FundersNorth Carolina

State Employees Credit Union Foundation

Raleigh, NC · EIN 56-2255292. Reported 347 grants totalling $47.1M to 310 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$47.1Mgranted, 2020-2023
310organizations funded
12%of grantees funded again the next year
$68.8Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. State Employees Credit Union Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $18,000 and $110,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $3,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
108 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
94 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
29 grants
$100,000 and Up
115 grants

Every organization it funded

All 310 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Nc Community FoundationRaleigh, NC$3,000,000112020
Roof AboveCharlotte, NC$2,000,000222022
Secu Bridge to Career - Nc Community College SystemRaleigh, NC$1,705,728222021
Aces for AutismGreenville, NC$1,500,000332023
Unc Health FoundationChapel Hill, NC$1,500,000222022
Nc Baptists on MissionCary, NC$1,400,000112020
Dorothea Dix ParkRaleigh, NC$1,000,000112022
Dorthea Dix ParkRaleigh, NC$1,000,000112023
Nc Museum of Natural Science Friends of Ncmns - Secu DinolabRaleigh, NC$1,000,000112021
Partners in LearningSalisbury, NC$1,000,000222023
Salvation Army of the CarolinasCharlotte, NC$1,000,000112020
Secu Bridge to CareerRaleigh, NC$939,937112023
Lead for North Carolina - Unc School of GovernmentChapel Hill, NC$750,000222021
Lincoln Co Coalition Against DvLincolnton, NC$750,000222023
Surry Medical MinistriesMt Airy, NC$750,000222023
Samaritan ColonyRockingham, NC$640,000332023
Addiction Recovery Care Assoiciation IncWinstonsalem, NC$600,000112021
CrittentonCharlotte, NC$600,000112023
AbccmAsheville, NC$500,000112020
AmoremLenoir, NC$500,000112023
Charlotte Rescue MissionCharlotte, NC$500,000112023
Eden Village of WilmingtonWilmington, NC$500,000222023
Homeward BoundAsheville, NC$500,000222023
Meals on Wheels NcKannapolis, NC$500,000112020
My Kid's ClubSelma, NC$500,000222023
Nc Freedom ParkRaleigh, NC$500,000112020
Nc Museum of Natural ScienceRaleigh, NC$500,000112023
One PlaceJacksonville, NC$500,000112023
Partners in LearingSalisbury, NC$500,000112021
Secu Family House at Unc HospitalsChapel Hill, NC$500,000112020
Senior ServicesWinstonsalem, NC$500,000222023
The Nc Zoo SocietyAsheboro, NC$500,000112023
The Shepherd's HouseMount Airy, NC$500,000222021
Secu Appalachian PartnershipBoone, NC$462,638112020
Domestic Violence Shelter and Service of New HanoverWilmington, NC$450,000112022
Addiction Recovery Care Association IncWinstonsalem, NC$400,000112022
Outreach MissionSanford, NC$400,000112023
VecinosCullowhee, NC$400,000112022
Children's Center NwncDobson, NC$350,000112020
Club NovaCarrboro, NC$350,000222023
Healing TransitionsRaleigh, NC$350,000222023
Veteran's Life CenterButner, NC$350,000112020
Hospice & Home Care FoundationRaleigh, NC$339,399112020
Nc Greenpower Solar SchoolsRaleigh, NC$325,000112023
Lead for North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC$300,000112023
Unc AshevilleAshevillle, NC$289,588332023
Unc PembrokePembroke, NC$284,180332023
Feeding the CarolinasClemmons, NC$250,000112023
Lead for North Carolina (unc School of Gov Chapel Hill)Chapel Hill, NC$250,000112022
SafechildRaleigh, NC$250,000112022
Salvation ArmyCharlotte, NC$250,000112023
Secu MemorycareAsheville, NC$250,000112022
Southlight HealthcareRaleigh, NC$250,000112023
Teach for AmericaResearch Triangle Park, NC$250,000112022
Unc-WilmingtonWilmington, NC$226,111332023
Nc Year of the TrailRtp, NC$225,000112022
Ncsu Institute for Emergining Issues - Band NcRaleigh, NC$225,000112021
Unc GreensboroGreensboro, NC$210,000222022
Unc Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC$202,597222023
Care RingCharlotte, NC$200,000112023
Nc Education CorpsRaleigh, NC$200,000112020
United Negro College FundWashington, DC$200,000112021
East CarolinaGreenville, NC$191,078112020
Nc GreenpowerRaleigh, NC$185,000222021
Elizabeth City StateElizabeth City, NC$179,352112020
Pfi - Fayetteville StateFayetteville, NC$176,934112021
Hendersonville Rescue MissionHendersonville, NC$175,000112023
Unc CharlotteCharlotte, NC$154,312332023
Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC$110,000112023
East Carolina UnivGreenville, NC$110,000112022
Elizabeth City State UnivElizabeth City, NC$110,000112022
Pfi - Appalachian StateBoone, NC$110,000112021
Pfi - Nc A&tGreensboro, NC$110,000112021
Pfi - Nc CentralDurham, NC$110,000112021
Pfi - Nc Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC$110,000112021
Pfi - Western CarolinaCullowhee, NC$110,000112021
Pfi - Winston-Salem StateWinstonsalem, NC$110,000112021
Winston Salem State UnivWinstonsalem, NC$110,000112022
Wintson Salem State UniversityWinstonsalem, NC$110,000112023
Pfi - Unc AshevilleAshevillle, NC$107,754112021
East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC$107,293112023
Nc A&tGreensboro, NC$106,730112020
Pfi - Unc GreensboroGreensboro, NC$106,528112021
Pfi - Elizabeth City StateElizabeth City, NC$106,277112021
Pfi - Unc WilmingtonWilmington, NC$106,106112021
Western Carolina UnivCullowhee, NC$106,103112022
Pfi - East CarolinaGreenville, NC$105,587112021
Pfi - Nc StateRaleigh, NC$105,201112021
Pfi - Unc PembrokePembroke, NC$104,815112021
North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, NC$104,675112023
Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC$103,185112023
North Carolina State UnivRaleigh, NC$103,063112022
Nc CentralDurham, NC$100,000112020
P3 - Hospice - Crystal CoastNewport, NC$100,000112020
P3 - Hospice - Kitty AskinsGoldsboro, NC$100,000112020
P3 - Hospice - Winston Salem Care CenterWinstonsalem, NC$100,000112020
P3 - Secu Family House (wilmington)Wilmington, NC$100,000112020
Western CarolinaCullowhee, NC$100,000112020
Winston-Salem StateWinstonsalem, NC$100,000112020
Unc-GreenboroGreensboro, NC$99,576112023
Elizabeth City State UnivesityElizabeth City, NC$99,514112023
Nc Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC$94,289112020
Nc StateRaleigh, NC$90,981112020
Appalachian State UnivBoone, NC$90,970112022
Unc School of the ArtsWinstonsalem, NC$84,388222023
Appalachian StateBoone, NC$80,000112020
NcasldRaleigh, NC$80,000112020
Fayetteville State UnivFayetteville, NC$78,991112022
Fayettveille State UniversityFayetteville, NC$74,300112023
Komen Nc - Attn Sarah BaileyDallas, TX$66,000112020
Nc A&t UniversityGreensboro, NC$57,881112023
Nc Central UniversityDurham, NC$55,000112023
Pfi - Unc CharlotteCharlotte, NC$53,178112021
Appalachian State UniverstiyBoone, NC$50,000112020
East Carolina UniverstiyGreenville, NC$50,000112020
P3 - 4H CenterRaleigh, NC$50,000112020
P3 - Nc FFA CenterRaleigh, NC$50,000112020
Unc PemprokePembroke, NC$50,000112020
Nc A&t UnivGreensboro, NC$49,771112022
Earthshare North CarolinaDurham, NC$45,000112022
Secc - EarthshareDurham, NC$45,000222021
City of Refuge Foundation IncRocky Mount, NC$40,000112023
Education NcRaleigh, NC$40,000112021
Higher Ed WorksRaleigh, NC$40,000222022
Mdg - Note in the PocketRaleigh, NC$40,000222022
Mdg - Out of the AshesBostic, NC$40,000222022
Mdg - TrosaDurham, NC$40,000222022
Mdg - Voices TogetherChapel Hill, NC$40,000222022
Mdg Grahamtown TeamForest City, NC$40,000112022
Mdg Plainview Community CoalitionDunn, NC$40,000112022
Mdg TableCarrboro, NC$40,000112022
Mdg Timberknoll Spirit CoveDandridge, TN$40,000112022
Partnership of AsheJefferson, NC$40,000222022
Richmond Interagency TransportationHamlet, NC$40,000112023
Office of State Human ResourcesRaleigh, NC$36,000112022
Haywood Pathways CenterWaynesville, NC$35,000112023
Mountain Projects IncWaynesville, NC$35,000112023
Fayetteville StateFayetteville, NC$29,627112020
Alleghany Partnership for ChildrenSparta, NC$28,905112020
Pfi - Unc School of the ArtsWinstonsalem, NC$27,500112021
North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC$26,913112022
Alamance Elder Care IncGraham, NC$25,000112023
Bath High School PreservationBath, NC$25,000112023
Caring Services IncHigh Point, NC$25,000112023
Center for Science Leadership and DevelopmentBethel, NC$25,000112023
Communities in PartnershipDurham, NC$25,000112023
Creative Corridors CoalitionWinstonsalem, NC$25,000112023
Designed for JoyRaleigh, NC$25,000112023
DEW4HIM MinistriesWendell, NC$25,000112023
DgdcGoldsboro, NC$25,000112020
Family Abuse Services of Alamance CtyBurlington, NC$25,000112023
Friends of Jockeys Ridge IncNags Head, NC$25,000112023
