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Washington · Public charity

Kitsap Credit Union

To offer checking, savings, and lending programs to members who primarily live, work, and worship in the state of washington. Kcu also provides financial literacy programs and is actively involved in community outreach programs.

$364k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Itemized grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$354k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$14,025
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,988
Organizations funded a year
2 to 33
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$2.3B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Kitsap Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $276k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving8$354k13%
FY202310$466k30%
FY202233$414k21%
FY202127$325k56%
FY202015$192k53%
FY201910$189k70%
FY20185$134k80%
FY20172$25kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$744kArts & Culture$507kFood & Nutrition$388kCommunity Improvement$214kPhilanthropy$190kHousing & Shelter$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kYouth Development$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kcucares Foundation$500,988297%
Central Kitsap School District$350,0004n/a
Central Kitsap Middle School PTA$200,0002n/a
Metro Parks District of Tacom$82,0002n/a
United Way of Kitsap County$81,12752%
Kitsap Economic Development Alliance$70,00072%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni$60,00050%
Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce$47,75046%
North Kitsap Fishline$45,29540%
Harbor Soccer Club$43,43322%
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All grantees of Kitsap Credit Union by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kcucares Foundation$500,988297%
Central Kitsap School District$350,0004n/a
Central Kitsap Middle School PTA$200,0002n/a
Metro Parks District of Tacom$82,0002n/a
United Way of Kitsap County$81,12752%
Kitsap Economic Development Alliance$70,00072%
Foundation for Western Washington University and Alumni$60,00050%
Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce$47,75046%
North Kitsap Fishline$45,29540%
Harbor Soccer Club$43,43322%
Sharenet Food Bank$41,54543%
Central Kitsap Food Bank$38,98941%
Greater Gig Harbor Foundation$38,00032%
Downtown Bremerton Association$36,00039%
United Way of Pierce County$32,00020%
Northwest Harvest Emm$30,00030%
Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce$28,00031%
Kitsap Building Association$24,77522%
Puyallup Food Bank$23,50030%
Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound$20,00020%
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society$19,54530%
Olympic College Foundation$17,00020%
Bainbridge Island Youth Soccer Club$14,50021%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$13,50010%
Bremerton Backpack Brigade$12,25025%
Bremerton Foodline$12,20021%
First Christian Church$12,0002n/a
South Kitsap Helpline$12,00020%
North Mason Coalition of Churches and Community$12,000213%
Food Bank Farm and Gardens of Jefferson County$12,0002n/a
Nourish Pierce County$12,00020%
North Mason Food Bank$12,00021%
Parkway Community Services$12,0002n/a
Port Townsend Kiwanis Charitable Trust$12,000228%
Food Backpacks 4 Kids$12,00021%
Gig Harbor Peninsula Fish$12,00020%
Chimacum Backpacks for Kids$12,0002n/a
Kitsap Fair and Stampede Association$10,00011%
United Nations Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Habitat for Humanity International East$10,00010%
Southeastern Credit Union Foundation$10,00011%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Peninsula Alliance$10,00011%
Gowest Foundation$6,01211%
The Jefferson County Food Bank Association$6,00011%
Bremerton Rotary Foundation$6,000139%
Helpline House$6,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Kitsap Credit Union supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKcucares Foundation: $500,988 over 2y, 97% of budgetUnited Way of Kitsap County: $81,127 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetKitsap Economic Development Alliance: $70,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetFoundation for Western Washington University and Alumni: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBremerton Area Chamber of Commerce: $47,750 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetNorth Kitsap Fishline: $45,295 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHarbor Soccer Club: $43,433 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetSharenet Food Bank: $41,545 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCentral Kitsap Food Bank: $38,989 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGreater Gig Harbor Foundation: $38,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetDowntown Bremerton Association: $36,000 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetUnited Way of Pierce County: $32,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwest Harvest Emm: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGig Harbor Chamber of Commerce: $28,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetKitsap Building Association: $24,775 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPuyallup Food Bank: $23,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNavy-Marine Corps Relief Society: $19,545 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOlympic College Foundation: $17,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBainbridge Island Youth Soccer Club: $14,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties: $13,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBremerton Backpack Brigade: $12,250 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetBremerton Foodline: $12,200 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSouth Kitsap Helpline: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorth Mason Coalition of Churches and Community: $12,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Mason Food Bank: $12,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPort Townsend Kiwanis Charitable Trust: $12,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetFood Backpacks 4 Kids: $12,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGig Harbor Peninsula Fish: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKitsap Fair and Stampede Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUnited Nations Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International East: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSoutheastern Credit Union Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGowest Foundation: $6,012 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Jefferson County Food Bank Association: $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBremerton Rotary Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetHelpline House: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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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 40.

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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.

Kitsap Community Foun…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Northwest Harvest EmmFood LifelineFirst Fed FoundationMulticare Health Syst…The Russell Family Fo…Seattle FoundationCommunity Action Coun…Greater Tacoma Commun…The Norcliffe Foundat…United Way of Kitsap …
Kitsap Community FoundationWA36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kitsap Community Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Northwest Harvest Emm · Food Lifeline · First Fed Foundation · Multicare Health System · The Russell Family Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Community Action Council of Lewis Mason & Thurston Counties · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way of Kitsap County

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 Kitsap Credit Union

How much does Kitsap Credit Union give?
Kitsap Credit Union reported 8 itemized grants totaling $354,196, out of $364,196 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Kitsap Credit Union fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (34%), Arts & Culture (23%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
Who are Kitsap Credit Union's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kcucares Foundation ($501k), Central Kitsap School District ($350k), Central Kitsap Middle School PTA ($200k).
Does Kitsap Credit Union fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kitsap Credit Union?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kitsap Community Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Northwest Harvest Emm.
Where is Kitsap Credit Union based?
Kitsap Credit Union is based in WA.

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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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