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First Alliance Credit Union Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

First Alliance Credit Union Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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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 2025.

Youth Development$15kHuman Services$13kEducation$5kPhilanthropy$5kFood & Nutrition$3kCommunity Improvement$3kHealth$2k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$75k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys and Girls Club of Rochester$10,000
Jeremiah Program$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota: $3k → 9%Family Service Rochester: $2k → 9%Family Service Rochester: $2k → 9%Women's Shelter & Support Center: $3k → 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 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
First Homes Properties

To provide opportunities for low and moderate-income households in southeastern minnesota counties to secure housing that is decent and affordable.

Housing & Shelter
2
Compeer Rochester Inc

Through supportive friendships, enhance the wellness of those with social and emotional barriers.

Health
3
Rochester Child Care Center Inc

The center strives to provide a range of services that support working parents while fostering the emotional, social, physical and intellectual growth of their children. special consideration is given to low income families and families…

Human Services
4
Rochester Area Foundation

Building and enhancing the quality of life in the greater rochester area through philanthropic leadership and community partnerships.

Philanthropy
5
Rochesterworks Inc

The rochesterworks system stimulates local economic growth by providing outstanding employment education, support, and training services.

Employment
6
Rochester Downtown Alliance

To create, enhance, and promote a downtown experience that is welcoming, fun, and livable.

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7
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
8
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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9
Minnesota State College Southeast Foundation

Minnesota state college southeast foundation assists the college in achieving excellence in technical education for employment by developing financial and community resources for students, employers, and communities within our service area.

Education
10
Rochester Art Center

Rochester art center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse…

Arts & Culture
11
Neighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc

NeighborWorks Rochester collaborates with people and partners to strengthen, sustain and promote city neighborhoods. Our services are available to a wide spectrum of the community, including existing and potential homeowners, tenants and…

Housing & Shelter
12
United Way of Greater Rochester Inc

United way of greater rochester's mission is to unite the good will and resources of the greater rochester community so that everyone can thrive. united way supports a broad network of human service organizations, community initiatives and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Southeast Minnesota; the most unlike its peers is Women's Shelter 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF R…FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE ROCHEST…WOMEN'S SHELTER INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S SHELTER INCBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MN: $2,710 · Human ServicesBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTE…Boys and Girls Club: $2,000 · OtherBoys and Girls ClubBEAR CREEK SERVICES INC: $2,000 · OtherBEAR CREEK SERVICES…ROCHESTER SOMALI COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,000 · OtherROCHESTER SOMALI CO…Jeremiah Program Rochester: $2,000 · OtherJeremiah Program Ro…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG: $5,000 · EducationROCHESTER CO…CHANNEL ONE INC: $3,000 · Food & NutritionCOLLIDER FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Community ImprovementJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
Youth Development$10,000Human Services$9,210Other$8,000Philanthropy$5,000Education$5,000Food & Nutrition$3,000Community Improvement$3,000Housing & Shelter$2,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHANNEL ONE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S SHELTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLIDER FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MN: $2,710 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEAR CREEK SERVICES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Mayo ClinicOtto Bremer TrustOshkosh Corporation F…United Way of Southea…Seneca Foods Foundati…Rochester Area Founda…Mightycause Charitabl…The Affinity Plus Fed…The West Bancorporati…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…
Mayo ClinicMN24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mayo Clinic · Otto Bremer Trust · Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc · United Way of Southeast Minnesota · Seneca Foods Foundation · Rochester Area Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · 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 First Alliance Credit Union Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Alliance Credit Union Foundation Inc. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–10%
    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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    How do I get to First Alliance Credit Union Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to First Alliance Credit Union Foundation 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 13 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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