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Spokane Teachers Credit Union

STCU is committed to maximizing the value of every financial relationship through cost-effective financial services consistent with cooperative principles, applicable legislation, and prudent management.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2023–2024.

Philanthropy$2.0MEducation$362kArts & Culture$148kHuman Services$115kRecreation & Sports$107kHousing & Shelter$102kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kFood & Nutrition$34kOther$0
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $460k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $372k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.8B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Innovia Foundation - Here for Good Foundation$1,010,000
Washington State University Foundation$153,833
Habitat for Humanity Spokane$102,090
Spokane County Library District$58,333
Spokane Regional Sports Commission$57,500
Eastern Washington University Foundation$35,668
Spokane Symphony Society$35,020
Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners$27,500
Allied Arts Association$25,000
Columbia Basin College Foundation$25,000
Spokane Hoopfest Association$23,670
Vanessa Behan$21,803
Gonzaga University$20,450
YWCA of Spokane$20,200
GoWest Foundation$20,050
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Balance: $14k → 9%GoWest Foundation: $20k → 9%Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners: $28k → 12%YWCA of Spokane: $20k → 12%Giving Back Spokane: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Visit Spokane

The mission of Visit Spokane is to help promote economic development for Spokane County through tourism and tourism promotion.

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2
Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce

Committed to fostering relationships between members and the community. to serve the interest of members by acting as a catalyst for a vibrant sustainable economy.

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3
Spokane Parks Foundation

The Spokane Parks Foundation cultivates the health, growth, and continued enjoyment of our communities by inspiring giving and passion for our parks.

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4
Pacific Northwest Economic Region Foundation

To increase the economic well-being and quality of life for all citizens of the region; to coordinate provincial, territorial, and state policies throughout the region; to identify and promote "models of success and to serve as a conduit…

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5
Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce

The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, dba Greater Spokane, Incorporated, primary mission is to lead transformative business and community initiatives to build a robust regional economy.

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6
Innovation Spokane Schools

To prepare a diverse range of students for a life of learning in post-secondary education, citizenship, and leadership.

Education
7
Community Health Association of Spokane

The mission of the Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS Health) is to improve the overall health of the communities we serve by expanding access to quality health and wellness services.

Health
8
Independent Colleges of Washington

Independent colleges of washington is the leading advocate for not-for-profit, private campuses in washington state.

Education
9
Cowlitz Economic Development Council

Foster Growth in the Community

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10
Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank

Our mission is to provide food and key resources to help our neighbors and community thrive. we lead the effort to feed, educated and advocate ending hunger in the snoqualmie valley and beyond.

Food & Nutrition
11
Spokane Alliance

To build broad-based non-partisan civic power organizations in the Spokane region to address the fundamental common needs of the community including the inequities, and injustices facing low-income people and persons subjected to…

Community Improvement
12
Spark Northwest

Founded in 2001, Spark Northwest accelerates the just transition to clean energy in the Pacific Northwest. Spark Northwest uses two primary strategies: (1) on-the-ground project consulting, focusing on communities with limited financial…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partners Inland Northwest and the most unlike its peers is Carrousel Players of the Coeur D'alene Summer Theatre Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%6%<5yr14%13%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr15%19%20–35yr12%41%35–55yr15%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%1%<5yr14%40%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr15%4%20–35yr12%52%35–55yr15%3%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 6% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/40
the rest of the field
13%
481/3,823

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
10/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Innovia Ignite Foundation — $1,010,000 · PhilanthropyInnovia Ignite FoundationInnovia Foundation — $992,500 · PhilanthropyInnovia Foundation+1 more — $10,976 · PhilanthropyWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY — $153,833 · OtherWASHINGTON STAT…Spokane County Library District — $58,333 · OtherSpokane County …SPOKANE REGIONAL SPORTS COMMISSION — $57,500 · OtherSPOKANE REGIONA…Spokane Public Schools — $16,216 · OtherNORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE FOUNDATION — $15,000 · OtherCARROUSEL PLAYERS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE SUMMER THEATRE INC — $15,000 · OtherVANESSA BEHAN — $21,803 · OtherVANESSA BEHANNORTH IDAHO ICE — $15,000 · Other+6 more — $55,042 · Other+6 moreSpokane Symphony Society — $35,020 · Arts & CultureALLIED ARTS ASSOCIATION — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSPOKANE HOOPFEST ASSOCIATION — $23,670 · Arts & CultureThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCOEUR DALENE ARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE — $18,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF KSPS — $7,500 · Arts & CultureEastern Washington University Foundation — $35,668 · EducationCOLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — $20,450 · EducationNORTH IDAHO COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT — $7,500 · EducationNORTHEAST WASHINGTON EDUCATION COUNCIL — $6,950 · EducationMEAD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — $6,031 · EducationWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY — $5,500 · EducationHabitat for Humanity - Spokane — $102,090 · Housing & ShelterSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS — $27,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $20,200 · Human ServicesGOWEST FOUNDATION — $20,050 · Human ServicesCONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SAN FRANCISCO DBA BALANCE — $13,608 · Human ServicesPARTNERS INLAND NORTHWEST — $6,725 · Human ServicesGIVING BACK SPOKANE — $5,020 · Human ServicesINLAND NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET ASSOCIATION — $20,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST — $13,500 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$2,013,476Other$407,727Arts & Culture$129,190Education$122,099Housing & Shelter$102,090Human Services$93,103Food & Nutrition$33,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetInnovia Foundation — $992,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity - Spokane — $102,090 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSPOKANE REGIONAL SPORTS COMMISSION — $57,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEastern Washington University Foundation — $35,668 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSpokane Symphony Society — $35,020 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS — $27,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLIED ARTS ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA BASIN COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSPOKANE HOOPFEST ASSOCIATION — $23,670 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetVANESSA BEHAN — $21,803 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY — $20,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION — $20,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGOWEST FOUNDATION — $20,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOEUR DALENE ARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE — $18,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetNORTH IDAHO COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNORTH IDAHO ICE — $15,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetCARROUSEL PLAYERS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE SUMMER THEATRE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SAN FRANCISCO DBA BALANCE — $13,608 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST — $13,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIDGE RIDERS LLC — $11,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetUnited Way of Spokane County — $10,976 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT — $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF KSPS — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST WASHINGTON EDUCATION COUNCIL — $6,950 over 1y, 11% of budgetPARTNERS INLAND NORTHWEST — $6,725 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMEAD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION — $6,031 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY — $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREIMAGINE MEDICAL LAKE — $5,100 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetGIVING BACK SPOKANE — $5,020 over 1y, 1.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Avista FoundationInnovia FoundationNumerica Credit UnionFirst Interstate Banc…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Multicare Health Syst…Providence Health & S…Women Helping Women F…Umpqua Bank Charitabl…Credit Unions in the …Idaho Community Found…Union Pacific Foundat…
The Avista FoundationWA41.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Avista Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Numerica Credit Union · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Multicare Health System · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Women Helping Women Fund · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Union Pacific Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Spokane Teachers Credit Union funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your 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
    13report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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