California · Public charity
Credit Union of Southern California
A cooperative, organized for the purpose of promoting thrift andsavings 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…
- $620k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $427k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $149,304
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Credit Union of Southern California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $427k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $293k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $411k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $460k | 34% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $701k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $335k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $248k | 81% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $120k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern California Helping Hands | $950,006 | 8 | 82% |
| Whittier Union High School District Educational Foundation | $227,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Children's Miracle Network | $203,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Whittier Lions Foundation | $193,400 | 7 | 82% |
| Whittier Area Community Church | $125,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Interfaith Food Center | $120,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Women's and Children's Crisis Shelter | $109,800 | 7 | 3% |
| Soroptimist International of Whittier Inc | $82,400 | 5 | 36% |
| Taras Chance | $77,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Rio Hondo College Foundation | $76,800 | 6 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Credit Union of Southern California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 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: The Sacchi Foundation · PIH Health Whittier Hospital · Orange County Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Whittier Lions Foundation · BCM Foundation · Banc of California Charitable Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Sempra Foundation
How this is measured
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About Credit Union of Southern California
- How much does Credit Union of Southern California give?
- Credit Union of Southern California reported 21 itemized grants totaling $427,434, out of $619,952 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Credit Union of Southern California fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (40%), Education (19%), Health (13%).
- Who are Credit Union of Southern California's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Southern California Helping Hands ($950k), Whittier Union High School District Educational Foundation ($227k), Children's Miracle Network ($204k).
- Does Credit Union of Southern California fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Credit Union of Southern California?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sacchi Foundation, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, Orange County Community Foundation.
- Where is Credit Union of Southern California based?
- Credit Union of Southern California is based in CA.
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