California · Public charity
Meriwest Credit Union
MERIWEST CREDIT UNION is a cooperative, organized for the purpose of promoting thrift and savings among its members, creating a source of credit for them at rates of interest set by the board of directors, and providing an opportunity for them to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and…
- $13k
- Granted FY2023
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $6k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $5,800
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.1B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Meriwest Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $31k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sharks Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Everfi Inc | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Children's Miracle Network | $12,575 | 2 | 0% |
| Shop With a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunger at Home | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Meriwest Credit Union
- How much does Meriwest Credit Union give?
- Meriwest Credit Union reported 1 itemized grants totaling $5,800, out of $12,900 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Meriwest Credit Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Youth Development (29%), Education (27%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are Meriwest Credit Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Sharks Foundation ($25k), Everfi Inc ($24k), Children's Miracle Network ($13k).
- Does Meriwest Credit Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Meriwest Credit Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Meriwest Credit Union based?
- Meriwest Credit Union is based in CA.
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