· Public charity
Carolinas Credit Union Foundation
To provide educational scholarships, and to provide assistance to credit unions in north and south carolina, and special projects.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $120k
- $10k–50k41 grants · $765k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $328k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CIVIC FOUNDATION | $130,400 |
| UNC CHAPEL HILL | $88,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $55,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA | $55,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY | $44,500 |
| SPC CREDIT UNION | $40,000 |
| CLEMSON UNIVERSITY | $36,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $36,186 |
| UNC CHARLOTTE | $35,000 |
| NCRGOG | $30,000 |
| APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY | $28,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $27,000 |
| WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY | $27,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREENVILLE | $26,056 |
| BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRY | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 72% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
57 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 48 since wound down; 53 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VJVICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC5× · 2018–2024 · $528k · revenue +108%
- UWUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA3× · 2020–2024 · $220k · revenue +102%
- NCNORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC7× · 2018–2024 · $210k · revenue +214%
Funded once
- VJVICTORY JUNCTIONone grant, 2021 · $107k
- UWUNITED WAYone grant, 2022 · $100k
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ORANGEBURGone grant, 2022 · $100k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Charlotte works serves job-seekers and businesses by providing resources to develop a skilled workforce that meets employer needs. the organization offers job-search workshops, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and training…
Raleigh county community action association, inc. empowers individuals and families to reach their highest levels of social and economical self-sufficiency, while identifying and eliminating causes of poverty. rccaa provides direct…
The mission of union county crisis assistance ministry is to help families with an urgent financial emergency to meet essential needs and to, once again, become self-sufficient. the primary objective of the crisis intervention program is…
Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…
The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…
Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…
Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST
The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…
NC CIVIL is a nonprofit community impact organization that develops grassroots approaches to structural disparities. Our mission is to increase resident involvement, improve organization of resources, and help institutions partner…
The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…
The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve long-term self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy.
How this is measured
216 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 216 of the 293 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds VICTORY JUNCTION GANG CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM INC ↗
- Who funds EMPOWERMENT INC ↗
- Who funds PLM FAMILIES TOGETHER INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER OF PERSON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds UNITED MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FUND ↗
- Who funds THE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD ↗
- Who funds BOYS CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds Prisma Health-Upstate ↗
- Who funds SE RALEIGH PROMISE INC ↗
- Who funds TRIANGLE FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds KRAMDEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds STEPUP MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC ↗
- Who funds INTER-FAITH FOOD SHUTTLE ↗
- Who funds HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE ↗
- Who funds CRISTO REY RESEARCH TRIANGLE HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds Urban Ministries of Durham Inc ↗
- Who funds CHATHAM TRADES INC ↗
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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carolinas Credit Union Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carolinas Credit Union Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Farm Aid Inc: 100% of income from government
How this is measured
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