Membership

First Trust Credit Union was originally chartered in 1959 as La Porte County School Employees Federal Credit Union. We then grew to include school staff members, health care providers, and other employee groups in seven Indiana counties. In 2009 we became a state chartered community credit union. Click here for the latest First Trust member news and information!

You are eligible to join First Trust Credit Union if you meet any of the following:

• You live or work in Indiana’s La Porte, Porter, Jasper, Newton, or Pulaski Counties
• You work for one of our Community Partners in the above counties as well as Starke and White Counties
• If you have family that are members of the credit union. Family is defined as:
  • Parents
  • Children
  • Spouse
  • Siblings
  • Grandparent
  • Grandchildren
  • Stepparents
  • Stepchildren
  • Stepsiblings
  • Adoptive Relationships

  Contact one of our 5 full-service offices so you can join today, or call 1-800-276-6161.

  Community Partners

  Education

  • Brown Mackie Business College
  • Cass Township Schoos
  • Duneland School Corp.
  • County Woods Nursery School
  • DeMotte Community Schools
  • Dewey Township Schools
  • Porter Township Schools
  • Eastern Pulaski School Corp
  • Frontier Schools
  • Hebron Schools
  • Immanuel Lutheran Schools
  • Ivy Tech State College
  • Kankakee Valley Schools
  • Kouts Schools
  • La Porte Schools
  • Michigan City Area Schools
  • Montessori Schools MC
  • Morgan Township Schools
  • North Judson/San Pierre Schools
  • North Newton Schools
  • North White School Corp.
  • Oregon-Davis School Corp.
  • Porter Township Schools Corp.
  • Purdue University North Central
  • Queen of all Saints School
  • Rensselaer Central School Corp
  • Sount Central Schools
  • St. Paul School
  • St. Stanislaus Schools
  • Twin Lakes School Corp.
  • Union Township Schools
  • Valparaiso Schools
  • Valparaiso University
  • Washington Township Schools
  • West Central School
  • Westville Schools

  Healthcare

  • Accelerated Medical
  • Alverno Clinical Laboratories/NIMLS
  • Alterra Clare Bridge Cottages
  • Alterr Brentwood Sterling House
  • Arjun K. Gupta, M. D.
  • Arbors At Michigan City
  • Associates in Surgery
  • Caring Place
  • Crop Fertility Specialists
  • Daniel P. Linert, M.D.
  • Dobson Chiroparactic Center
  • Dr. Kevin J. Defries
  • Dr. William J. Misenheimer
  • Fountain View Terrace/Beverly
  • Hillcrest Family Dental Center
  • Home Care Services
  • La Porte County Health Department
  • La Porte Hospital and Health Services
  • Life Care of Michigan City
  • Life Care of Valparaiso
  • Joseph Majka, DDS
  • Pines Village
  • Porter Memorial Health System
  • North Porter County Ambulance
  • Rittenhouse Senior Living of Michigan City
  • St. Anthony Memorial Health Center
  • Swanson Center
  • Transcription Specialists
  • Vale Park Medical Arts Center
  • Whispering Pines Health Care Centers of Valparaiso
  • White County Memorial Hospital
  • Woodland Health Care & Surgical Center

  More Community Partner Groups

  • Alex's Apparel
  • Baptist Children's Home Of Valparaiso
  • Barker Woods Enrichment Center
  • BOC/Airco Industrial Gas
  • Brown Mackie College Michigan City
  • Brown Tire Company
  • Carpet Town of Mc and La Porte
  • CDC Resources
  • Central States Manufacturing
  • Century 21 Estates
  • City of Monticello
  • City of Rensselaer
  • City of Valparaiso
  • Custom Machining Services Inc.
  • DAGI
  • DeMotte Police Dept.
  • Department of Water Works, City of Valpo
  • Dream Homes Realty
  • Enstrom's Coin and Jewelry
  • ERA Valley Properties, Inc.
  • Family House Restaurant
  • GP Gypsum Corporation
  • Heat Wagons
  • High Hopes Daycare Center
  • Indiana Paging Network
  • Jasper County Public Library
  • Johnathan R. O'Hara
  • Judd Pool and Spas
  • Kapers Building Material Inc.
  • Keener Township Volunteer Fireman
  • La Porte County Library
  • La Porte County Pact
  • Lemans Academy
  • Little Saints Daycare
  • Magenquench
  • Main Street Video, INC.
  • Marmolijo's Trio
  • Maud's Hallmark and Floral
  • Mcdonald's Restaurants of La Porte County
  • Michiana Resources, Inc.
  • Michigan City Public Library
  • Monticello Motors. Inc.
  • Mr. Copy-Rite Employees
  • N.Smith Jewelry
  • National Gypsum
  • News Dispatch
  • On Cue
  • Opportunity Enterprises
  • PACT Institute of Justice
  • Park Dept, Of Valparaiso
  • Porter County PACT
  • Porter County Special Ed.
  • Powder Tech Employees
  • Quik Stop. Inc.
  • R&S Distributors, Inc.
  • Real Estate Network
  • Rensselaer Iron and Metal Co.
  • Rotadyne Roll Group/Rotation Dynamics
  • Salvation Army of Michigan City
  • Schoops Restaurants
  • Shultz-Lewis Child and Family Service Inc.
  • Sorrowful Mother Parish
  • St. Iakovos Greek Church
  • St Teresa of Avila Church
  • Sefaniak Realty
  • Surburaban Lanes
  • Task Force Tips, Inc.
  • Tonn and Blank Constuction
  • Town of Westville
  • Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Vidette Messenger
  • Tysens Grocery
  • Von Tobel Lumber
  • WAKE/WLJE
  • WEFM RADIO/ WMCB
  • West Michigan Computer CO_OP
  • Wheatfield Volunteer Fireman
  • WIMS Radio
  • Wrede & Sons Excavating Inc.
  • Youth Service Bureau
  • Youth Service Bureau Of Porter County, Inc.
  • Zook Realty