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Security Credit Union Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Civil Rights$32kHealth$15kEnvironment$9kArts & Culture$8kEducation$8kRecreation & Sports$6kAnimals$4kYouth Development$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FLINT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC$8,000
MI UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS$7,500
POWERS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
HUMANE SOCIETY GENESEE COUNTY$4,000
GRAND BLANC LITTLE LEAGUE$3,500
HURLEY FOUNDATION$3,000
PRIDE ACADEMY 21$2,800
BIKES ON THE BRICKS$2,500
MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$2,000
FAMILY LITERACY CENTER$2,000
CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF SAGINAW$1,500
LACADA$1,500
BRIDGE THE GAP$1,200
OAKLAND LITERACY COUNCIL$1,000
THE LEGACY CENTER-MIDLAND$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FOCUS HOPE: $10k → 21%CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES OF SAGINAW: $2k → 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
Flint Center for Educational Excellence

The flint center for educational excellence is building an educational ecosystem that works for all flint kids by providing programs. research, and advocacy that ensure flint kids, their families, schools, and communities thrive.

Education
2
Family Learning Institute

Family learning institute (fli) is a volunteer based nonprofit agency dedicated to closing the achievement gap in washtenaw county. through collaboration with local schools and community partners, and the implementation of innovative…

Education
3
The Flint Children's Museum

To inspire a love for learning in science, technology, engineering, math, and art, and awaken imagination through hands-on play.

Arts & Culture
4
Legacy Center for Community Success

The Legacy Center (TLC) identifies outside-the-classroom barriers to learning and development. We collaborate with other organizations to provide interventions that allow all children, youth and families to flourish and thrive.

Education
5
Child Welfare Society of Flint
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6
Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County Inc

Providing families and individuals of sheboygan county with educational programming and resources to support a connected and thriving community.

Education
7
Kalamazoo Literacy Council

The kalamazoo literacy council (klc) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization committed to enhancing the lives of adults by improving their reading, writing, spelling and comprehension skills. the klc was founded in 1974 and is the only…

Education
8
Fond Du Lac Adult Literacy Services Inc

Develop local adult's reading, writing, speaking, and math skills. dedicated and trained tutors, work one-on-one with students using personalized lesson plans at a pace that is comfortable for the student.

Health
9
Literacy Center of West Michigan

As the largest community-based adult literacy provider in Michigan and nationally recognized for best practice, we instructed 1,347 adults in 2024-2025 with free, contextualized literacy and English language instruction.

Education
10
Illuminations Center for Dyslexia

Provides one-on-one and small group instruction for students with reading difficulties

Education
11
Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc

The children's center's mission is to help children and families shape their own futures.

Human Services
12
Windsor Early Childhood Education Center Inc

Our mission is to be an extension of the family by providing a caring, attentive, and safe learning and growing environment. our program is based on the belief that children are active learners who love routine and play. many approaches to…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Focushope; the most unlike its peers is Camp Centaur Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LACADA: $11,500 · OtherLACADAIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMI UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBS: $7,500 · OtherMI UNITED CONSERVATION CLUBSPOWERS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherPOWERS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLHUMANE SOCIETY GENESEE COUNTY: $4,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY GENESEE COUNTYGRAND BLANC LITTLE LEAGUE: $3,500 · OtherGRAND BLANC LITTLE LEAGUEPRIDE ACADEMY 21: $2,800 · OtherPRIDE ACADEMY 21MEMORIAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Other+5 more: $5,200 · Other+5 moreTHE DISABILITY NETWORK: $10,000 · Civil RightsTHE DISABILITY…HURLEY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Civil RightsHURLEY FOUNDAT…FOCUSHOPE: $10,000 · Human ServicesFOCUSHOPEChild & Family Service of Saginaw: $1,500 · Human ServicesChild & Famil…CAMP CENTAUR INC: $10,000 · HealthCAMP CENTAU…Flint Institute of Music: $8,000 · Arts & CultureFlint Ins…BIKES ON THE BRICKS INC: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsFAMILY LITERACY CENTER: $2,000 · EducationKEEP TOLEDOLUCAS COUNTY BEAUTIFUL INC: $1,000 · Environment
Other$51,500Civil Rights$13,000Human Services$11,500Health$10,000Arts & Culture$8,000Recreation & Sports$2,500Education$2,000Environment$1,000

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 budgetTHE DISABILITY NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFOCUSHOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP CENTAUR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetFlint Institute of Music: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIKES ON THE BRICKS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetFAMILY LITERACY CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChild & Family Service of Saginaw: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds THE DISABILITY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSHOPE ↗
  • Who funds CAMP CENTAUR INC ↗
  • Who funds Flint Institute of Music ↗
  • Who funds HURLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIKES ON THE BRICKS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY LITERACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Child & Family Service of Saginaw ↗
  • Who funds KEEP TOLEDOLUCAS COUNTY BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
  • Who funds OAKLAND LITERACY COUNCIL ↗

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.

The Serra FoundationMI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Serra Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Security Credit Union Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Security Credit Union Foundation 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 22 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-PF 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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