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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 FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$450k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$848kHealth$776kEducation$720kHuman Services$245kFood & Nutrition$219kHousing & Shelter$144kArts & Culture$81kPublic Safety & Disaster$72kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $1,156,969, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,196,969 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,000 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $292k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $373k
  • $250k+1 grant · $450k
$12,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$552k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS$450,369
UNITED WAY OF EL PASO$144,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$65,000
SW FOUNDATION FOR OSTEOPATHIC EDUCA$64,133
EL PASO CREDIT UNION HOAP INC$50,000
NMSU FOUNDATION$50,000
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$33,333
THE EPC MUSEUM DBA LA NUBE$25,000
CREEED FOUNDATION$20,000
EL PASOANS FIGHTING$20,000
REBUILDING TOGETHER - 08212025$20,000
EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDAT$16,667
UMC FOUNDATION$16,667
NORTHWEST COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEP$15,000
PROACTION INC$13,200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $262k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DOCTORS OF THE WORLD USA: $10k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS- EL PASO CHAPTER: $24k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS-EL PASO CHAPTER: $10k → 10%CASA DE PEREGRINOS: $13k → 23%CASA DE PEREGRINOS: $10k → 23%PROJECT AMISTAD: $25k → 21%HOSPICE EL PASO: $26k → 21%HOSPICE EL PASO: $25k → 21%HOSPICE OF EL PASO: $12k → 21%HOSPICE OF EL PASO: $10k → 21%HOSPICE EL PASO: $10k → 21%OPPORTUNITY CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS: $28k → 21%YWCA EL PASO DEL NORTE: $27k → 21%YWCA EL PASO DEL NORTE REGION: $26k → 21%FAMILY SERVICE OF EL PASO: $8k → 21%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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 32 repeat orgs$906k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
23

Total granted

$3.2M
$375k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
0%

Still filing today

94%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $531k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TT
    TEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $446k · revenue +20%
  • EP
    EL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER
    7× · 2019–2025 · $181k · revenue +440%
  • RT
    REBUILDING TOGETHER-EL PASO INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $115k · revenue +144%

Funded once

  • EP
    EL PASO GOLD STAR FAMILIES MEMORIAL
    one grant, 2024 · $30k
  • OC
    OPPORTUNITY CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS
    one grant, 2024 · $28k · revenue 0%
  • TT
    TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    one grant, 2024 · $27k
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
El Paso Center for Children Inc

El paso center for children, inc's purpose is to provide homes for dependent and neglected children and an array of support services for emotionally disturbed children, adolescents, and their families. the organization operates entirely in…

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2
El Paso Coalition for the Homeless Inc

The coalition is designated as the lead entity by hud for dozens of agencies and indivduals who provide housing, services, and support to the homeless community in el paso and carries out the responsibility of leading and managing the…

Housing & Shelter
3
El Paso Matters Inc

Engage in the highest quality independent production, publication and or distribution of orginial news and or news-based materials of community value to far west texas, southern new mexico and northern chihuahua, mexico.

Public Benefit
4
El Paso Human Services Inc

El paso human services, inc. (ephsi), a private non-profit multi-purpose organization, has been providing social services in el paso county since 1984. ephsi has extensive experience in developing, implementing and executing federal, state…

Human Services
5
El Paso Collaborative for Community & Economic Development

The mission of the el paso collaborative is to facilitate affordable housing and small business and economic development in el paso and contiguous counties. the collaborative implements its mission by providing loan products and…

Community Improvement
6
El Paso Chamber of Commerce Foundation

The el paso chamber exists to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, scientific, and literary purposes relating to the city of el paso. the chamber foundation serves as its supporting organization to pursue grants to fund…

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7
El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the hispanic chamber of commerce is to continue to be the pre-eminent resource for business and leading advocate in supporting the growth of the el paso border metroplex.

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8
Rotary Club of El Paso Foundation

Promote projects and initiatives that improve el paso , ciudad juarez, and las cruces region

Community Improvement
9
Paso Del Norte Health Information Exchange

Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange exists to promote the health of El Paso County and surrounding communities by facilitating the creation and operation of a health information exchange. The central activity of the organization is…

Health
10
El Paso Public Television Foundation Inc

To inspire, inform and educate our viewer through quality educational programming; while producing superb local programs tailored to our community.

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11
El Paso Pro-Musica

To present world-renowned musicians with a commitment to artisitic excellence to delight and educate the border region with chamber music.

