chair |
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| Email: jmoore@pacufoundation.org |
| Kim Adkins, Marketing and Communications Committee Chair | Megan Brooks, Fundraising Committee Chair |
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| Email: kadkins@pacufoundation.org | Email: mbrooks@pacufoundation.org |
The PACU Foundation is a Section 501 (c )(3) charitable organization, EIN 84-4139152. All donations are deemed tax-deductible absent any limitation on deductibility applicable to a particular taxpayer. If goods or services were provided in return for a contribution, the amount of the contribution, which is tax-deductible, may be limited to the amount exceeding the value of such goods and services. The PACU Foundation maintains discretion over the use of all donated funds.