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Carolinas Credit Union Foundation

To provide educational scholarships, and to provide assistance to credit unions in north and south carolina, and special projects.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
62
Itemized grants FY2025
50
Organizations funded FY2024
78%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.2M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$130,400
Organizations funded a year
22 to 74
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$5.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 78% of the organizations Carolinas Credit Union Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $709k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving62$1.2M85%
FY202450$919k78%
FY202366$1.1M71%
FY202274$1.7M78%
FY202137$788k54%
FY202033$1.0M73%
FY201922$719k86%
FY201832$435kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$1.1MHuman Services$973kPhilanthropy$618kEducation$601kRecreation & Sports$547kFood & Nutrition$518kYouth Development$497kHealth$338kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc$528,09553%
United Way of North Carolina$220,00032%
North Carolina Council on Economic Education Inc$210,000717%
Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc$205,00021%
Empowerment Inc$190,000310%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$188,0002n/a
Plm Families Together Inc$125,00042%
Victory Junction$106,6501n/a
United Way$100,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Orangeburg$100,0001n/a
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All grantees of Carolinas Credit Union Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc$528,09553%
United Way of North Carolina$220,00032%
North Carolina Council on Economic Education Inc$210,000717%
Habitat for Humanity of Durham Inc$205,00021%
Empowerment Inc$190,000310%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$188,0002n/a
Plm Families Together Inc$125,00042%
Victory Junction$106,6501n/a
United Way$100,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Orangeburg$100,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County Inc$100,00010%
North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association Foundation Inc$100,00015%
National Credit Union Foundation$97,30051%
The Family Violence Prevention Center Inc$90,00031%
The Christian Help Center of Person County$80,00023%
United Ministries$75,00031%
Meals on Wheels of Wake County Inc$67,00021%
The Community Empowerment Fund$65,00033%
The School of Government Foundation Inc$63,77511%
Families Moving Forward$61,96022%
Nc Association of Government Information Officers$60,5041n/a
Boys Club of Wake County Inc$60,00022%
Prisma Health-Upstate$57,0001n/a
Se Raleigh Promise Inc$55,00027%
Triangle Family Services Inc$55,00021%
Kramden Institute Inc$55,00022%
Stepup Ministry$55,00031%
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc$53,57541%
Inter-Faith Food Shuttle$53,00020%
Housing for New Hope$51,12021%
Wakemed$50,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$50,0001n/a
Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School Inc$50,00012%
Urban Ministries of Durham Inc$48,24021%
Chatham Trades Inc$46,97523%
Wake County Public Schools$45,0001n/a
Rediscovering Outdoor Activities & Recreation$44,0154n/a
Harvest Hope Food Bank$40,08850%
Womens Center of Wake County Inc$40,00013%
Spc Credit Union$40,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties$40,00023%
Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County Sc Inc$35,05620%
Financial Pathways of the Piedmont$35,00013%
Passage Home Inc$35,00011%
Aura Home Women Vets$35,000211%
My Kids Club$35,00012%
Casa$35,00010%
Safe Inc$35,00014%
Greensboro Chamber Foundation$35,000236%
Table Ministries Inc$35,00022%
Activate Good Inc$34,75024%
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc$33,77522%
Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte$33,50020%
Center 360 Inc$33,500138%
Tiny House Community Development Inc$32,00014%
Greenville Tech Foundation Inc$31,00020%
Durham Community Land Trustees Inc$30,00011%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh Inc$30,0001n/a
Kaleideum$30,00020%
Emily Krzyzewski Center Inc$30,00011%
Michael's Angels Girls Club$30,0001n/a
Note in the Pocket Inc$30,00011%
Farm Aid Inc$30,00011%
Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc$30,00020%
Circle De Luz Inc$27,00025%
Prisma Health Midlands Foundation F/K/A Palmetto Health Foundation$26,66330%
Dorothy Mae Hall Women Center$25,0001n/a
Dress for Success Triangle Nc$25,00012%
Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Davidson County$25,000115%
The Open Door of Perquimans County Inc$25,00013%
The Hunger and Health Coalition Inc$25,00012%
Great Rivers United Way Inc$25,00011%
Children's Flight of Hope$25,00011%
River City Community Development Corporation$25,0001n/a
Pretty in Pink Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Ripe for Revival$25,00015%
Pender EMS and Fire Inc$25,00010%
Unshaken Generation Outreach Inc$25,0001n/a
Prisma Health$25,00010%
The Males Place Inc$25,000116%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Piedmont Triad Inc$25,00011%
Joel Fund$25,00014%
Centre for Homeownership & Economic Development$25,00014%
North Carolina Dental Society Foundation Inc$25,00016%
Communities in Schools of Cleveland County Inc$25,00015%
Second Home Support Network$25,000125%
Cross Connection Inc$25,00013%
June 10 Inc$25,000114%
Welcome Home Angel Inc$25,00016%
One Dozen Who Care Inc$25,000118%
Families First in Cabarrus County$25,00013%
I Am Light Ministries$25,0001n/a
Hickory Soup Kitchen Inc$25,00014%
Albemarle Area United Way$25,00012%
The Forge Initiative Inc$25,00017%
Boundless Impact$25,000113%