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12
El Paso County Medical Society

Professional association of physicians.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community En Accion; the most unlike its peers is Ysleta Education Foundation. 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

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 62 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
23/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS: $450,369 · OtherVARIOUSUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO: $171,829 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASOYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EP: $85,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION …CANDLELIGHTERS OF THE EL PASO AREA: $54,791 · OtherPROJECT VIDA: $50,000 · OtherTHE EPC MUSEUM DBA LA NUBE: $100,000 · OtherTHE EPC MUSEUM DBA LA NUBE+24 more: $448,955 · Other+24 moreUNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY: $844,927 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF EL PASO CO…EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $132,500 · PhilanthropyEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDA…+1 more: $10,200 · PhilanthropyEl Paso Credit Union Hoap Inc: $298,409 · HealthEl Paso Credit Unio…Paso del Norte Community Foundation: $212,056 · HealthPaso del Norte Comm…El Paso Childrens Hospital Foundation: $100,000 · HealthEl Paso Childrens H…University Medical Center Foundation of El Paso: $53,334 · HealthUniversity Medical …EL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $33,334 · Health+5 more: $83,700 · Health+5 moreTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $446,333 · EducationTEXAS TECH FOUNDAT…SW FOUNDATION FOR OSTEOPATHIC: $114,133 · EducationSW FOUNDATION FOR …EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $55,120 · EducationEL PASO COMMUNITY …New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc: $50,000 · EducationNew Mexico State U…HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY: $44,000 · EducationHOWARD PAYNE UNIVE…COUNCIL ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC EXP & EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $32,500 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationHOSPICE OF EL PASO INC: $82,580 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION EL PASO DEL NORTE REGION: $52,344 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,515 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS: $28,048 · Human ServicesPROJECT AMISTAD INC: $24,660 · Human ServicesCASA DE PEREGRINOS: $23,000 · Human ServicesDOCTORS OF THE WORLD USA INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $180,908 · Food & NutritionKelly Center for Hunger Relief: $25,271 · Food & NutritionREBUILDING TOGETHER-EL PASO INC: $115,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY EN ACCION: $24,506 · Community Improvement
Other$1,360,944Philanthropy$987,627Health$780,833Education$752,086Human Services$261,647Food & Nutrition$206,179Community Improvement$139,506

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY: $844,927 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetTEXAS TECH FOUNDATION INC: $446,333 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEl Paso Credit Union Hoap Inc: $298,409 over 7y, 100% of budgetPaso del Norte Community Foundation: $212,056 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetEL PASOANS FIGHTING HUNGER: $180,908 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $132,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER-EL PASO INC: $115,000 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetSW FOUNDATION FOR OSTEOPATHIC: $114,133 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetTHE EPC MUSEUM DBA LA NUBE: $100,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetEl Paso Childrens Hospital Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EP: $85,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF EL PASO INC: $82,580 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetEL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $55,120 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCANDLELIGHTERS OF THE EL PASO AREA: $54,791 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetUniversity Medical Center Foundation of El Paso: $53,334 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION EL PASO DEL NORTE REGION: $52,344 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT VIDA: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNew Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY: $44,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF EL PASO INC: $42,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYSLETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $34,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,515 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEL PASO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $33,334 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC EXP & EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetOPPORTUNITY CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS: $28,048 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKelly Center for Hunger Relief: $25,271 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EL PASO INC: $24,792 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetPROJECT AMISTAD INC: $24,660 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY EN ACCION: $24,506 over 1y, 18% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS: $24,204 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA DE PEREGRINOS: $23,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPRO-ACTION INC: $21,700 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROTACARE EL PASO: $20,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetChildren At Risk: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMON THREADS: $18,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAR WEST TEXAS & SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON TRAUMA: $18,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of El Paso Inc: $18,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF EL PASO INC: $17,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCasa Mariposa Inc: $10,515 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetMOUNTAINSTAR SPORTS GROUP FOUNDATION (FKA EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS FOUNDATION): $10,200 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ARRIBA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDOCTORS OF THE WORLD USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEL PASO GUIDANCE CENTER INC dba EL PASO CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF EL PASO INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTOM LEA INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

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 Found…El Paso Community Fou…Paso del Norte Commun…The Electric Company …Wilma Donohue Moleen …Hervey FoundationUnited Way of El Paso…Marsh Edward & Margar…Robert E & Evelyn McK…Texas Mutual Insuranc…Carl C Anderson Sr an…The Shiloff Family Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gecu Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gecu Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%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
    1get no government money at all
    13report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Gecu Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Gecu 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 62 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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