Kentucky · Public charity
Commonwealth Credit Union
The credit union's vision is "growth inspired by engagement, empowerment, and extraordinary service." commonwealth provides its members with a safe place to save and a source of credit in a not-for-profit context. We strive to improve the lives of those we serve by helping them achieve their dreams through financial health and success.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $103,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $103,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Commonwealth Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k 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 | 1 | $103k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $933k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $291k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $237k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $356k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $390k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $409,642 | 4 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $304,540 | 6 | 0% |
| The Louisville Urban League Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 3% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $280,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Baptist Health Foundation Lexington Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Eastern Kentucky University Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Lexington Kentucky | $141,667 | 5 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In | $120,698 | 5 | 0% |
| Kentucky Financial Empowerment Foundation | $114,250 | 2 | 29% |
| Campbellsville University Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Commonwealth Credit Union supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Commonwealth Credit Union
- How much does Commonwealth Credit Union give?
- Commonwealth Credit Union reported 1 grants totaling $103,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Commonwealth Credit Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Education (29%), Recreation & Sports (15%).
- Who are Commonwealth Credit Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: University of Louisville Foundation Inc ($410k), American Heart Association Inc ($305k), The Louisville Urban League Inc ($300k).
- Does Commonwealth Credit Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Commonwealth Credit Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Commonwealth Credit Union based?
- Commonwealth Credit Union is based in KY.
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