Alabama · Public charity
Max Credit Union
Max is a state-chartered community credit union serving approximately 126,000 members in the montgomery, alabama and surrounding areas.
- $90k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $40k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $16,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Max Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $25k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $31k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Region United Way | $73,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Storybook Farm Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the River Region Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of East Alabama | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| YMCA Endowment Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eat South | $7,000 | 1 | 14% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Region United Way | $73,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Storybook Farm Inc | $22,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the River Region Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of East Alabama | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| YMCA Endowment Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eat South | $7,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Montgomery Area Non-Traditional Equestri | $5,550 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Max Credit Union supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc · The Landa Fund · Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Inc · Arthur M Britton Foundation Inc · Alfa Foundation · We3 Fund · Samuel L Schloss Family Foundation Tr Schlossburke K Trustee · John and Joyce Caddell Foundation · Crum Family Charitable Foundation · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama
How this is measured
About Max Credit Union
- How much does Max Credit Union give?
- Max Credit Union reported 4 itemized grants totaling $39,500, out of $89,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Max Credit Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (44%), Health (13%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Max Credit Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: River Region United Way ($74k), Storybook Farm Inc ($22k), Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce ($10k).
- Does Max Credit Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Max Credit Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gordy-Mead-Britton Foundation, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The S Adam Schloss Foundation Inc.
- Where is Max Credit Union based?
- Max Credit Union is based in AL.
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