California · Public charity
Ventura County Credit Union
VENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION is a cooperative, organized for the purpose of promoting thrift and savings among its members, creating a source of credit for them at rates of interest set by the board of directors, and providing an opportunity for them to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their…
- $269k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $218k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $111,505
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Ventura County Credit Union funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $218k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $169k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $112k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $87k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $85k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $45k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $41k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation of Ventura County Credit Union Inc | $218,512 | 5 | 48% |
| Food Share Inc | $136,816 | 4 | 0% |
| Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Children's Miracle Network | $44,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of Ventura County | $41,600 | 3 | 1% |
| California State University Channel Islands Foundation | $36,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Interface Children Family Services | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Women's Economic Ventures | $33,763 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central Coast and Southern Central Valley | $28,625 | 5 | 1% |
| Channel Islands Young Men's Christian Association | $25,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Ventura County Credit Union supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Ventura County Community Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Premier America Credit Union · Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · California Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Sempra Foundation
How this is measured
About Ventura County Credit Union
- How much does Ventura County Credit Union give?
- Ventura County Credit Union reported 10 itemized grants totaling $218,013, out of $269,247 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ventura County Credit Union fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (32%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Health (12%).
- Who are Ventura County Credit Union's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Foundation of Ventura County Credit Union Inc ($219k), Food Share Inc ($137k), Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc ($55k).
- Does Ventura County Credit Union fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ventura County Credit Union?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ventura County Community Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Conrad N Hilton Foundation.
- Where is Ventura County Credit Union based?
- Ventura County Credit Union is based in CA.
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