The National Credit Union Administration is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures 6,566 federal credit unions and insures 4,062 state-chartered credit unions. It is entirely funded by credit unions and receives no tax dollars.  The NCUA provides deposit insurance the through National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund of up to $100,000 for shares and up to $100,000 for IRAs.  For more information visit the NCUA site at www.ncua.gov.