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Truwest Credit Union at a glance

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Truwest Credit Union

TRUWEST CREDIT UNION is a cooperative providing trusted financial solutions and services, so members can achieve their goals.

$198k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$68k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$605kEducation$178kMembership Benefit$32kHuman Services$28kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kPhilanthropy$24k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $168,259, the rows itemized in this filing. The $198,259 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,000 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 · $18k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $68k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$68,075
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION$45,960
MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION$25,000
MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION$11,000
DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$9,810
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION$8,414
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%GOWEST FOUNDATION: $7k → 9%MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $11k → 10%MARBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$842k · 7 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
4

Total granted

$842k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+14%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
PhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PC
    Phoenix Children's Hospital
    5× · 2020–2024 · $304k · revenue +47%
  • MC
    MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $178k · revenue +244%
  • DC
    DELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $55k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • EF
    ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -34%
  • CF
    CANVAS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $13k · revenue -12%
  • AL
    AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue +14%
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
Canvas Credit Union

Canvas credit union will strive to help individuals and families make better decisions and grow stronger financially. we will provide simple and relevant products and services at a consistently honest value. we will help members afford…

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2
Credit Unions Chartered in the State of Co 240 Community Choice Credit Union

To promote thrift and provide lower cost credit to the members of the credit union. to promote thrift among members by affording them the opportunity to accumulate payments on shares and make loans from these shares to its members.

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3
Mountain West Credit Union Foundation

The organization is operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes. the foundation's mission is to promote leadership and support long-term success of credit unions in their communities.

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4
Credit Unions in the State of California Sierra Central Credit Union

As your financial institution, we pledge to serve you and our community faithfully. we will be friendly, helpful, and professional, and we will provide great products and competitive rates.

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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
Credit Unions Chartered in the State of Michigan

The mission of members first credit union is encouraging a better tomorrow. we deliver on this mission by being trustworthy, caring, and enthusiastic. we empower our people in their journey of wellbeing. we believe in purpose, belonging,…

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7
Elevations Credit Union

Together we create solutions for a better life.

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8
Center for the Future of Arizona

Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.

Community Improvement
9
Montana Credit Union League

To foster the vitality of affiliated credit unions by providing programs and services to enhance their ability to successfully meet the members needs.

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10
Community First Credit Union of Florida

Community first credit union of florida's mission is to provide the highest in quality financial solutions for every stage of life.

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11
Community Financial Credit Union

Community financial credit union is a state chartered, not-for-profit, full-service financial institution owned and governed by its membership. at community financial, we are committed to our members and our communities,for over 70 years.…

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12
American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Aascu is a washington, d.c. based higher education association that represents the sector of over 500 regional public colleges, universities, and systems whose members share a learning and teaching centered culture, a commitment to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gowest Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Lung Association. 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

11 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. 11 of the 12 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALA OF THE SOUTHWEST: $237,034 · OtherALA OF THE SOUTHWESTDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $54,982 · OtherDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATIONMOUNTAIN WEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $23,607 · OtherMOUNTAIN WEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION+1 more: $8,414 · OtherPhoenix Children's Hospital: $303,767 · HealthPhoenix Children's Hospital+1 more: $9,210 · HealthMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $177,600 · PhilanthropyMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY CO…GLOBAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $24,000 · PhilanthropyGLOBAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATI…ELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · PhilanthropyELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INCCANVAS FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyCANVAS FOUNDATIONMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $21,100 · Human ServicesGOWEST FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Human Services
Other$324,037Health$312,977Philanthropy$226,600Human Services$28,100

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 budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $303,767 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $177,600 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDELL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $54,982 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN WEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $23,607 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARBRIDGE FOUNDATION INC: $21,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetELEVATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCANVAS FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $9,210 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $8,414 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOWEST FOUNDATION: $7,000 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…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE5.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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 · 0–25%
    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 12 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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