California · Public charity
California Credit Union
A cooperative, organized for the purpose of promoting thrift and savings among its members, creating a source of credit for them at rates of interest set by the board of directors, and providing an opportunity for them to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and social conditions. As a…
- $362k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $320k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,740
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations California Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $320k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $49k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $85k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $63k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $127k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $362k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $224k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Unified School District | $150,936 | 2 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation | $143,549 | 3 | 32% |
| Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation | $141,662 | 5 | 24% |
| Uss Midway Museum | $137,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $104,680 | 7 | 0% |
| California Credit Union Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auxiliary Services Trust Fund | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Port Hueneme - Navy Life Show | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Classroom of the Future Foundation | $57,900 | 3 | 6% |
| San Diego Fleet Week Foundation | $52,500 | 7 | 2% |
Show all 43 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
California Credit Union supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Sempra Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The San Diego Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About California Credit Union
- How much does California Credit Union give?
- California Credit Union reported 20 itemized grants totaling $320,127, out of $362,027 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does California Credit Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (15%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are California Credit Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Los Angeles Unified School District ($151k), Los Angeles Unified School District Education Foundation ($144k), Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation ($142k).
- Does California Credit Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California Credit Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sempra Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation.
- Where is California Credit Union based?
- California Credit Union is based in CA.
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