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Spokane Teachers Credit Union at a glance

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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 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, FY2023 to 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

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
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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 (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 its 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
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partners Inland Northwest; 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.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
11/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · OtherCARROUSEL PLAYERS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE SUMMER THEATRE INC: $15,000 · OtherNORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE FOUNDATION: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetCARROUSEL PLAYERS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE SUMMER THEATRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH IDAHO ICE: $15,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetNORTHWEST MUSEUM OF ARTS & CULTURE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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 budgetFRIENDS OF KSPS: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% 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
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.

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

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

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    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
    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 40 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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