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First Federal Credit Union Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$28kHuman Services$22kFood & Nutrition$15kHousing & Shelter$10kYouth Development$9kRecreation & Sports$6kHealth$6kArts & Culture$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$850
Median grant
2
States reached
$305k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER POINT URBANA FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES$2,500
LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
FREEDOM FOUNDATION$1,000
KIDS FIRST LAW CENTER$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$1,000
KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE$1,000
INDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER$1,000
SIMPSONS COLLEGE$1,000
VARIETY CLUB OF EASTERN IOWA$1,000
WILLIS DADY HOMELESS SERVICES$1,000
GREEN SQUARE MEALS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
MT ZION FOOD PANTRY$1,000
SALUTE TO THE FALLEN$850
HOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY$750
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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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOUR OAKS: $1k → 9%FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $1k → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $500 → 9%FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $500 → 9%YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $500 → 9%MATTHEW 25: $4k → 9%SALUTE TO THE FALLEN: $850 → 9%TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE: $450 → 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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$65k · 24 repeat orgs$49k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
41

Total granted

$65k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+27%

Still filing today

58%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TF
    The Freedom Foundation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $4k · revenue +122%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $3k · revenue +114%
  • GS
    Green Square Meals Inc
    3× · 2020–2024 · $3k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • M2
    MATTHEW 25graduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +46%
  • CV
    CEDAR VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +32%
  • TF
    TREES FOREVER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -21%
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
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
2
Iowans for Ukrainians
Philanthropy
3
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation

The greater cedar rapids community foundation (the community foundation) partners with donors, funders, and other community collaborators to achieve high-impact philanthropy, supports nonprofit organizations that address our community's…

Philanthropy
4
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

Environment
5
Iowa Citizen Action Network

To promote social, economic and environmental justice.

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6
Cedar Falls Lutheran Home

Christian caring - enhancing lives through a commitment to individualized care in a home empowered by god's love.

Housing & Shelter
7
Iowa Legal Aid

To strengthen Iowa's families and communities by providing free legal help that protects housing, safety, and income-and empowers people to build stable, independent lives. With 10 offices serving all 99 Iowa counties, Iowa Legal Aid helps…

Crime & Legal
8
Iowa Laborers' Employers Cooperation & Education Trust

Improve communications between employers and local unions.

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9
Iowa Center Loan Fund

The mission of the iowa center loan fund cdfi is to reduce proverty and inequality and further community development by providing access to capital to iowans starting or expanding a business who do not have access to traditional forms of…

Community Improvement
10
Linn County Advocate Inc

Linn County Advocate, Inc., provides quality legal representation for indigent clients in criminal and juvenile cases at the state court level in Linn, Johnson, Benton, and Jones Counties in the state of Iowa.

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11
Impact Iowa's Heroes

To honor and strengthen iowas first responder and military marriages by providing relevant coaching;encouraging the development of the community with one another; and rallying the support of the citizens of

Public Benefit
12
Freedom for Youth Ministries

Freedom for youth offers the love of jesus christ to at-risk inner city youth and homeless young adults which empowers them to break bondages in their lives, discover their god given purpose and lead a life filled with faith, hope & love.…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Meals From the Heartland Inc; the most unlike its peers is Patrons of the Performing Arts At Washington High. 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

31 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. 31 of the 79 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
19/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HIAWATHA LIBRARY: $7,500 · OtherHIAWATHA LIBRARYHACAP: $7,181 · OtherHACAPVARIETY CLUB OF EASTERN IOWA: $6,248 · OtherVARIETY CLUB OF EASTERN IOWAGreen Square Meals Inc: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherCEDAR VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY INC: $2,800 · Other+53 more: $50,642 · Other+53 moreMATTHEW 25: $3,792 · Human ServicesMATTHEW 25The Freedom Foundation: $3,500 · Human ServicesThe Freedom …YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $2,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG PARENT…FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1,200 · Human ServicesFOUR OAKS FA…SALUTE TO THE FALLEN: $850 · Human ServicesSALUTE TO TH…TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE: $450 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $3,000 · EducationSimpson College: $1,000 · EducationHARMONY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INCORPORATED: $1,000 · EducationUnited We March Forward: $1,000 · EducationPATRONS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AT WASHINGTON HIGH: $500 · EducationJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC: $3,300 · Youth DevelopmentLBA FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentHIS HANDS MINISTRIES: $2,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · HealthMARK HARRISON CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $475 · HealthTREES FOREVER INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $1,000 · EnvironmentLINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$80,371Human Services$12,292Education$6,500Youth Development$4,800Health$4,475Environment$3,500Arts & Culture$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMATTHEW 25: $3,792 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Freedom Foundation: $3,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC: $3,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $3,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Square Meals Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY INC: $2,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Linn County: $2,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetHIS HANDS MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTREES FOREVER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG PARENTS NETWORK: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSimpson College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKIDS FIRST LAW CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited We March Forward: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetINDIAN CREEK NATURE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLinn County Trails Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSALUTE TO THE FALLEN: $850 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPATRONS OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AT WASHINGTON HIGH: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAKOTA HUNTING WITH HEROES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $475 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER WE ACHIEVE: $450 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHAYLA BEE FUND INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 ↗
  • Who funds The Freedom Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds Green Square Meals Inc ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY INC ↗
  • Who funds Family Promise of Linn County ↗
  • Who funds HIS HANDS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds TREES FOREVER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG PARENTS NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds LINN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL IOWA ↗
  • Who funds MEALS FROM THE HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING FUND FOR LINN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LBA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOUR OAKS FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Simpson College ↗
  • Who funds HARMONY SCHOOL OF MUSIC INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds KIDS FIRST LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds WILLIS DADY EMERGENCY SHELTER 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.

Greater Cedar Rapids …Alliant Energy Founda…GreenState Credit Uni…United Fire Group Fou…United Way of East Ce…The Hall-Perrine Foun…Dupaco RW Hoefer Foun…Carleen and Eugene Gr…Hawkeye Area Communit…The Linge FoundationMercy Medical CenterESP International Cha…
Greater Cedar Rapids Community FoundationIA50.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · GreenState Credit Union · United Fire Group Foundation · United Way of East Central Iowa · The Hall-Perrine Foundation · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Carleen and Eugene Grandon Charitable Foundation · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · The Linge Foundation · Mercy Medical Center · ESP International Charitable 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 First Federal Credit Union Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Federal Credit Union Foundation. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to First Federal Credit Union Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to First Federal Credit Union Foundation 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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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