Generations Family ServicesRaleigh, NC$25,000112023
Hands of Hope Medical ClinicYadkinville, NC$25,000112023
Hope AlivePembroke, NC$25,000112023
I Got Next Youth Sports IncHarrisburg, NC$25,000112023
Mdg - Housing Consultants GroupGreensboro, NC$25,000112021
Mdg - Stanton Hospitatlity HouseFayetteville, NC$25,000112021
Mdg 100 Black Men of Triangle EastRaleigh, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Avery Association for Exceptional CitizensFrank, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Blue Ridge Opportunity CommissionNorth Wilkesboro, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Cakeable Charlotte IncCharlotte, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Carolina Cross ConnectionGastonia, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Ch Barber Memorial ShelterNorth Wilkesboro, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Children's Council of WataugaBoone, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Choanoke Area DevelopmentRich Square, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Communities Supporting Schools of Wayne CountyGoldsboro, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Dunn PalDunn, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Durham Center for Senior LifeDurham, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Falcon Children's Home and Family ServicesFalcon, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Family Promise of Davie CountyMocksville, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Four Square Community ActionAndrews, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Health Education Foundation for Eastern Nc (area L Ahec)Rocky Mount, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Hope RestorationsKinston, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Hospitality House Northwest NcBoone, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Lost Province Center for Cultural ArtsLansing, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Lucy Daniels CenterCary, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Madison County Arts CouncilMarshall, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Marian Cheek Jackson CenterChapel Hill, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Nazareth Child and Family ConnectionRockwell, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Nc School for the DeafMorganton, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Obx RoomKill Devil Hills, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Open TablePhoenix, AZ$25,000112022
Mdg Peacehaven Community FarmWhitsett, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Roanoke Island Historical AssociationManteo, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Scotland Family CounselingLaurinburg, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Southern Pines HousingSouthern Pines, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Sustainable AlamanceBurlington, NC$25,000112022
Mdg SymparaCary, NC$25,000112022
Mdg the Giving SpoonBryson City, NC$25,000112022
Mdg the Health FoundationNorth Wilkesboro, NC$25,000112022
Mdg the Resiliency CollaborativeRaleigh, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Tried By FireNew Bern, NC$25,000112022
Mdg Ymi Cultural CenterAsheville, NC$25,000112022
Nc Coalition to End HomelessnessRaleigh, NC$25,000112023
Neighbors in MinistryBrevard, NC$25,000112023
Onslow Partnership (one Place)Jacksonvill, NC$25,000112020
Pamlico Partnership for ChildrenBayboro, NC$25,000112023
Pee Wee HomesChapel Hill, NC$25,000112023
Sam Child Advocacy CenterHenderson, NC$25,000112023
Sandhills Family Heritage AssociationSpring Lake, NC$25,000112023
Sister Circle InternationalHigh Point, NC$25,000112023
State Line Children's WorldLaurinburg, NC$25,000112023
Steps to HopeColumbus, NC$25,000112023
Tfbu FoundationOak City, NC$25,000112023
The Filling Station IncPollocksville, NC$25,000112023
Youth Collaborative IncWinstonsalem, NC$25,000112023
YWCA High PointHigh Point, NC$25,000112023
Zebulon Downtown Arts CouncilZebulon, NC$25,000112023
Alamance Community CollegeGraham, NC$18,000112022
Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, NC$18,000112022
Bladen Community CollegeDublin, NC$18,000112022
Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, NC$18,000112022
Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, NC$18,000112022
Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, NC$18,000112022
Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, NC$18,000112022
Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, NC$18,000112022
Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, NC$18,000112022
Cleveland Community CollegeShelby, NC$18,000112022
Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, NC$18,000112022
College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, NC$18,000112022
Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, NC$18,000112022
Davidson-Davie Community CollegeLexington, NC$18,000112022
Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, NC$18,000112022
Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, NC$18,000112022
Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, NC$18,000112022
Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston Salem, NC$18,000112022
Gaston CollegeDallas, NC$18,000112022
Governor's Awards for ExcellenceRaleigh, NC$18,000112020
Governors Award for ExcellenceRaleigh, NC$18,000112023
Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, NC$18,000112022
Halifax Community CollegeWeldon, NC$18,000112022
Haywood Community CollegeClyde, NC$18,000112022
Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, NC$18,000112022
James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansville, NC$18,000112022
Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, NC$18,000112022
Lenoir Community CollegeKinston, NC$18,000112022
Martin Community CollegeWilliamston, NC$18,000112022
Mayland Community CollegeSpruce Pine, NC$18,000112022
Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, NC$18,000112022
Montgomery Community CollegeTroy, NC$18,000112022
Nash Community CollegeRocky Mount, NC$18,000112022
Pamlico Community CollegeGrantsboro, NC$18,000112022
Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, NC$18,000112022
Pitt Community CollegeGreenville, NC$18,000112022
Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, NC$18,000112022
Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, NC$18,000112022
Roanoke-Chowan Community CollegeAhoskie, NC$18,000112022
Sampson Community CollegeClinton, NC$18,000112022
Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, NC$18,000112022

31 of 310 (10%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 12%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 6,755 grants to individuals totalling $16.0M -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 116 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
41 grants
Human Services
24 grants
Housing & Shelter
9 grants
Mental Health
7 grants
Health Care
7 grants
Arts & Culture
6 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202051$13.4M$100,000
202145$9,410,671$106,528
2022142$10.9M$25,000
2023109$13.4M$25,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. State Employees Credit Union Foundation has 119 of them, worth $39.6M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Caring HouseDurham, NC$3,000,000
Nc ZooAshebor, NC$2,000,000
One PlaceJacksonville, NC$2,000,000
Good Shepherd CenterWilmington, NC$2,000,000
Friends of Ncmns - Secu DinolabRaleigh, NC$2,000,000
Tammy Lynn CenterRaleigh, NC$1,500,000
Amorem HospiceLenoir, NC$1,500,000
Unc Health FoundationChapel Hill, NC$1,220,000
VecinosCullowhee, NC$1,200,000
Secu Bridge to CareerRaleigh, NC$1,196,563
Secu Internship ProgramBoone, NC$1,143,988
Secu Bridge to Career ProgramRaleigh, NC$1,044,000
Secu Bridge to Career ProgramRaleigh, NC$1,044,000
Secu Bridge to Career ProgramRaleigh, NC$1,044,000
Dorothea Dix Park ConservancyRaleigh, NC$1,000,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

North Carolina
$46.7M
District of Columbia
$200K
Texas
$66K
Arizona
$40K
Tennessee
$40K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from State Employees Credit Union Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 119 N Salisbury Street 11TH, Raleigh, NC, 27603. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 56-2255292 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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