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Community Choice Credit Union Foundation

Support charitable organizations in the des moines area.

$56k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Health$41kAnimals$20kHuman Services$10kEducation$5kRecreation & Sports$5kArts & Culture$4k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$397k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ANIMAL RESUE LEAGUE OF IOWA INC$20,085
MAKE A WISH FOUNDATON OF IOWA INC$7,500
AMERICAN HEART$6,000
FAMILIES FORWARD$5,000
ORCHARD PLACE$5,000
CAN PLAY$5,000
BY DEGREES FOUNDATION$5,000
DES MOINES WINE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION$1,600
MERCYONE$1,220
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CAN PLAY: $5k → 5%BY DEGREES FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%OCTAGON CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $250 → 17%DES MOINES WINE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%DES MOINES WINE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 10%ANIMAL RESUE LEAGUE OF IOWA INC: $20k → 10%AMERICAN HEART: $6k → 10%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATON OF IOWA INC: $10k → 10%AMERICAN HEART: $750 → 10%MAKE A WISH FOUNDATON OF IOWA INC: $8k → 10%MERCYONE: $10k → 10%MERCYONE: $1k → 10%ORCHARD PLACE: $5k → 10%FAMILIES FORWARD: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39k · 4 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
2

Total granted

$39k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-7%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
HealthArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $18k · revenue +6%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $7k · revenue +16%
  • DM
    DES MOINES WINE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $3k · revenue +345%

Funded once

  • HM
    HOPE MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -7%
  • OC
    OCTAGON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2023 · $250 · revenue -9%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Catholic Health Initiatives - Iowa Corp

We, catholic health initiatives - iowa, corp. and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. catholic health initiatives - iowa, corp. is a member…

Health
2
Mercy Clinics Inc

We, mercy clinics and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy clinics is a member of trinity health.

Health
3
House of Mercy

We, house of mercy and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. house of mercy is a member of trinity health.

Health
4
Mercy Health Services - Iowa Corp

We, mercy health services-iowa and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health services-iowa is a member of trinity health.

Health
5
Mercy College of Health Sciences

We, mercy college of health sciences and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy college of health sciences is a member of trinity health.

Religion
6
Mercy Medical Center - Centerville

We, mercy medical center - centerville and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communitites. mercy medical center - centerville is a member of trinity…

Health
7
Central Community Hospital

Central community hospital's mission is to serve with fidelity to the gospel as a compassionate, healing ministry of jesus christ to transform the health of our communities.

Health
8
Mercy Medical Center - Newton

We, mercy medical center - newton and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy medical center - newton is a member of trinity health.

Health
9
Covenant Foundation Inc

We, covenant foundation and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. covenant foundation is a member of trinity health.

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10
Center for Family Medicine

The center for family medicine is devoted to providing excellent family medical care in an educational environment.

Education
11
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. greater des moines habitat for humanity…

Housing & Shelter
12
Covenant Medical Center Inc

We, covenant medical center and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. covenant medical center is a member of trinity health.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Iowa Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $17,500 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INCMERCY FOUNDATION OF DES MOINES IOWA: $11,697 · HealthMERCY FOUNDATION OF DES MOINES IOWAAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,750 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncORCHARD PLACE: $5,000 · HealthORCHARD PLACEANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF IOWA INC: $20,085 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF IO…BY DEGREES FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherBY DEGREES FO…FAMILIES FORWARD: $5,000 · OtherFAMILIES FORW…CAN PLAY: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsHOPE MINISTRIES: $4,885 · Human ServicesDES MOINES WINE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $3,430 · Arts & CultureOCTAGON CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $250 · Arts & Culture
Health$40,947Animals$20,085Other$10,000Recreation & Sports$5,000Human Services$4,885Arts & Culture$3,680

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF IOWA INC: $20,085 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF IOWA INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY FOUNDATION OF DES MOINES IOWA: $11,697 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAN PLAY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetORCHARD PLACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBY DEGREES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE MINISTRIES: $4,885 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES WINE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $3,430 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetOCTAGON CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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 Merchants Bonding…Community Fdn of Grea…Prairie Meadows Race …Ita Group FoundationPella Rolscreen Found…Gartner Family Founda…Kyle J & Sharon Kraus…The West Bancorporati…EMC Insurance Foundat…United Way of Central…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…
The Merchants Bonding Company FoundationIA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Ita Group Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Gartner Family Foundation % Michael G Gartner · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · EMC Insurance Foundation · United Way of Central Iowa · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Choice Credit Union Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Choice Credit Union Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Community Choice Credit Union Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Community Choice Credit Union Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 11 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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