Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC
WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,188 to it, the largest being ONEAZ CREDIT UNION ($75,635). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $187k
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What World Council of Credit Unions Inc does
Mission
To promote more equitable and resilient communities through financial inclusion powered by credit unions and financial cooperatives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Development world council of credit unions (woccu) works to advance financial inclusion through the credit union and cooperative model by engaging in international advocacy, development, education and networking that empowers underserved populations, and promotes more equitable and resilient communities.since 1971, the world council of credit unions (woccu) has been a leader of the global credit union movement bringing access to affordable financial services to individuals in developing countries. Woccu is the global leading voice for credit unions. More recently, woccu has proven capabilities in financial inclusion, serving remote and rural areas, supporting communities at risk, advancing women's entrepreneurship and economic empowerment, promoting inclusive market systems, and encouraging enabling regulatory systems. Restructuring after disasters, establishing new credit union systems, and encouraging legislative reform/regulatory system development.in addition to offering innovative technology solutions, woccu's technical assistance programs equip credit unions and other types of financial cooperatives with the tools and techniques necessary to strengthen their financial…
Woccu provides the following types of activities:- advocacy for credit unions and other financial cooperatives in front of international standard setting bodies- connects all credit unions to the global movement through both face-to-face and virtual engagement and networking. - invests in learning opportunities for credit union professionals, with an emphasis on empowering youth and women- implements projects that reach underserved populations, with a focus on women, youth, migrants and rural projections. - promotes shared digital platforms and solutions that address common credit union challenges
Woccu's annual world credit union conference activities support:- raising awareness of credit unions and financial cooperatives- facilitating the global exchange of information and ideas- advocating to improve legislation and regulation internationally- bring together credit union leaders for networking - providing education on industry-related issues
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $6.9M to $8.8M (+28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 47% · 2018 44% · 2019 55% · 2020 68% · 2021 65% · 2022 64% · 2023 52% · 2024 72% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Elissa Mccarter Laborde
CEO
Board chair
Michael Lawrence
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $18k → $21k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.4M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 62% · 2019 29% · 2020 100% · 2021 64% · 2022 50% · 2023 52% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55.3M on record.
- Agency for International Development$55.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC
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In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc · exempt
- Woccu Services Group Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC?
- WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $187,188 to it, the largest being ONEAZ CREDIT UNION ($75,635). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $187,188 in grants to WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC?
- ONEAZ CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $75,635 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORLD COUNCIL OF CREDIT UNIONS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing