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State Employees Credit Union of Maryland Inc at a glance

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State Employees Credit Union of Maryland Inc

Secu's mission is to create experiences and connections that empower members to elevate their financial wellness.

$493k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$345k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Education$2.6MPhilanthropy$106kHuman Services$105kRecreation & Sports$77kCommunity Improvement$68kHealth$44kInternational$20kYouth Development$10k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $473,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $493,398 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $20,398 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $121k
  • $250k+1 grant · $345k
$21,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.5B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECU MD FOUNDATION$345,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND$40,000
KENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC$24,500
ULMAN FOUNDATION$21,000
CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION OF MD & DC$15,000
THE BEST IS AHEAD FOUNDATION$10,000
MARYLAND COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION$10,000
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$7,500
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 (FY21–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC: $8k → 19%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 9 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$3.0M
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+46%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementInternationalHealthOther
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

  • SM
    SECU MD FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +42% · 93% of their budget
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $77k · revenue +28%
  • AA
    AFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION
    3× · 2018–2023 · $60k · revenue +471%

Funded once

  • TU
    TOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +76%
  • UO
    University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $11k · revenue +13%
  • CC
    CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +46%
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
Michigan Credit Union Foundation

Cooperatively empowering credit unions to increase financial well-being by supporting community enrichment, financial education, and credit union development initiatives

Public Benefit
2
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
Maryland Independent College & University Association Inc

Serving the interests of independent higher education and supporting the work of campus leaders throughout the state of maryland.

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4
Western Md Health Sys Foundation

To coordinate with UPMC Western Maryland to enhance health care in the service area and also operate for the charitable and educational purposes of supporting UPMC Western Maryland.

Health
5
Credit Union of America

Provide lending, savings, and financial services for mutual purpose, including consumer loans, real estate loans, credit cards, savings and certificate accounts, investment options, and multiple methods for member access to their financial…

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6
Cdu Foundation

The purpose of this corporation is to perform the charitable functions of and carry out the charitable purposes of charles r. drew university of medicine and science (cdu), a california nonprofit public benefit corporation. this…

Education
7
World Council of Credit Unions Inc

To promote more equitable and resilient communities through financial inclusion powered by credit unions and financial cooperatives.

—
8
University of Dc Foundation Inc

The corporation is organized exclusively for scientific, literary, charitable, educational purposes for the benefit of the university of the district of columbia.

Education
9
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

The coalition of urban and metropolitan universities is an international membership organization of universities in urban and metropolitan areas that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values

Education
10
Council for Court Excellence

Council for court excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.

—
11
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc

Uwmd is a community-based social change organization that unites the community to create lasting change. for 100 years, we've brought together passionate change-makers, alongside corporate, civic and nonprofit partners, to strengthen…

Philanthropy
12
United Way Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc

Support and assist the united way of washington county, maryland, inc. in carrying out its mission.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Credit Union Foundation of Md & Dc; the most unlike its peers is Best Is Ahead Foundation 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

16 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.

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)
16/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECU MD FOUNDATION INC: $2,592,071 · EducationSECU MD FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $23,000 · EducationTHE CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION OF MD & DC: $105,000 · OtherCOUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION IN MARYLAND INC: $45,500 · OtherNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $27,300 · OtherBEST IS AHEAD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC: $7,500 · OtherTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $35,765 · PhilanthropyKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,755 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · PhilanthropySPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $77,000 · Recreation & SportsAFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION: $60,000 · Community ImprovementULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 · HealthWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $20,000 · International
Education$2,615,071Other$195,300Philanthropy$78,520Recreation & Sports$77,000Community Improvement$60,000Health$33,000International$20,000

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 budgetSECU MD FOUNDATION INC: $2,592,071 over 6y, 93% of budgetTHE CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION OF MD & DC: $105,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $77,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN CREDIT UNION COALITION: $60,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetCOUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION IN MARYLAND INC: $45,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $35,765 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $33,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $27,300 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $24,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $10,755 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST IS AHEAD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE6.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 State Employees Credit Union of Maryland Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from State Employees Credit Union of Maryland Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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.

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 16 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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