The ROC Charlotte Inc$23,50021%
Alliance Medical Ministry Inc$22,50020%
Greenwood Municipal Fcu$22,0002n/a
The Citadel Brigadier Foundation$21,00020%
Animal Protection League of South Carolina$20,51723%
Meals on Wheels of Durham Inc$20,00011%
Sustaining Way$20,00022%
Greensboro Area Chamber of Commerce Inc$20,00020%
Wireless Research Center of North Carolina$20,00011%
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina Inc$20,00021%
Metrolina Association for the Blind Inc$20,00020%
Right Moves for Youth Inc$20,00021%
Alliance Center for Education Inc$20,00020%
Trident United Way$20,00010%
Grace Center of Southern Oklahoma$20,00022%
Out of the Garden Project$18,00020%
Zabs Place$18,00022%
ArtsPlus$17,50020%
MeckEd$17,50021%
Medical Debt Resolution Inc$17,00010%
Classroom Central Inc$16,50020%
Matthews Help Center$16,50021%
Greensboro Postal Credit Union$15,00012%
North Carolina Employee Ownership Center$15,00016%
Homes of Hope Inc$15,00010%
Family Service of the Piedmont Inc$15,00010%
Support Our Afterschool Resources$15,000112%
Brookland Federal Credit Union$15,0001n/a
Money Magnets Club$14,000112%
Communityworx Fka PTA Thrift Shop Inc$13,0001n/a
Southeast Raleigh Community$13,00014%
Davidson College$13,00010%
City of Winston-Salem$12,0001n/a
Emerald Industrial Credit Association Federal Credit Union$11,8961n/a
Womens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc$11,50012%
Acclaim Fcu$11,0001n/a
The Volunteer Center of the Triad$10,00013%
Crisis Assistance Ministry$10,00010%
African American Credit Union Coalition$10,00011%
Rescue Missions Ministries Inc$10,00010%
The Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship Inc$10,00011%
Children's Attention Home Inc$10,00010%
Wings of Eagles Ranch$10,00012%
Dahlia Grove$10,00014%
Opportunity Knocks$10,0001n/a
Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of North Carolina Inc$10,00010%
Project Hope Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Greater Kinston Credit Union$10,00011%
Charlotte Museum of History$10,00011%
Supportive Housing Communities Inc$10,00010%
Presbyterian Hospital Foundation$10,00010%
Fostering Great Ideas$10,00012%
Learning Help Centers of Charlotte$10,00013%
Winston-Salem Mixxer Inc$10,00013%
League of Southeastern Credit Unions$10,00010%
Bags of Hope$10,00012%
Diaper Bank of Nc$10,0001n/a
Home Solutions of Davidson County NC Inc$10,00012%
Jasmine Road Inc$10,00011%
United Way of York County SC$10,00011%
Pendleton Place Inc$10,00010%
Share Peace and Rekindle Kindness$10,00015%
Randolph County Family Crisis Center Inc$10,00011%
The Grace Center of Southern$10,0001n/a
Generations Family Services Inc$10,00012%
Academy of Finance of Wake County Inc$10,0001n/a
LEAD Girls of NC Inc$10,00011%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools$10,0001n/a
Carolina Youth Coalition$10,00011%
Renaissance West Community Initiative$10,00011%
Nami Wake County$10,00015%
Florence Crittenton Inc$10,00010%
Benevolence Farm$10,00012%
Open Door Ministries of High Point Inc$10,00010%
YMCA of Greenville$10,00010%
Botso$10,0001n/a
Sustainable Alamance$10,00017%
Nehemiah Community Empowerment Center Inc$10,00013%
Urban Institute for Strengthening Families$10,00015%
Refugee Community Partnership Inc$10,00011%
Greenville Chamber Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Mill Village Ministries$10,00011%
The Journey Collective Incorporated$10,000120%
Boys and Girls Club Cleveland County$10,00011%
Lexington Medical Center Foundation Inc D/B/A Lexington Health Foundation$10,00010%
United Way of Forsyth County Inc$10,00010%
She Built This City$10,00011%
Junior Achievement of Southwest Virginia Inc$10,00014%
The YMCA of Greater High Point Foundation Inc (4563-SO1)$9,75018%
The Interactive Resource Center Inc$9,75010%
Slater Marietta Health and Human Services Inc$9,50012%
First Impression of South Carolina Inc$9,00014%
Greensboro Sports Foundation$9,00011%
Verner Inc$8,77510%
Freedom Communities$8,50010%
Healing Vine Harbor$8,00013%
Lenoir-Rhyne University$8,00010%
The Relatives Inc$8,00010%
Males and Females Acting in Confidence and Empowerment$8,0001n/a
Allvac Savings and Credit Union$8,00013%
Dream Team Foundation Inc$7,50012%
Changed Choices Inc$7,50011%
Samaritan Ministries$7,50010%
Emory University$7,5001n/a
Dream Center of Forsyth County$7,50012%
Forsyth Medical Center Foundation$7,50010%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Benevolent Fund$7,50018%
Claflin University$7,50010%
Bold 2 B U Community$7,5001n/a
The Howard University$7,00010%
Meredith College$7,00010%
Lift Up Carolinas$7,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$7,00010%
Marian Cheek Jackson Center$7,00012%
Raise Away$7,0001n/a
Neighbors United Federal Credit Union$7,0001n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Columbia Sc$6,50011%
Muggsy Bogues Family Foundation$6,35013%
High Point University$6,00010%
Moji Coffee and More$6,00012%
New River Community Action Inc$6,00010%
Camino Community Development Corporation Inc$6,00010%
Duke University$6,00010%
University of Mount Olive Inc$6,00010%
State Chartered Credit Unions in North Carolina$5,75010%
Prisma Health-Midlands$5,52010%
United Way of Gaston County Inc$5,50010%
Cleveland County Abuse Prevention Council Inc$5,50011%
Wilson County Partnership for Children Inc$5,0001n/a
Learning Together Inc$5,00010%
Strategic Twin-Counties Education Partnership$5,00012%
Mercy Health Foundation Ardmore$5,00010%
Hobgood Academy Inc$5,00010%
Triangle South Literacy Works Inc$5,000110%
Roots & Wings-Person County Nc$5,00013%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne Co Inc$5,00011%
Family Promise of Lee County Inc$5,0001n/a
Randolph County Schools$5,0001n/a
Made in Durham$5,00011%
Southeastern Credit Union Foundation$5,00010%
