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Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc

Foundation resources promote credit union development, help educate credit union staff and volunteers, support programming to enhance financial literacy, and support the credit union system in times of need.

$185k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Itemized grants FY2025
12
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$145k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,968
Organizations funded a year
2 to 12
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$921k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving12$145k50%
FY202412$125k67%
FY202311$136k73%
FY20228$79k88%
FY20218$64k88%
FY20204$35k100%
FY20194$29k75%
FY20182$14k100%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$250kHuman Services$178kMembership Benefit$136kEducation$36kPhilanthropy$20kHealth$15kHousing & Shelter$10kYouth Development$10kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Badger Globe Credit Union$51,10841%
Holy Family Memorial Credit Union$41,50042%
String Systems Inc$25,9821n/a
Racine Municipal Employees Credit Union$25,00022%
Fort Community Credit Union$21,48820%
Lco Federal Credit Union$20,9681n/a
Focus Credit Union$20,10011%
Verve Credit Union$20,00020%
Brantwood Credit Union$18,00023%
Wisconsin Medical Credit Union$16,35021%
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All grantees of Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Badger Globe Credit Union$51,10841%
Holy Family Memorial Credit Union$41,50042%
String Systems Inc$25,9821n/a
Racine Municipal Employees Credit Union$25,00022%
Fort Community Credit Union$21,48820%
Lco Federal Credit Union$20,9681n/a
Focus Credit Union$20,10011%
Verve Credit Union$20,00020%
Brantwood Credit Union$18,00023%
Wisconsin Medical Credit Union$16,35021%
First Choice Credit Union$16,23020%
Co-Op Credit Union$15,71320%
Me Employees Credit Union$15,50022%
Evergreen Credit Union$15,09120%
Northwoods Community Credit Union$15,00010%
Wea Credit Union$15,00011%
County-City Credit Union$15,00011%
Enterprise Credit Union$15,00011%
Lakewood Credit Union$14,89022%
Brewery Credit Union$13,0001n/a
Guardian Credit Union$12,15010%
Unitedone Credit Union$11,76710%
Brokaw Credit Union$11,00010%
Prospera Credit Union$10,41510%
Taylor Credit Union$10,00010%
McU Financial Services Credit Union$10,00011%
Tomah Area Credit Union$10,00010%
Fox Communities Credit Union$10,00010%
Hayward Community Credit Union$10,00010%
Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union$10,00011%
Indianhead Credit Union$10,0001n/a
Park City Credit Union$10,00010%
Avestar Credit Union$10,00011%
Sheboygan Area Credit Union$10,00010%
Superior Choice Credit Union$10,00010%
Service Credit Union$9,70012%
1st Class Express Credit Union$9,60015%
Oshkosh Postal Employees Credit Union$9,20013%
Southern Lakes Credit Union$8,91410%
Public Service Credit Union$8,38512%
Iron County Community Credit Union$8,00011%
Royal Credit Union$7,75010%
Glacier Hills Credit Union$7,50010%
La Crosse Burlington Credit Union$6,68014%
Gundersen Credit Union$6,60010%
National Credit Union Foundation$6,00010%
Tri-County Credit Union$5,2001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBadger Globe Credit Union: $51,108 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHoly Family Memorial Credit Union: $41,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetRacine Municipal Employees Credit Union: $25,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFort Community Credit Union: $21,488 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFocus Credit Union: $20,100 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVerve Credit Union: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrantwood Credit Union: $18,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWisconsin Medical Credit Union: $16,350 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFirst Choice Credit Union: $16,230 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCo-Op Credit Union: $15,713 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMe Employees Credit Union: $15,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetEvergreen Credit Union: $15,091 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwoods Community Credit Union: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWea Credit Union: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCounty-City Credit Union: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEnterprise Credit Union: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLakewood Credit Union: $14,890 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGuardian Credit Union: $12,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnitedone Credit Union: $11,767 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrokaw Credit Union: $11,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetProspera Credit Union: $10,415 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTaylor Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMcU Financial Services Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTomah Area Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFox Communities Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHayward Community Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMarshfield Medical Center Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPark City Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAvestar Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSheboygan Area Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSuperior Choice Credit Union: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetService Credit Union: $9,700 over 1y, 1.6% of budget1st Class Express Credit Union: $9,600 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetOshkosh Postal Employees Credit Union: $9,200 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSouthern Lakes Credit Union: $8,914 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPublic Service Credit Union: $8,385 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetIron County Community Credit Union: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRoyal Credit Union: $7,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlacier Hills Credit Union: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLa Crosse Burlington Credit Union: $6,680 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGundersen Credit Union: $6,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Credit Union Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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About Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc

How much does Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc give?
Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $144,605, out of $184,615 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (38%), Human Services (27%), Membership Benefit (21%).
Who are Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Badger Globe Credit Union ($51k), Holy Family Memorial Credit Union ($42k), String Systems Inc ($26k).
Does Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc based?
Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc is based in WI.

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 47 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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