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Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc

Redwood credit union community fund, inc.

$798k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$210k
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 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$19MHousing & Shelter$718kPhilanthropy$561kArts & Culture$435kHuman Services$338kYouth Development$250kEducation$80kCommunity Improvement$52kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $371,502, the rows itemized in this filing. The $797,818 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $426,316 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $133k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $210k
$10,834
Median grant
2
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH BAY CHILDREN'S CENTER$210,000
UPVALLEY FAMILY CENTERS$20,000
PUERTAS ABIERTAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER$15,000
SIMPLE GESTURE SYSTEMS INC$12,832
COMMUNITY ACTION MARIN$12,500
CHOP'S TEEN CLUB$10,834
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC$10,834
LUTHER BURBANK CENTER FOR THE ARTS$10,834
SAN FRANCISCO LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
CORAZON HEALDSBURG$10,000
GOOD FARM FUND - NORTH COAST OPPORTUNITES$10,000
FIRST RESPONDERS RESILIENCY$10,000
DOGWOOD ANIMAL RESCUE$9,074
SANTA ROSA FIRE FOUNDATION$7,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA$7,036
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 (FY17–25, $4.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UPVALLEY FAMILY CENTERS: $20k → 9%NORTH COAST OPPORTUNITES: $471k → 18%COMMUNITY ACTION MARIN: $13k → 8%NORTH COAST OPPORTUNITES: $210k → 18%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $30k → 10%RAISE & SHINE NON-PROFIT: $10k → 18%NORTH BAY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $210k → 8%GOOD FARM FUND - NORTH COAST OPPORTUNITES: $10k → 18%NORTH BAY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $125k → 8%COMMUNITY CHILDCARE COUNCIL OF SONOMA: $175k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION NAPA VALLEY: $50k → 9%PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES: $50k → 8%PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES: $28k → 8%DISABILITY SERVICES & LEGAL CENTER: $50k → 9%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $63k → 9%TLC CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $750k → 9%LA LUZ CENTER: $150k → 9%CORAZON HEALDSBURG: $35k → 9%CORAZON HEALDSBURG: $10k → 9%VINTAGE HOUSE: $50k → 9%CHILD PARENT INSTITUTE: $25k → 9%CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: $500k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE: $300k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE: $298k → 9%EXTENDED CHILD CARE COALITION OF SONOMA COUNTY: $287k → 9%SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $270k → 9%SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $6k → 9%SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $6k → 9%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 19% of Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 9%.

Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 90% 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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15M · 27 repeat orgs$6.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +107% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
60

Total granted

$15M
$5.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+107%
+47%

Still filing today

93%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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

  • CF
    Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1.3M · revenue +289% · 61% of their budget
  • LL
    LA LUZ CENTER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $900k · revenue +30% · 38% of their budget
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA
    4× · 2017–2021 · $866k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • CH
    CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $500k · revenue -12%
  • PETALUMA HEALTH CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $391k · revenue +95%
  • IF
    INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $300k · revenue +198%
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
Sonoma Botanical Garden
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2
Sonoma Mountain Institute
Environment
3
Homes for California Dba Homes for Sonoma

Homes for Sonoma is a nonprofit developer creating quality workforce housing options that support safe and sustainable community, and finds efficient, scalable solutions to address the housing crisis in Sonoma County and throughout…

Housing & Shelter
4
Solano Community Foundation

The Solano Community Foundation strengthens Solano County by advancing equity, supporting nonprofit resilience, and expanding access to philanthropy. We serve as a community leader, responsive grantmaker, and trusted partner for donors who…

Philanthropy
5
Sonoma Applied Village Services

Address the homeless crisis in California.

Housing & Shelter
6
Solano Family & Childrens Council Inc

Solano Family & Children's Services promotes and advocates for the well-being of children, their families, and child care providers by offering access to a variety of child care resources.

Human Services
7
Northern California Center for Well-Being

To improve the health and well-being of our community through evidence-based health practices and innovative programs that advance health equity for all.

Health
8
Sonoma Ecology Center

The Mission of Sonoma Ecology Center is to work with our community to enhance and sustain ecological health in the Sonoma valley.

Environment
9
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
10
Nami Sonoma County

NAMI Sonoma County's mission is to build better lives for individuals and families affected by mental illness throughout Sonoma County by providing education, support, and advocacy.

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11
Court Appointed Special Advocates

The Sonoma County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program serves abused and neglected children coming before the Juvenile Court of Protection and Rehabilitation Services.