Working Landscapes$5,00012%
Safe Space Inc$5,0001n/a
C A R E dba The John 3 16 Center$5,00010%
Un-Rappin the Gift$5,0001n/a
Diaper Train$5,00011%
Gang Free Inc$5,0001n/a

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($990k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Carolinas Credit Union Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVictory Junction Gang Camp Inc: $528,095 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetUnited Way of North Carolina: $220,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNorth Carolina Council on Economic Education Inc: $210,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Durham Inc: $205,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEmpowerment Inc: $190,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetPlm Families Together Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Wake County Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetNational Credit Union Foundation: $97,300 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Family Violence Prevention Center Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Christian Help Center of Person County: $80,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetUnited Ministries: $75,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Wake County Inc: $67,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe Community Empowerment Fund: $65,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetThe School of Government Foundation Inc: $63,775 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFamilies Moving Forward: $61,960 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBoys Club of Wake County Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetSe Raleigh Promise Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetTriangle Family Services Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetKramden Institute Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetStepup Ministry: $55,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetWorldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc: $53,575 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetInter-Faith Food Shuttle: $53,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHousing for New Hope: $51,120 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCristo Rey Research Triangle High School Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUrban Ministries of Durham Inc: $48,240 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetChatham Trades Inc: $46,975 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHarvest Hope Food Bank: $40,088 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Center of Wake County Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSpc Credit Union: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties: $40,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greenville County Sc Inc: $35,056 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFinancial Pathways of the Piedmont: $35,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetPassage Home Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAura Home Women Vets: $35,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMy Kids Club: $35,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCasa: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSafe Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetGreensboro Chamber Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetTable Ministries Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetActivate Good Inc: $34,750 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetConsumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc: $33,775 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetFoundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte: $33,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter 360 Inc: $33,500 over 1y, 38% of budgetTiny House Community Development Inc: $32,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetGreenville Tech Foundation Inc: $31,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDurham Community Land Trustees Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetKaleideum: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Leon Levine FoundationNC85.5× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Leon Levine Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Cannon Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Duke University Health System Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Winston-Salem Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Carolinas Credit Union Foundation

How much does Carolinas Credit Union Foundation give?
Carolinas Credit Union Foundation reported 62 itemized grants totaling $1,213,409, out of $2,215,499 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 74 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Carolinas Credit Union Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (17%), Human Services (15%), Philanthropy (9%).
Who are Carolinas Credit Union Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc ($528k), United Way of North Carolina ($220k), North Carolina Council on Economic Education Inc ($210k).
Does Carolinas Credit Union Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Carolinas Credit Union Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Leon Levine Foundation, Triangle Community Foundation Inc, United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc.
Where is Carolinas Credit Union Foundation based?
Carolinas Credit Union Foundation is based in SC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 293 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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