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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 FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$74kHealth$22kArts & Culture$18kHuman Services$17kYouth Development$15kCommunity Improvement$10kFood & Nutrition$7kRecreation & Sports$6k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $39,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $89,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,000 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVER REGION UNITED WAY$16,500
MONTGOMERY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$10,000
YMCA BROWN BAG BUS$7,000
STORYBROOK FARMS$6,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 16%YMCA BROWN BAG BUS: $7k → 18%MERCY HOUSE: $10k → 18%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 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
Alabama Restaurant & Hospitality Association Foundation
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2
Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Alabama Inc

The boys and girls club of southwest alabama actively works with local youth of all backgrounds to develop the qualities needed to become responsible citizens and future leaders in our community.

Youth Development
3
Montgomery Botanical Center
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4
The Family Y Young Men's Christian Association/Ywco of the Csra Inc

Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the csra through programs designed to build healthy spirit, mind, and body, reflecting the values of the judeo-christian tradition while maintaining respect for all people.

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5
Boys & Girls Club of North Alabama

Inspire and enable young people to reach potential.

Youth Development
6
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South Inc

To nurture strong minds, healthy bodies and community spirit through youth driven, quality programming in a safe and fun environment.

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7
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame
Arts & Culture
8
Kiwanis Int'l Montgomery Chapter

The kiwanis club of montgomery is a non-profit community organization whose goals are to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service and to build a better community in montgomery, alabama and surrounding areas.

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9
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Alabama Inc

To enable and motivate all youth within a safe environment to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens according to judeo-christian principles.

Youth Development
10
Young Mens Christian Association

The montgomery ymca, reflecting its judeo-christian heritage, is an association of volunteers, members, and staff open to and serving all, providing programs and services which develop spirit, mind, and body. montgomery ymca statement of…

Human Services
11
Montgomery Area Family Violence Program Inc

Mission statement: it is the mission of the family sunshine center to bring help, hope and healing to victims of family violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking through a crisis line, emergency shelter, transitional housing,…

Human Services
12
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce; the most unlike its peers is Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association. 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

11 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.

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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $73,500 · PhilanthropyRIVER REGION UNITED WAYSTORYBOOK FARM INC: $22,000 · Recreation & SportsSTORYBOOK FARM…ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 · Arts & CultureALABAMA SHAK…MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $8,000 · Arts & CultureMONTGOMERY M…MONTGOMERY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF EAST ALABAMA: $7,500 · OtherBOYS & GIRL…MERCY HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMERCY HOUSE…YMCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Human ServicesYMCA ENDOWM…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE RIVER REGION INC: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentEAT SOUTH: $7,000 · Food & NutritionMONTGOMERY AREA NON-TRADITIONAL EQUESTRI: $5,550 · Health
Philanthropy$73,500Recreation & Sports$22,000Arts & Culture$18,000Other$17,500Human Services$17,000Youth Development$7,500Food & Nutrition$7,000Health$5,550

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRIVER REGION UNITED WAY: $73,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSTORYBOOK FARM INC: $22,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMONTGOMERY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMERCY HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE RIVER REGION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF EAST ALABAMA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEAT SOUTH: $7,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetMONTGOMERY AREA NON-TRADITIONAL EQUESTRI: $5,550 over 1y, 3.6% 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.

Gordy-Mead-Britton Fo…Alabama Power Foundat…The S Adam Schloss Fo…The Landa FundKiwanis Club of Montg…Arthur M Britton Foun…Alfa FoundationWe3 FundSamuel L Schloss Fami…John and Joyce Caddel…Crum Family Charitabl…The Daniel Foundation…
Gordy-Mead-Britton FoundationAL17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Max Credit Union funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max Credit Union. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    5report 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, FY20–24
    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.

    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 11 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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