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Tlc Community Credit Union

To promote the philosophy of people helping people.

$211k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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$48kPhilanthropy$45kCommunity Improvement$30kAnimals$20kPublic Benefit$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kHousing & Shelter$10kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $35,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $211,213 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $175,713 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 $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$784M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LENAWEE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
LENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
HOUSING HELP OF LENAWEE$8,000
HPSDOLD MILL MUSEUM$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 (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%ASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF LENAWEE COUNTY: $500 → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51k · 5 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 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

5
15

Total granted

$51k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+70%

Still filing today

100%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AS
    ADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2022 · $26k · revenue -52%
  • LH
    Lenawee Humane Society
    3× · 2018–2024 · $20k · revenue +68%
  • YM
    Young Mens Christian Association of Lenawee County
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue -100%

Funded once

  • TP
    TECUMSEH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • CO
    CITY OF TECUMSEH
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • TF
    TECUMSEH FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Visit Lenawee

To promote lenawee county as a destination providing contemporary amenities to transient guests in a historical and cultural setting for the economic benefit of the community.

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2
Lenawee Chamber Foundation

to promote economic development in Lenawee County

Philanthropy
3
Lenawee Economic Development Corp

to stimulate economic development, attract new businesses, grow established businesses and support entrepreneurial endeavors in Lenawee County

—
4
Montessori Childrens House of Lenawee Inc

Education of young people in the Montessori method

Human Services
5
Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce

To promote lenawee area businesses

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6
Lenawee County Historical Society

The lenawee county historical society, inc. is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is the operation of a museum for the preservation of local historical artifacts.

Arts & Culture
7
Agricultural Society of Lenawee County

Conduct the lenawee county fair to promote agricultural and horticultural activities in lenawee county. this associations only activity with the exception of off season rentals and storage revenue.

Arts & Culture
8
Lenawee County Mission

To bring hope to neighbors in need through a comprehensive suite of christ centered programs

Human Services
9
Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts

The Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts is organized for educational and charitable purposes. Specifically, the L.C.V.A. is organized to provide opportunities for visual artists in Lenawee County Michigan, to foster pride and involvement…

Arts & Culture
10
Leelanau Conservancy

To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.

Environment
11
ShareCare of Leelanau Inc

To facilitate connecting the Leelanau county community of seniors with services and activities that promote a healthy independent and fulfilled lifestyle while aging.

Human Services
12
Lenawee Symphony Orchestra Inc

The aso is dedicated to the advancement of classical music appreciation by providing a variety of presentations including classical, pops, and family concerts.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lenawee Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Adrian Schools Education Foundation. 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

15 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. 15 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,750 · OtherADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATIONTECUMSEH PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20,000 · OtherTECUMSEH PUBLIC SCHOOLSCITY OF TECUMSEH: $15,000 · OtherCITY OF TECUMSEHTECUMSEH FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherTECUMSEH FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATIONTOWNSHIP OF DUNDEE MICHIGAN: $10,000 · OtherTOWNSHIP OF DUNDEE MICHIGANVILLAGE OF CLINTON MICHIGAN: $10,000 · OtherVILLAGE OF CLINTON MICHIGANMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYHISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF DUNDEE: $7,500 · OtherHISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF DUNDEE+6 more: $8,710 · Other+6 moreLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $44,590 · PhilanthropyLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATI…Lenawee Humane Society: $20,350 · AnimalsLenawee Hum…LENAWEE EMERGENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORP: $8,000 · Housing & ShelterAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF LENAWEE COUNTY: $500 · Human ServicesMARCH OF DIMES INC: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $500 · HealthSHARE THE WARMTH: $1,100 · Community ImprovementBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE INC: $350 · Youth Development
Other$116,960Philanthropy$44,590Animals$20,350Housing & Shelter$8,000Human Services$1,500Health$1,500Community Improvement$1,100Youth Development$350

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 budgetLENAWEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $44,590 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetADRIAN SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,750 over 2y, 12% of budgetLenawee Humane Society: $20,350 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLENAWEE EMERGENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORP: $8,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Lenawee County: $2,660 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLENAWEE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2,650 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMICHIGAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $1,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF LENAWEE: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF LENAWEE COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Lenawee County: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LENAWEE INC: $350 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.

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.

Lenawee Community Fou…Maurice&Dorothy Stubn…Farver FoundationPremier Bank Foundati…The S L Hickman Famil…Douglas and Mary Kapn…Sage FoundationElizabeth Ruthruff Wi…Kiwanis Club of Adria…Consumers Energy Foun…Bell TrustThe Murray Family Fou…
Lenawee Community FoundationMI28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lenawee Community Foundation · Maurice&Dorothy Stubnitz Foundation · Farver Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · The S L Hickman Family Foundation · Douglas and Mary Kapnick Family Foundation · Sage Foundation · Elizabeth Ruthruff Wilson Foundation · Kiwanis Club of Adrian 2396 · Consumers Energy Foundation · Bell Trust · The Murray Family 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 Tlc Community Credit Union funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tlc Community Credit Union. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tlc Community Credit Union?

    Find your warmest path to Tlc Community Credit Union 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 23 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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