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Global Credit Union

The organization is a credit union operated without profit for mutual purposes.

$96k
Granted FY2021
7
Grants FY2021
1
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, FY2017 to 2021.

Arts & Culture$133kRecreation & Sports$108kHuman Services$61kYouth Development$13kFood & Nutrition$12kPhilanthropy$11k
02FY2021 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $90,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $95,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,000 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $79k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF SPOKANE PARKS & RECREATION$25,000
LADIES & GENTLEMEN OF WA STATE VETERANS CEMETERY$16,000
NAF FAIRCHILD AFB$15,000
INLAND NORTHWEST COUNCILBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$12,500
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$6,000
SAFETY NET$6,000
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 (FY17–21, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PROGRAM: $5k → 12%MEALS ON WHEELS: $6k → 12%MEALS ON WHEELS: $6k → 12%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.
04

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 Global Credit Union’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 88%.

Global Credit Unionlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 7.4% 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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$189k · 7 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2021, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$189k
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+52%

Still filing today

57%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • NF
    NAF FAIRCHILD AFB
    5× · 2017–2021 · $53k
  • IP
    INLAND PUBLICATIONS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $40k
  • EW
    Eastern Washington University Foundation
    3× · 2019–2021 · $30k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • FN
    FIRST NIGHT SPOKANE
    one grant, 2017 · $22k
  • GC
    GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $17k · revenue +118%
  • TB
    The Big Tablegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +114%
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
Visit Spokane

The mission of Visit Spokane is to help promote economic development for Spokane County through tourism and tourism promotion.

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2
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment
3
Spokane Parks Foundation

The Spokane Parks Foundation cultivates the health, growth, and continued enjoyment of our communities by inspiring giving and passion for our parks.

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4
Spokane Public Radio

The mission of Spokane Public Radio is to provide high-quality, artistic, educational and informational radio programming, which enhances and enlivens the cultural life and civic discourse of its listening communities. Spokane Public Radio…

Arts & Culture
5
Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce

The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, dba Greater Spokane, Incorporated, primary mission is to lead transformative business and community initiatives to build a robust regional economy.

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6
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce

Committed to fostering relationships between members and the community. to serve the interest of members by acting as a catalyst for a vibrant sustainable economy.

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7
Spokane Turbine Center Dba Parkwater Foundation
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8
Spokane Regional Sports Commission

Economic and community development through sport tourism. bid to host and create major sporting events, and facility consultation and optimization.

—
9
Pacific Northwest Economic Region Foundation

To increase the economic well-being and quality of life for all citizens of the region; to coordinate provincial, territorial, and state policies throughout the region; to identify and promote "models of success and to serve as a conduit…

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10
Innovation Spokane Schools

To prepare a diverse range of students for a life of learning in post-secondary education, citizenship, and leadership.

Education
11
Community Health Association of Spokane

The mission of the Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS Health) is to improve the overall health of the communities we serve by expanding access to quality health and wellness services.

Health
12
Community Foundation of Snohomish County

The Community Foundation of Snohomish County (the Foundation) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington. The Foundation serves as a community foundation, supporting a broad spectrum of…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners; the most unlike its peers is Terrain Programs. 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

13 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. 13 of the 19 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)
12/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NAF FAIRCHILD AFB: $52,850 · OtherNAF FAIRCHILD AFBINLAND PUBLICATIONS INC: $39,888 · OtherINLAND PUBLICATIONS INCSPOKANE POLICE DEPARTMENT: $25,000 · OtherSPOKANE POLICE DEPARTMENTFIRST NIGHT SPOKANE: $22,306 · OtherFIRST NIGHT SPOKANENORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE: $17,500 · OtherNORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTUREGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $17,000 · OtherGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONLADIES & GENTLEMEN OF THE STATE VETERANS CEMETERY: $16,000 · OtherLADIES & GENTLEMEN OF THE STATE VETERANS CEMETERYLUCKY YOU LOUNGE: $10,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST: $10,000 · OtherTerrain Programs: $24,000 · Arts & CultureTerrain Progra…Spark Central: $13,200 · Arts & CultureSpark CentralSpokane Symphony Society: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSpokane Sympho…Eastern Washington University Foundation: $30,000 · EducationEastern Wash…CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · EducationCORPORATION …MID-CITY CONCERNS INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesSAFETY NET SPOKANE: $6,000 · Human ServicesSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $5,000 · Human ServicesInland NW Council Boy Scouts of America: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentThe Big Table: $11,000 · Philanthropy
Other$210,544Arts & Culture$43,200Education$37,500Human Services$23,000Youth Development$12,500Philanthropy$11,000

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 budgetEastern Washington University Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTerrain Programs: $24,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetFIRST NIGHT SPOKANE: $22,306 over 1y, 14% of budgetGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $17,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpark Central: $13,200 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetInland NW Council Boy Scouts of America: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMID-CITY CONCERNS INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Big Table: $11,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpokane Symphony Society: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAFETY NET SPOKANE: $6,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $5,000 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.

Innovia FoundationThe Avista FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Numerica Credit UnionBetter Health TogetherProject Beauty ShareArtsfundBnsf Railway Foundati…Shell USA Company Fou…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…
Innovia FoundationWA28.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Innovia Foundation · The Avista Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Numerica Credit Union · Better Health Together · Project Beauty Share · Artsfund · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · 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 Global Credit Union funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Global Credit Union. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Global Credit Union?

    Find your warmest path to Global Credit Union 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 19 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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