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Unitus Community Credit Union

Together we inspire hope by navigating through life's defining moments.

$816k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$506kHuman Services$438kRecreation & Sports$331kEducation$285kInternational$232kHealth$170kFood & Nutrition$160kCommunity Improvement$87kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 21 grants below total $604,956 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $815,579 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $210,623 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $425k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION$85,000
OSU DREAM COME TRUE$84,942
GOWEST FOUNDATION$47,750
WORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS$35,015
WORLD OREGON$30,000
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC$27,000
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY$25,000
LATINO NETWORK$25,000
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORG$25,000
OREGON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$25,000
BUSINESS IMPACT NW$25,000
BIENESTAR INC$25,000
THE WETLANDS CONSERVANCY$25,000
MARION POLK FOOD SHARE INC$25,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OR & SW WA$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $482k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS: $15k → 12%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $61k → 9%GOWEST FOUNDATION: $53k → 9%GOWEST FOUNDATION: $48k → 9%GOWEST FOUNDATION: $48k → 9%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $21k → 9%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $11k → 9%SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $16k → 12%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $10k → 9%SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION: $10k → 9%SNOWCAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 12%COMMUNITY VISION: $10k → 12%FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS USA: $10k → 12%CLACKAMAS SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%CLACKAMAS SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%CLACKAMAS SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS USA: $10k → 12%FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS USA: $10k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $25k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $10k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $10k → 12%LATINO NETWORK: $5k → 12%OREGON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $25k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
WI
OR
CA
UT
DE
NC

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 24 repeat orgs$461k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +0% for the ones you funded once.

24 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
11

Total granted

$2.0M
$187k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+0%

Still filing today

92%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $274k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • GF
    GOWEST FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $266k · revenue ×19
  • JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +43%
  • SS
    SCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $63k · revenue +123%

Funded once

  • Oregon State University Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $78k · revenue +42%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +38%
  • WC
    WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue +7%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
2
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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3
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

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4
The Oregon Community Foundation

The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
5
University of Oregon Foundation

The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

Education
6
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
7
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
8
Sound Credit Union

A member owned cooperative providing financial services, including loans and share deposits to its members.

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9
Credit Unions in the State of Washington

Our mission is is to collaborate with community to create access to financial opportunities. we provide affordable credit union financial services to low and moderate income people in washington state. this enables people in washington to…

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10
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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11
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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12
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sunshine Division Inc and the most unlike its peers is Play It Forward. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr19%35%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr14%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%37%10–20yr19%30%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr14%19%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/47
the rest of the field
12%
3,291/26,909

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
24/42
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION — $693,850 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION+2 more — $36,250 · Arts & CultureGOWEST FOUNDATION — $266,185 · Human ServicesGOWEST FOUNDATIONLatino Network — $50,000 · Human ServicesLatino NetworkFINANCIAL BEGINNINGS — $45,350 · Human ServicesFINANCIAL BEGINNINGSSNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERVICES — $35,500 · Human ServicesSNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERV…Clackamas Service Center — $30,000 · Human ServicesClackamas Service Cent…OREGON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $20,000 · Human Services+1 more — $10,000 · Human ServicesOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY — $84,942 · OtherOREGON STATE UNIVERSITYNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION — $48,000 · OtherNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDA…OHSU DOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $45,721 · OtherOHSU DOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S …CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS — $43,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK H…THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $41,335 · OtherTHE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE CO…CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK — $25,200 · OtherOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY — $25,000 · OtherRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $59,361 · OtherRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL F…SUNSHINE DIVISION INC — $46,617 · OtherSUNSHINE DIVISION INCBIENESTAR INC — $25,000 · OtherThe Wetlands Conservancy Inc — $25,000 · Other+12 more — $156,754 · Other+12 moreOregon State University Foundation — $78,000 · EducationOregon Stat…SCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC — $63,200 · EducationSCHOOLHOUSE…WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $55,000 · EducationWESTERN ORE…SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $27,000 · EducationSCHOLARSHIP…OREGON CONSULAR CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $15,000 · EducationOREGON CONS…OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $11,000 · EducationWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC — $92,428 · InternationalWORLDWIDE …JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC — $70,100 · InternationalJUNIOR ACH…World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon — $70,000 · InternationalWorld Affa…MARION-POLK FOOD SHARE INC — $88,000 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC — $5,335 · Food & NutritionHISPANIC METROPOLITAN CHAMBER — $44,908 · Community ImprovementSEATTLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BUSINESS IMPACT NW — $25,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$730,100Human Services$482,035Other$625,930Education$249,200International$232,528Food & Nutrition$93,335Community Improvement$69,908

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION — $693,850 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetGOWEST FOUNDATION — $266,185 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC — $92,428 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMARION-POLK FOOD SHARE INC — $88,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOregon State University Foundation — $78,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC — $70,100 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetWorld Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon — $70,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetSCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC — $63,200 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $59,361 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetWESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLatino Network — $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION — $48,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSUNSHINE DIVISION INC — $46,617 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFINANCIAL BEGINNINGS — $45,350 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetHISPANIC METROPOLITAN CHAMBER — $44,908 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION — $41,335 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSNOWCAP COMMUNITY SERVICES — $35,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetClackamas Service Center — $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $27,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK — $25,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSEATTLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND BUSINESS IMPACT NW — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Wetlands Conservancy Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBIENESTAR INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association — $21,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC — $19,654 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORVALLIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC — $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY SHELTER PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL INC — $17,100 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPLAY IT FORWARD — $15,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetOREGON CONSULAR CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $15,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetOBA EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY VISION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSALEM HEALTH FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHACIENDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSE WORKS INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC — $5,335 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREDWOOD CREDIT UNION COMMUNITY FUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community …Onpoint Community Cre…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Juan Young TrustOCF Joseph E Weston P…Umpqua Bank Charitabl…The Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustUnited Way of the Col…The Ford Family Found…Credit Unions in the …Washington Federal Fo…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR44.7× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · The Ford Family Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington · Washington Federal Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Unitus Community Credit Union funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Community Vision Inc — 92% of income from government
  • Hacienda Community Development Corporation — 48% of income from government
  • Se Works Inc — 43% of income from government
  • Oregon Human Development Corporation — 40% of income from government
  • Play It Forward — 30% of income from government
  • The Wetlands Conservancy Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Latino Network — 15% of income from government
  • Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Clackamas Service Center — 9% of income from government
  • Bienestar Inc — 8% of income from government
  • United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley — 6% of income from government
  • Marion-Polk Food Share Inc — 5% of income from government
  • The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization — 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Consular Corps Scholarship Fund — 3% of income from government
  • Portland Rose Festival Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Financial Beginnings — 1% of income from government
  • Western Oregon University Development Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • World Affairs Council of Oregon dba WorldOregon — 0% of income from government
  • Salem Health Foundation — 0% of income from government
  • Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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