How much does Gecu Foundation give?

Gecu Foundation reported 32 itemized grants totaling $1,156,969, out of $1,196,969 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Gecu Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (25%), Health (23%), Education (22%).

Who are Gecu Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of El Paso County ($845k), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($446k), El Paso Credit Union Hoap Inc ($298k).

Does Gecu Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Gecu Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hunt Family Foundation, El Paso Community Foundation, Paso del Norte Community Foundation.

Where is Gecu Foundation based?

Gecu Foundation is based in TX.

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Texas · Public charity

Gecu Foundation

The GECU FOUNDATION works to support gecu's mission, goals & the credit union movement by supporting charitable causes focusing on the twelve development issues that affect our community.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 32
Itemized grants FY2025: 36
Organizations funded FY2024: 56%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.2M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $12,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $450,369
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 36; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 3
Total assets, FY2025: $552k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 56% of the organizations Gecu Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $385k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	29	$1.1M	17%
FY2024	36	$845k	56%
FY2023	18	$462k	17%
FY2022	23	$504k	52%
FY2021	14	$447k	29%
FY2020	13	$489k	69%
FY2019	5	$150k	60%
FY2018	3	$70k	67%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$848kHealth$776kEducation$720kHuman Services$245kFood & Nutrition$219kHousing & Shelter$144kArts & Culture$81kPublic Safety & Disaster$72kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
United Way of El Paso County	$844,927	6	3%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc	$446,333	7	0%
El Paso Credit Union Hoap Inc	$298,409	7	100%
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger	$180,908	7	0%
University of Texas at El Paso	$171,829	6	n/a
Rebuilding Together-El Paso Inc	$115,000	7	6%
Sw Foundation for Osteopathic	$114,133	2	3%
The Epc Museum Dba la Nube	$100,000	4	2%
El Paso Childrens Hospital Foundation	$100,000	4	2%
Young Men's Christian Association of Ep	$85,000	5	1%

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All grantees of Gecu Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
United Way of El Paso County	$844,927	6	3%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc	$446,333	7	0%
El Paso Credit Union Hoap Inc	$298,409	7	100%
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger	$180,908	7	0%
University of Texas at El Paso	$171,829	6	n/a
Rebuilding Together-El Paso Inc	$115,000	7	6%
Sw Foundation for Osteopathic	$114,133	2	3%
The Epc Museum Dba la Nube	$100,000	4	2%
El Paso Childrens Hospital Foundation	$100,000	4	2%
Young Men's Christian Association of Ep	$85,000	5	1%
Hospice of El Paso Inc	$82,580	5	0%
El Paso Community College Foundation	$55,120	4	5%
Candlelighters of the El Paso Area	$54,791	4	5%
University Medical Center Foundation of El Paso	$53,334	3	3%
Young Women's Christian Association El Paso del Norte Region	$52,344	2	0%
Project Vida	$50,000	5	0%
New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc	$50,000	1	0%
Howard Payne University	$44,000	4	0%
Casa of El Paso Inc	$42,000	4	1%
National Credit Union Foundation	$35,000	2	0%
Ysleta Education Foundation	$34,000	2	5%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$33,515	2	0%
El Paso Children's Hospital Corporation	$33,334	2	0%
Council on Regional Economic Exp & Educational Development Foundation	$32,500	2	2%
El Paso Community College District	$30,000	3	n/a
El Paso Gold Star Families Memorial	$30,000	1	n/a
Opportunity Center for the Homeless	$28,048	1	0%
Texas Tech University System	$27,101	1	n/a
Kelly Center for Hunger Relief	$25,271	1	2%
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso Inc	$24,792	1	2%
Project Amistad Inc	$24,660	1	0%
Community En Accion	$24,506	1	18%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of North Texas	$24,204	1	0%
Casa de Peregrinos	$23,000	2	1%
Pro-Action Inc	$21,700	2	0%
Rotacare El Paso	$20,000	2	35%
Children At Risk	$20,000	2	0%
Common Threads	$18,500	2	0%
Far West Texas & Southern New Mexico Regional Advisory Council on Trauma	$18,000	1	1%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of El Paso Inc	$18,000	3	1%
Habitat for Humanity of El Paso Inc	$17,500	2	1%
Northwest County Volunteer Fire Dep	$15,000	1	n/a
Tornillo Independent School District	$14,243	1	n/a
Casa Mariposa Inc	$10,515	1	9%
Mountainstar Sports Group Foundation (Fka El Paso Chihuahuas Foundation)	$10,200	2	4%
Salvation Army National Corp	$10,000	1	n/a
El Paso Asymca	$10,000	1	n/a
IDEA Public Schools	$10,000	1	0%
Gigis Playhouse Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Project Arriba	$10,000	1	0%
Sacred Heart Church	$10,000	1	n/a
The Salvation Army	$10,000	1	n/a
Doctors of the World USA Inc	$10,000	1	0%
EL PASO GUIDANCE CENTER INC dba EL PASO CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER	$10,000	1	0%
Family Service of El Paso Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Tom Lea Institute	$6,000	1	1%
Childrens Grief Center of El Paso	$6,000	1	n/a
Mountain Star Sports Group	$5,100	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($450k), not named here.

Gecu Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

The Hunt Family FoundationTX40.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hunt Family Foundation · El Paso Community Foundation · Paso del Norte Community Foundation · The Electric Company Charitable Foundation · Wilma Donohue Moleen Foundation Xxxxx7003 · Hervey Foundation · United Way of El Paso County · Marsh Edward & Margaret Fdn-Main · Robert E & Evelyn McKee Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company · Carl C Anderson Sr and Marie Jo Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Shiloff Family 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.

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About Gecu Foundation

How much does Gecu Foundation give?: Gecu Foundation reported 32 itemized grants totaling $1,156,969, out of $1,196,969 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Gecu Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (25%), Health (23%), Education (22%).
Who are Gecu Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of El Paso County ($845k), Texas Tech Foundation Inc ($446k), El Paso Credit Union Hoap Inc ($298k).
Does Gecu Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gecu Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hunt Family Foundation, El Paso Community Foundation, Paso del Norte Community Foundation.
Where is Gecu Foundation based?: Gecu Foundation is based in TX.