Membership Eligibility
You’ve got several ways to qualify!

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There are several ways you can qualify for membership. Check out the “Those We Serve” tab for more information. Ready to join? Begin by submitting a membership application.
Once approved, we’ll make a one-time $1.00 deposit to your Share-01 Regular Savings account, making you both a member and part-owner of the Credit Union. You and your family can then start enjoying the rewards of membership right away!
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BCU membership eligibility* is based on one or more of the following qualifying criteria:
- Employment-based eligibility:
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Partner Companies
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Allergan Medical Optics
Althoff Industries
Archdiocese of Chicago
Astellas
Baxter Healthcare
Baxter Credit Union
Beckman Coulter
Becton Dickinson
Boston Scientific
Bowe Bell & Howell
Brunswick Corporation
Cardinal Health
CVS Health
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Catamaran
CDW
Centegra Health Care
Coopervision
Corsolutions Medical
Curran Group, Inc.
Deloitte & Touche
Edwards Lifesciences
Ellman International
Encompass Group
Faulding
Fenwal, Inc.
Fresinius (FMC)
GFX International
GGP
Global Healthcare Exchange
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
HMS Capital, Inc.
Hospital La Concepcion
Hospital Menonita
Hospital UPR
Infac India Group
Integra Neurosciences
Intralase Corp.
IPA Omega
ITW
Kesem
Knaack, LLC
Komatsu
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (Staff, Faculty, Current Students)
Lifewatch
LSI
Marshall Reddick Seminars, Inc.
Medassets, Inc.
Medline Industries, Inc.
Migrant Healthcare Center
Navilyst Medical
Neoforma
Neurosource
Nexell Therapeutics
Palliative Carecenter & Hospice of the North Shore
Panasonic Avionics
Physiotherapy Associates
Prime Coat
Quill Corporation
Rexam Medical Packaging
Reyes Holdings
Rust-Oleum Corporation
Sage Products
Scotsman Ice Systems
Seguros Multiples
Segway
Shire
Signode Industrial Group, LLC
Snap on Incorporated
Stryker Corporation
Sunrise Medical, Inc.
Target (Team Member or Contractor)
Thermometrics
Trammell Crow
Trivity Health
Trustmark
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
Verizon California, Inc.
Watlow Company
Zimmer Caribe, Inc.
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- Community-based eligibility:
- Family-based eligibility:
You are the immediate or extended qualifying family of an existing member related by blood, marriage, fostering or adoption. Eligible family members include: spouses, parents, children, siblings, domestic partners, grandchildren, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
You are a permanent, temporary or contract employee of one of the several elite employer groups offering the Credit Union’s services as a valuable employee benefit.
You live or work in one of six local community charter counties: Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane or Cook (north of 95th Street on the south side of Chicago) County in Illinois, or Kenosha County in Wisconsin.
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“Here Today For Your Tomorrow!”
Benefits of the Credit Union membership will always be available to you and your family, no matter where life takes you.
Relocating to a new area? No problem! Changing jobs? The Credit Union goes with you. Retiring? We've Got Your Back then, too. Our commitment to your financial well-being is truly a lifelong promise.