Minnesota · Public charity
Blaze Credit Union Foundation
Passionately providing resources to enhance the overall wellness of the community.
- $259k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $155k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $21,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $218k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Blaze Credit Union Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $155k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $100k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $58k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Miracle Network | $39,512 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Credit Union Foundation | $39,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Minnesota Credit Union Network | $32,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Banzai Inc | $28,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Saint Paul Public Schools | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation | $21,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Need Foundation | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Paul Yellow Ribbon Network | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Credit Union Foundation | $13,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Blaze Credit Union | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Miracle Network | $39,512 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Credit Union Foundation | $39,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Minnesota Credit Union Network | $32,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Banzai Inc | $28,740 | 3 | n/a |
| Saint Paul Public Schools | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation | $21,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids in Need Foundation | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Paul Yellow Ribbon Network | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Credit Union Foundation | $13,125 | 1 | 0% |
| Blaze Credit Union | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Think Small | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Communities Action Network Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Construction Careers Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| People Responding in Social Ministry | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tree Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cars for Neighbors Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Open Door Outreach Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Model Cities of St Paul Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Saviour's Community Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| At Home Group | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc | $9,223 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood House | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Achieve Twin Cities | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hmong College Prep Academy | $5,300 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blaze Credit Union Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Allina Health System · Andersen Corporate Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Wem Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Target Foundation
How this is measured
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About Blaze Credit Union Foundation
- How much does Blaze Credit Union Foundation give?
- Blaze Credit Union Foundation reported 14 itemized grants totaling $154,780, out of $259,180 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Blaze Credit Union Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (25%), Human Services (20%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Blaze Credit Union Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Children's Miracle Network ($40k), Minnesota Credit Union Foundation ($40k), Minnesota Credit Union Network ($32k).
- Does Blaze Credit Union Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blaze Credit Union Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Blaze Credit Union Foundation based?
- Blaze Credit Union Foundation is based in MN.
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