Civil Rights
12
Community Housing Sonoma County

Community Housing Sonoma County creates supportive housing communities for people living with disabling conditions, especially veterans.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Coast Opportunities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Roadrunner Ridge Community Foundation. 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

87 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. 87 of the 97 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/87
Grantees still filing
56/87
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY: $5,038,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRYHOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC- HCRN: $545,078 · PhilanthropyHOPE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK INC-…GRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: $350,000 · PhilanthropyGRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGR…INDIVIDUAL & FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK: $300,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $95,000 · PhilanthropyLA LUZ CENTER: $900,000 · Human ServicesLA LUZ CENTERCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $866,174 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE…NORTH COAST OPPORTUNITIES INC: $690,664 · Human ServicesNORTH COAST OPPORTUNITIES…CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $500,000 · Human ServicesCALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPM…NORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $335,000 · Human ServicesNORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTE…THE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $313,000 · Human ServicesTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJE…Extended Child Care Coalition of Sonoma County: $286,965 · Human ServicesExtended Child Care Coali…INDIVIDUALS NOW INC DBA SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $282,519 · Human ServicesINDIVIDUALS NOW INC DBA S…Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County: $175,000 · Human Services+12 more: $445,500 · Human Services+12 moreCenter for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership: $1,269,138 · OtherCenter for Volunteer & Nonpro…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARIN: $550,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-…VOLUNTEER CENTER OF SONOMA COUNTY: $400,000 · OtherVOLUNTEER CENTER OF SONOMA CO…COMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS: $300,000 · OtherCOMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESSSANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOLS: $300,000 · OtherSANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOLSVINTAGE HIGH SCHOOL: $284,692 · OtherLUTHER BURBANK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $250,017 · OtherSONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Other+34 more: $1,769,836 · Other+34 moreLAKE AREA ROTARY CLUB ASSOCIATION: $1,092,145 · Community ImprovementLAKE AREA …COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY: $800,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY …+4 more: $114,000 · Community Improvement+4 moreSANTA ROSA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: $594,925 · HealthPETALUMA HEALTH CENTER INC: $390,806 · HealthWEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $200,000 · HealthHEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY: $100,000 · HealthThe Jewish Community Free Clinic: $100,000 · HealthFirst Responders Resiliency: $95,000 · HealthAmbulatory Surgery Access Coalition: $74,000 · Health+6 more: $116,214 · HealthREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $441,782 · Food & NutritionSonoma County Grape Growers Foundation: $200,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $300,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: $64,500 · Arts & CultureEnriching Lives Through Music: $21,434 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $24,076 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$6,328,578Human Services$4,794,822Other$5,623,683Community Improvement$2,006,145Health$1,670,945Food & Nutrition$641,782Arts & Culture$410,010

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 budgetUNITED WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY: $5,038,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership: $1,269,138 over 2y, 61% of budgetLAKE AREA ROTARY CLUB ASSOCIATION: $1,092,145 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetLA LUZ CENTER: $900,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $866,174 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF SONOMA COUNTY: $800,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetNORTH COAST OPPORTUNITIES INC: $690,664 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetSANTA ROSA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: $594,925 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA-MARIN: $550,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $441,782 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetVOLUNTEER CENTER OF SONOMA COUNTY: $400,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetPETALUMA HEALTH CENTER INC: $390,806 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: $350,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetNORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $335,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $313,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetINDIVIDUAL & FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK: $300,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS: $300,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SONOMA COUNTY: $300,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetExtended Child Care Coalition of Sonoma County: $286,965 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetINDIVIDUALS NOW INC DBA SOCIAL ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH: $282,519 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetLUTHER BURBANK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $250,017 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSonoma County Grape Growers Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetWEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBURBANK HOUSING MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $175,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetGREATER NAPA FAIR HOUSING CENTER: $168,194 over 1y, 21% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SONOMA COUNTY: $150,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA VALLEY BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SONOMA VALLEY: $104,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetHEALTHCARE FOUNDATION NORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetThe Jewish Community Free Clinic: $100,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNAPA VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $97,800 over 1y, 19% of budgetFirst Responders Resiliency: $95,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetLITERACYWORKS: $85,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetPETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER: $78,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MENDOCINO COUNTY: $75,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLittle League Inc - Rincon Valley: $74,791 over 1y, 26% of budgetAmbulatory Surgery Access Coalition: $74,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNATIONAL INDIAN JUSTICE CENTER: $64,966 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: $64,500 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetCareer Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County: $55,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION: $52,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION OF NAPA VALLEY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetForget Me Not Childrens Services: $50,000 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY HORSE COUNCIL: $50,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetVintage House Multi Purpose Senior Center: $50,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetDisability Services & Legal Center: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% 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.

Sonoma County Communi…Sonoma County Vintner…McNabb FoundationMarin Community Found…United Way of the Win…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Bothin FoundationTipping Point Communi…Sonoma Valley Vintner…Community Foundation …East Bay Community Fo…Peter E Haas Jr Famil…
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA108.9× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · United Way of the Wine Country · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Bothin Foundation · Tipping Point Community · Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Foundation · Community Foundation of Mendocino County · East Bay Community Foundation · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc 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 97 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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