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The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$426k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
26
Organizations funded FY2023
81%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 91
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$1.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 81% of the organizations The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving43$426k65%
FY202326$227k81%
FY202276$442k87%
FY202191$407k92%
FY202044$272k86%
FY201942$155k90%
FY201828$101k93%
FY201750$197kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$836kHuman Services$271kYouth Development$211kHousing & Shelter$210kCommunity Improvement$188kFood & Nutrition$119kPhilanthropy$63kInternational$60kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 118 grantees
All grantees of The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Minnesota Computers for Schools$64,10122%
Second Harvest Heartland$51,06620%
Build Wealth MN Inc$45,00020%
Minnesota State Council on Economic Education$45,00027%
One Roof Community Housing$30,00011%
The Landing Mn$30,00031%
Life House Inc$30,00030%
Committee Against Domestic Abuse Inc$25,00021%
New Pathways Inc$25,00023%
Firefighters for Healing$25,00012%
Neighborhood House$25,00020%
Keystone Community Services$23,35710%
The Cookie Cart$20,00040%
Exodus Financial Services$20,00032%
Community Action Center Inc$18,20020%
NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc$17,90710%
West Broadway Business and Area Coalition$15,16610%
Cars for Neighbors Inc$15,00017%
The Link$15,00020%
Jefferson Elementary PTA$15,000123%
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul$15,0001n/a
Du Nord Foundation$15,00017%
Urban Boatbuilders Inc$15,00012%
My Neighbor to Love Coalition$15,00013%
Peace House Community$15,00023%
Lets Erase the Stigma$15,0001n/a
The Show$15,0001n/a
Foundation for Essential Needs$15,00011%
Prepare and Prosper$15,00021%
Fathers Rise Together Inc Family Rise Together Inc$15,00011%
Bestprep$12,50011%
Lake Street Council$11,02410%
Young Women's Christian Association of St Paul$10,27110%
Solid Ground$10,00010%
Project Legacy$10,00021%
Family Pathways$10,00010%
Evergreen Youth & Family Services Inc$10,00010%
Itasca County Habitat for Humanity$10,00011%
Division of Indian Work$10,00010%
Leech Lake Financial Services Inc$10,0001n/a
The Eagan Foundation Incorporated$10,00022%
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers$10,00020%
Hfh of Douglas County Minnesota Inc$10,00010%
African Economic Development Solutions$9,59110%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$7,00010%
Channel One Inc$6,26510%
Anna Marie's Alliance$6,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Red River Valley$6,00010%
Paul Bunyan Arboretum$6,00011%
Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc$5,00010%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$5,00010%
Isanti County Beyond the Yellow Ribbion$5,0001n/a
Northwoods Battered Women's Shelter Inc$5,00011%
Hennepin Health Foundation$5,00010%
Foster Advocates$5,00011%
City of Cambridge$5,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mn$5,00011%
Mankato Youth Place Inc$5,00011%
My Very Own Bed$5,00011%
Community Action Duluth Inc$5,00010%
University of St Thomas$5,00010%
Lakeville Baseball Association Inc$5,00011%
Winona Arts Center$5,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Rochester$5,00010%
Aurora-St Anthony Neighborhood Development Corporation$5,00011%
Great Tails Animal Rescue$5,0001n/a
Merrick Community Services$5,00010%
Every Meal$5,00010%
Mobile Hope$5,0001n/a
Bemidji Community Food Shelf Inc$5,00010%
Western Lake Superior Habitat for Humanity$5,00013%
The Lift Garage$5,00010%
Magnus Veterans Foundation$5,00011%
Lake Superior College Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud$5,00010%
Rise Incorporated$5,00010%
United Way of Bemidji Area$5,00011%
The Open Door$5,00010%
360 Communities$5,00010%
Enrichment Operation Inc$5,0001n/a
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$5,00010%
Bemidji Senior Center$5,00013%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota$5,00010%
The Yes Network$5,00011%
United Way of Southeast Minnesota$5,00010%
Arts Center of Saint Peter Inc$5,00013%
Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center$5,00011%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$5,00010%
Womens Prison Book Project$5,0001n/a
Treehouse Inc$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area$5,00011%
Community Emergency Assistance Programs Inc$5,00010%
Central Lakes College Foundation$5,00010%
United Heroes League$5,00010%
Wildflyer Coffee$5,00011%
University of Minnesota$4,0001n/a
Minneapolis Public School$4,0002n/a
Family Promise Rochester$4,00011%
YWCA of Minneapolis$3,52410%
North Country Food Bank Inc$3,42510%
BIO Girls Inc$3,00030%
Rochester Community and Technical Colleg$3,00010%
Great Plains Food Bank$2,60010%
Public Safety Foundation$2,50012%
Great River School Charter School No 4105-07$2,00010%
Brooklyn Center High School$2,0001n/a
Southside Family Charter School$2,00010%
Gifts for Seniors$1,95010%
Fergus Falls Community Food Shelf$1,50011%
Friendship Academy of the Arts$1,00010%
Central Minnesota Sexual Assault Center$1,00010%
Someplace Safe$1,00010%
Little Falls Community High School$1,0001n/a
Lionsgate Academy$1,00010%
Grey Face Rescue & Retirement$1,00011%
Kootasca Community Action Inc$95010%
Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc$70010%
Wings Financial Foundation$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 233 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMinnesota Computers for Schools: $64,101 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $51,066 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBuild Wealth MN Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMinnesota State Council on Economic Education: $45,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetOne Roof Community Housing: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Landing Mn: $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLife House Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCommittee Against Domestic Abuse Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNew Pathways Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFirefighters for Healing: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNeighborhood House: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $23,357 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Cookie Cart: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetExodus Financial Services: $20,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetCommunity Action Center Inc: $18,200 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc: $17,907 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWest Broadway Business and Area Coalition: $15,166 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCars for Neighbors Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetThe Link: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJefferson Elementary PTA: $15,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetDu Nord Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetUrban Boatbuilders Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMy Neighbor to Love Coalition: $15,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetPeace House Community: $15,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetFoundation for Essential Needs: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPrepare and Prosper: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFathers Rise Together Inc Family Rise Together Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBestprep: $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLake Street Council: $11,024 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of St Paul: $10,271 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSolid Ground: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Legacy: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFamily Pathways: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEvergreen Youth & Family Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetItasca County Habitat for Humanity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDivision of Indian Work: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Eagan Foundation Incorporated: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMetropolitan Consortium of Community Developers: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHfh of Douglas County Minnesota Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAfrican Economic Development Solutions: $9,591 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTwin Cities Public Television Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChannel One Inc: $6,265 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnna Marie's Alliance: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Red River Valley: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPaul Bunyan Arboretum: $6,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwoods Battered Women's Shelter Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 103.

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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.

Otto Bremer TrustMN98.2× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Mardag Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Communitygiving · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Edina Realty Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Allina Health System

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.

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Find your warmest path to The Affinity Plus Federal 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.

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About The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation

How much does The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation give?
The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $425,856 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 91 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Human Services (12%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Minnesota Computers for Schools ($64k), Second Harvest Heartland ($51k), Build Wealth MN Inc ($45k).
Does The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 81% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Mardag Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation based?
The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation is based in MN.

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 354 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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