Skip to content
Wescom Central Credit Union at a glance

· Public charity

Wescom Central Credit Union

The general mission of the credit union is to promote thrift, honesty, integrity and a spirit of service among its members.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$841k
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$2.9MHealth$549kInternational$85kEducation$77kReligion$38kArts & Culture$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kRecreation & Sports$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
  • $250k+1 grant · $841k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESCOM FOUNDATION$841,404
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK$109,759
UCLA WBB$30,312
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$25,000
FRIENDS IN DEED$15,000
VALLEY ISLE CHAPTER$5,000
PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$5,000
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, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Wescom Central Credit Union’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Wescom Central Credit Unionlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 6 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
7

Total granted

$3.6M
$73k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+46%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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
PhilanthropyHealthInternationalEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • WF
    WESCOM FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +529% · 64% of their budget
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $508k · revenue +31%
  • RM
    RICHARD MYLES JOHNSON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2023 · $46k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branchesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +46%
  • CC
    CALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +64%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -22%
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
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.

—
2
California Coast Credit Union

California coast credit union (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…

—
3
Association of California School Administrators

The association serves its members by creating resources that enable california school administrators to develop and apply creative leadership and management skills and in turn, improve the educational process for all students.

—
4
San Diego County Credit Union

A not-for-profit credit union wholly owned by its members

—
5
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

—
6
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
7
California Life Sciences Association

Clsa advances californias world-leading life sciences innovation ecosystem by advocating for effective national, state and local public policies and supporting entrepreneurs and life sciences businesses.

Community Improvement
8
Redwood Credit Union

Passionately serving the best interests of our members, employees, and communities. serving all of our members financial service needs.

—
9
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

—
10
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…

—
11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wescom Foundation; the most unlike its peers is National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESCOM FOUNDATION: $2,927,431 · PhilanthropyWESCOM FOUNDATION+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $507,806 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE…REGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $30,312 · OtherLegacy Connections: $21,003 · Other+6 more: $46,000 · Other+6 moreWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $85,000 · InternationalRICHARD MYLES JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $46,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $25,500 · EducationTHE FID GROUP FRIENDS IN DEED: $37,500 · ReligionNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $25,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $6,603 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human Services
Philanthropy$2,932,431Other$605,121International$85,000Education$71,500Religion$37,500Health$31,603Human Services$25,000

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 budgetWESCOM FOUNDATION: $2,927,431 over 8y, 64% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $507,806 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetWORLDWIDE FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT UNIONS INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRICHARD MYLES JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE FID GROUP FRIENDS IN DEED: $37,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $25,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Connections: $21,003 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $6,603 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY INDUSTRY & COMMERCE ASSOCIATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATE CREDIT UNION EXAMINATION: $5,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 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.

Financial Partners Cr…Amazonsmile Foundation
Financial Partners Credit UnionCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Financial Partners Credit Union · 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 Wescom Central Credit Union funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wescom Central Credit Union. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 18 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Wescom Central Credit Union’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home