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University of Wisconsin Credit Union

The mission of the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CREDIT UNION (uwcu) is to encourage thrift among its members, to create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable rate of interest, to provide an opportunity for its members to improve their economic and social conditions and to perform the functions and exercise the powers designated to the…

$305k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$134k
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.

Philanthropy$4.4MEducation$783kPublic Benefit$250kCommunity Improvement$66kYouth Development$65kEnvironment$62kHuman Services$40kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $134k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.7B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY$133,509
COMMUNITY SHARES OF WI$28,125
THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON$20,000
OPERATION FRESH START INC$20,000
WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC$20,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC$20,000
PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC$20,000
UWM FOUNDATION$20,000
BAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC$10,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTIES$8,634
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 (FY18–24, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%American National Red Cross: $13k → 14%PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $20k → 17%THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON: $20k → 10%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $20k → 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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 7 repeat orgs$457k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
10

Total granted

$3.7M
$367k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2021 · $502k · revenue +39%
  • THE UWM FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $157k · revenue +35%
  • CS
    COMMUNITY SHARES OF WISCONSIN INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $118k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • FR
    FILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +20%
  • KINSHIP MKE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +272%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
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
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
2
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
3
The Uwm Real Estate Foundation Inc

To partner with the public and private sectors to develop and hold real estate for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the uwm real estate foundation, inc. holdings may include any properties that advance the mission of…

Housing & Shelter
4
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
5
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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6
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
7
University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation Inc

An independent, not for profit wisconsin corporation, the uwrf foundation is organized solely for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-river falls. private giving to the foundation is essential in raising the level of excellence at…

Education
8
Uwm At Waukesha Foundation Inc

To raise scholarship money for students and raise the awareness of the campus and all of the activities on campus

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9
Renew Wisconsin Inc

Renew wisconsin leads and accelerates the transformation to wisconsin's renewable energy future through advocacy, education, and collaboration.

Environment
10
Downtown Madison Inc

Make downtown madison an economically strong, equitable, inclusive, and vibrant place to live, work, and visit.

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11
University Research Park Incorporated

The organization acquires, holds, administers, and distributes real and personal property for the benefit of the university of wisconsin (uw)-madison.

Education
12
Westconsin Credit Union

The organization is a cooperative, nonprofit corporation, incorporated under wisconsin state law to encourage thrift among its members, create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable cost, and provide an opportunity for its members to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Madison Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches. 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

22 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. 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $2,222,931 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INCCOMMUNITY SHARES OF WISCONSIN INC: $118,022 · Other+5 more: $70,500 · OtherMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,508,333 · PhilanthropyMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $622,334 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA…+1 more: $12,500 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $501,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF W…THE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $157,000 · EducationTHE UWM FOUNDAT…MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $78,000 · EducationMADISON AREA TE…+3 more: $26,000 · EducationFILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 · Public BenefitYWCA MADISON INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesPATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,500 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $45,000 · Youth DevelopmentKINSHIP MKE INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$2,411,453Philanthropy$2,143,167Education$762,500Public Benefit$250,000Human Services$72,500Youth Development$45,000Food & Nutrition$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $2,222,931 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,508,333 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $622,334 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $501,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFILENE RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $157,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHARES OF WISCONSIN INC: $118,022 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $78,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKINSHIP MKE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetYWCA MADISON INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERATION FRESH START INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBROWN COUNTY UNITED WAY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $10,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMADISON REGION ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUW-WHITEWATER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Trustage Foundation I…United Way of Dane Co…Green Bay Packers Fou…The Evjue Foundation …Madison Gas and Elect…Ascendium Education S…Madison Community Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Baird Foundation IncOtto Bremer TrustSummit Credit Union
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI25.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Summit Credit Union

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 University of Wisconsin Credit Union funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from University of Wisconsin Credit Union. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 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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