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Defense Credit Union Council Inc

Dcuc's primary purpose is to assist member credit unions whose field of membership includes a segment of military and/or civilian personnel of the u.s.

$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Public Benefit$350kEducation$145kPhilanthropy$83kHealth$53kHuman Services$34kCivil Rights$23kInternational$23kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $68,921, the rows itemized in this filing. The $94,658 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,737 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $52k
$11,801
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE$25,000
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION$15,600
USA CARES INC$11,801
SERVICE CREDIT UNION IMPACT FOUNDATION$8,300
CREDIT UNION MIRACLE DAY INC$8,220
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $11k → 10%ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
WI
MA
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Defense Credit Union Council Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 8% of the giving stays in DC; by stated purpose, 5%.

Defense Credit Union Council Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$538k · 6 repeat orgs$233k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
14

Total granted

$538k
$204k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+17%

Still filing today

83%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • FR
    FILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $235k · revenue +8%
  • MS
    Military Spouse Advocacy Network
    3× · 2020–2023 · $105k · revenue +713% · 37% of their budget
  • NC
    NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $63k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COMMUNITIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -1%
  • HF
    Hope For The Warriors
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -15%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +117%
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
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
2
Association of Military Banks of America

The association of military banks of america (amba) is a not-for-profit trade association that represents financial institutions specializing in providing worldwide banking services for military personnel, veterans, and their families.…

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3
Credit Union National Association Inc

Credit union national association, inc. d/b/a america's credit unions is a national trade association for credit unions organized to support, protect, unify, and advance the goals and purposes of the credit union system. it provides…

Community Improvement
4
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
5
Credit Union of America

Provide lending, savings, and financial services for mutual purpose, including consumer loans, real estate loans, credit cards, savings and certificate accounts, investment options, and multiple methods for member access to their financial…

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6
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
7
Amvets (American Veterans)

Amvets is a veterans service organization whose members, having served or now serving in the u.s. armed forces, are united to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states; to safeguard the principles of freedom, liberty and…

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8
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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9
Frontier Credit Union

To be an active participant in the financial success of our members.

Public Benefit
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
National Military Family Association

We guide families of the uniformed services, including those of the deployed, wounded and fallen, through stressful times by providing children's and family programs, financial help, advice, and advocacy.

Public Benefit
12
Medal of Honor Foundation Inc

The Medal of Honor Foundation's mission and purpose is to provide funds to support the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. In doing so, the Foundation supports the Society in advancing their mission to perpetuate the Medal of Honor's…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Usa Cares Inc; the most unlike its peers is Service Credit Union Impact Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $235,000 · Public BenefitFILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INCMilitary Spouse Advocacy Network: $105,000 · Public BenefitMilitary Spouse Advocacy NetworkPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $20,000 · Public Benefit+2 more: $20,803 · Public Benefit+2 moreMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $90,000 · EducationMILITARY CHILD EDUCAT…ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COMMUNITIES INC: $20,025 · EducationASSOCIATION OF DEFENS…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDA…SERVICE CREDIT UNION IMPACT FOUNDATION: $8,300 · EducationSERVICE CREDIT UNION …FRIENDS OF THE FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $6,565 · EducationNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $63,100 · OtherNATIONAL CREDIT UNIO…UNITED STATES ARMY: $22,791 · OtherUNITED STATES ARMYMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $20,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM…COBALT CREDIT UNION: $15,000 · OtherCOBALT CREDIT UNIONARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA GROUP RETURN: $11,211 · OtherARMED SERVICES YMCA …INFUZE CREDIT UNION: $10,000 · OtherINFUZE CREDIT UNIONHope For The Warriors: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCREDIT UNION MIRACLE DAY INC: $8,220 · PhilanthropyWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $22,500 · InternationalSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $11,195 · Human ServicesROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $9,568 · Human ServicesThe Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsUSA CARES INC: $11,801 · Housing & Shelter
Public Benefit$380,803Education$144,890Other$142,102Philanthropy$28,220International$22,500Human Services$20,763Recreation & Sports$20,000Housing & Shelter$11,801

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $235,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMilitary Spouse Advocacy Network: $105,000 over 3y, 37% of budgetMILITARY CHILD EDUCATION COALITION: $90,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $63,100 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE COMMUNITIES INC: $20,025 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $11,801 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetARMED SERVICES YMCA OF THE USA GROUP RETURN: $11,211 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $11,195 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS INC: $10,803 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetINFUZE CREDIT UNION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConsumer Federation of America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION INC: $9,568 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSERVICE CREDIT UNION IMPACT FOUNDATION: $8,300 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCREDIT UNION MIRACLE DAY INC: $8,220 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $6,565 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Trustage Foundation I…Enterprise Holdings F…Renaissance Charitabl…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Trustage Foundation IncWI13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Trustage Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Defense Credit Union Council Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Defense Credit Union Council Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Defense Credit Union Council Inc 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 23 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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