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Credit Unions in the State of Washington at a glance

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Credit Unions in the State of Washington

Credit Union

$534k
Granted FY2018
28
Grants FY2018
2
States reached
$126k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Education$491kArts & Culture$23kFood & Nutrition$21kPublic Benefit$21kScience & Tech$18kCommunity Improvement$18kHealth$10kPhilanthropy$7k
02FY2018 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 28 grants below total $421,181, the rows itemized in this filing. The $534,145 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $112,964 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k9 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $231k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $126k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DonorsChoose$125,530
Communities in Schools of Spokane County$20,000
Green River Community College$20,000
Fred Hutchinson$17,831
WASBO$17,800
Second Harvest$15,400
WASA$15,000
Foundation for Edmonds School District$12,500
Highline Schools Foundation$12,045
Association of WA School Principals$10,000
CSTP$10,000
Communities in Schools of Renton$10,000
WFIS$10,000
Spark Central$10,000
Eastern Washington University$10,000
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 (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DonorsChoose: $126k → 17%Green River Community College: $20k → 9%Northshore School Foundation: $10k → 9%WASBO: $18k → 9%Communities in Schools of Tacoma: $8k → 9%Second Harvest: $15k → 12%DonorsChoose: $101k → 17%Green River College Foundation: $7k → 9%Association of WA School Principals: $15k → 9%East Valley School District: $6k → 12%Bellevue Schools Foundation: $8k → 9%WASA: $15k → 9%Second Harvest: $6k → 12%Highline Schools Foundation: $12k → 9%Association of WA School Principals: $10k → 9%Eastern Washington University: $10k → 12%Highline Schools Foundation: $7k → 9%CSTP: $10k → 9%Gonzaga University: $7k → 12%Roosevelt Orchestra Boosters: $5k → 9%Eastern WA University Foundation: $8k → 12%WFIS: $10k → 9%Communities in Schools of Spokane County: $20k → 12%Washington DECA: $11k → 9%Communities in Schools of Spokane County: $13k → 12%UW Combined Fund Drive: $7k → 9%Spark Central: $10k → 12%Washington DECA: $10k → 9%Highline College Foundation: $10k → 9%Communities in Schools of Renton: $10k → 9%Renton School District: $6k → 9%Bellevue College: $10k → 9%Fred Hutchinson: $18k → 9%Issaquah School Foundation: $7k → 9%Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: $10k → 9%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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$438k · 9 repeat orgs$171k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
1

Total granted

$438k
$6k

Still filing today

78%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
EducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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

  • D
    DONORSCHOOSEORG
    2× · 2017–2018 · $227k · revenue +24%
  • WS
    WASHINGTON SCHOOL PRINCIPALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +422%
  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $33k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • RS
    RENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #403
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
College Success Foundation

We provide a unique integrated system of supports and scholarships to inspire underserved, low-income students to finish high school, graduate from college and succeed in life.

Education
2
Sequim Education Foundation

To be a catalyst for vibrant growth of each student in the Sequim School District.

Education
3
Foundation for the Seattle Colleges

The Foundation for the Seattle Colleges exists to advance fundraising efforts for the Seattle Community College District. We seek to attract financial resources which support students so they may be successful; maintain the quality and…

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4
Shoreline Public Schools Foundation

Spsf funds opportunities for educational success. we partner with the community to build awareness and to fund learning opportunities supporting the best education for all students in shoreline public schools. our grant program provides…

Unclassified
5
Wasatch County School District Foun

Engage community and corporate partners in providing supplemental resources to the wasatch county school district to improve educational outcomes.

Education
6
West Valley Education Foundation

Enhance educational opportunities for students

Education
7
Impact Public Schools

The mission of Impact Public Schools is to prepare a diverse student population to succeed in college and impact communities as the next generation of equity-driven, innovative leaders. (Continued on Schedule O)Impact Public Schools makes…

Education
8
Washington State University Foundation

The mission of the Foundation is to promote, accept, and maximize private support for programs, initiatives, and properties of Washington State University and its regional campuses. The Foundation also prudently manages, invests, and…

Education
9
Innovation Spokane Schools

To prepare a diverse range of students for a life of learning in post-secondary education, citizenship, and leadership.

Education
10
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
11
Seattle Colleges Foundation

The seattle colleges foundation catalyzes community support to advance the mission, work and impact of seattle colleges. we engage our community to transform lives, promote equity and increase access to quality, affordable education.

Education
12
Spruce Street School

Spruce Street School is a nurturing educational community that instills in a broad range of children the social, emotional, and intellectual skills for lifelong participation in a diverse society. We offer kindergarten through fifth grade…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Issaquah Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Still Waters Services for Families in Transition. 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

22 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. 22 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONORSCHOOSEORG: $226,843 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORGCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY: $32,500 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTYGreen River College Foundation: $27,000 · EducationGreen River College FoundationEastern Washington University Foundation: $23,100 · EducationEastern Washington University Foundation+8 more: $70,575 · Education+8 moreWASHINGTON SCHOOL PRINCIPALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherWASHINGTON SCHOOL PRINCIPALS…FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $27,831 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEA…DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA: $20,500 · OtherDISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS…FOUNDATION FOR EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $12,500 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR EDMONDS SCHOO…Communities in Schools of Renton: $10,000 · OtherCommunities in Schools of Re…WASHINGTON FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherWASHINGTON FEDERATION OF IND…WSSDA: $7,800 · OtherUW Combined Fund Drive: $7,300 · OtherISSAQUAH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · OtherRENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT #403: $5,500 · OtherROOSEVELT ORCHESTRA BOOSTER CLUB: $5,400 · OtherHIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $19,295 · PhilanthropySTILL WATERS SERVICES FOR FAMILIES IN TRANSITION: $7,000 · PhilanthropySECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $20,908 · Food & NutritionWASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL: $17,800 · Community ImprovementSpark Central: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$380,018Other$153,831Philanthropy$26,295Food & Nutrition$20,908Community Improvement$17,800Arts & Culture$10,000

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 budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $226,843 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON SCHOOL PRINCIPALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $27,831 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $23,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $20,908 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLINE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE: $19,295 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetWASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIAL: $17,800 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNORTHSHORE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWASHINGTON FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCENTER FOR STRENGTHENING THE TEACHING PROFESSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHIGHLINE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBELLEVUE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEverett Public Schools Foundation: $8,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF TACOMA: $7,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $7,075 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISSAQUAH SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Puget Sound Energy Fo…Seattle FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Building ChangesCredit Unions in the …The Albertsons Compan…Seattle Prof Engineer…Kaiser Foundation Hea…Northwest Harvest EmmSchool's Out Washingt…The Norcliffe Foundat…Gates Foundation
Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE29× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · Building Changes · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Seattle Prof Engineering Employees Assn Dba Soc of Prof Eng Empl in Aerospace · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Northwest Harvest Emm · School's Out Washington · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gates Foundation

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 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.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 28 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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