· Public charity
Credit Unions in the State of Washington
As a cooperative we bring people together to improve the financial well-being of our members and their communities.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k58 grants · $315k
- $10k–50k102 grants · $1.9M
- $50k–250k26 grants · $2.5M
- $250k+6 grants · $4.9M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BECU FOUNDATION | $2,292,848 |
| AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC | $1,150,000 |
| FRIENDS OF KEXP | $543,351 |
| SEATTLE FOUNDATION | $325,000 |
| EXPRESS CREDIT UNION | $300,000 |
| BUSINESS IMPACT NW | $278,000 |
| NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION INC | $210,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON | $205,000 |
| WSU FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION | $170,000 |
| DENKYEM SPC | $150,000 |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION | $115,000 |
| FAMILY FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION | $107,500 |
| INTENTIONALIST SPC | $106,000 |
| POSSIBILITY LABS | $100,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $3.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +30% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
185 repeat relationships: 126 still active in FY2024, 59 since wound down; 61 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BFBECU FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $8.3M · revenue +232% · 78% of their budget
- CUCREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON6× · 2017–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +91% · 41% of their budget
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION5× · 2019–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +42%
Funded once
- WIWASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL SECURITYone grant, 2018 · $206k · revenue -19% · 34% of their budget
- WSWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $190k
- BIBEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB INCone grant, 2018 · $157k · revenue -44%
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.
Rainier Beach Action Coalition is a grassroot, Black-led organization devoted to locally driven development. It promotes quality education, living wage jobs, affordable transportation and housing, and building community capacity in…
Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…
RE Sources mobilizes people of Northwest Washington to build just and thriving communities and to protect the land, water, and climate on which we all depend.
Equip the public and public decision-makers with the policy research and practical tools they need to embed the values of fairness, care, and opportunity into the foundations of Washington's economy.
House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…
We are workers, united across different industries to improve our working conditions and our lives. We come together as working people to build power through education, organizing, and enforcement. We work to raise and uphold standards in…
We Heart Seattle is an action-based, boots-on-the-ground movement that organizes trash cleanups in our public spaces and offers resources to those in need. Through our direct civic engagement we lead the way to a more compassionate and…
The Seattle Architecture Foundation connects people to the architecture, design, and history of Seattle. We believe the more you engage with design, the more you feel connected to your changing city. As a volunteer driven organization, we…
Washingtonians for Public banking promotes education and civic engagement on public banking and banking reform within Washington state. The organization organizes, educates, and advocates for the establishment of public banking, and…
To achieve economic fairness in order to establish a more democratic society characterized by racial, social & gender justice, with respect for diversity, & a decent quality of life for those who reside in WA. We are building a movement of…
Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…
Washington Progress Fund is building a permanent and powerful social change movement in Washington state supported by a network of committed donors. WPF envisions a Washington state where government serves the public interest and we all…
How this is measured
401 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 401 of the 458 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 BECU FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CREDIT UNIONS IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BUSINESS IMPACT NW ↗
- Who funds HOUSING HOPE ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE COLLEGES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF KEXP ↗
- Who funds SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds College Success Foundation ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GOWEST FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY ↗
- Who funds FORTERRA NW ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SEATTLE-KING COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Seattle Good Business Network DBA Good Business Network of Washington ↗
- Who funds HOPEWORKS SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ↗
- Who funds YOUR MONEY MATTERS ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHWEST INNOVATION RESOURCE CTR ↗
- Who funds FARESTART ↗
- Who funds PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
- Who funds FAMILY FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY ↗
- Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lowcountry ↗
- Who funds Alliance for Education ↗
- Who funds Eastern Washington University Foundation ↗
- Who funds MOTHER AFRICA ↗
- Who funds Rebuilding Together South Sound ↗
- Who funds FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds BEHAVIORAL IDEAS LAB 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 Norcliffe Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Medina Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · School's Out Washington · Moccasin Lake Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc · Inatai Foundation · Philanthropy Northwest · Lucky Seven Foundation · Multicare Health System
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Credit Unions in the State of Washington funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Credit Unions in the State of Washington. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Financial Beginnings: 1% of income from government
- Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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