Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc
Madison, WI · EIN 26-0819612. Reported 51 grants totalling $549,031 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B82) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 41 distinct organizations, with 8% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 15% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,890 and $12,150; the smallest was $5,091 and the largest $20,968. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Globe Credit Union | Neenah, WI | $43,470 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Holy Family Memorial Credit Union | Manitowoc, WI | $33,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Racine Municipal Employees Credit Union | Racine, WI | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Fort Community Credit Union | Fort Atkinson, WI | $21,488 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lco Federal Credit Union | Hayward, WI | $20,968 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Focus Credit Union | Menomonee Falls, WI | $20,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Verve a Credit Union | Oshkosh, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Medical Credit Union | Green Bay, WI | $16,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Co-Op Credit Union | Black River Falls, WI | $15,713 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Evergreen Credit Union | Neenah, WI | $15,091 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| County-City Credit Union | Jefferson, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Enterprise Credit Union | Brookfield, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwoods Community Credit Union | Park Falls, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wea Credit Union | Madison, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brewery Credit Union | Milwaukee, WI | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Guardian Credit Union | Oak Creek, WI | $12,150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unitedone Credit Union | Manitowoc, WI | $11,767 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Brokaw Credit Union | Schofield, WI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brantwood Credit Union | Brantwood, WI | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prospera Credit Union | Appleton, WI | $10,415 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Choice Credit Union | Marshfield, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fox Communities Credit Union | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hayward Community Credit Union | Hayward, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indianhead Credit Union | Spooner, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union | Marshfield, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mcu Financial Center Credit Union | Racine, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Park City Credit Union | Merrill, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan Area Credit Union | Sheboygan, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Superior Choice Credit Union | Superior, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Taylor Credit Union | Medford, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tomah Area Credit Union | Tomah, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Service Credit Union | Green Bay, WI | $9,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southern Lakes Credit Union | Kenosha, WI | $8,914 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakewood Credit Union | Rib Lake, WI | $8,890 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Service Credit Union | Wausau, WI | $8,385 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iron County Community Credit Union | Hurley, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Royal Credit Union | Eau Claire, WI | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brantwood Credit Union | Brantwood, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Glacier Hills Credit Union | West Bend, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Crosse-Burlington Credit Union | La Crosse, WI | $6,680 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tri-County Credit Union | Marinette, WI | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
8 of 41 (20%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Lco Federal Credit Union
FOR SECURITY UPGRADES AND TO FUND FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOUTH, AND ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM - Focus Credit Union
TO BRING FINANCIAL EDUCATION TO MEMBERS ON THE MARGIN AND TO FUND AN ADA RAMP CONVERSION. - Badger Globe Credit Union
TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY TO BETTER SERVE SPANISH-SPEAKING FAMILIES IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN, AND FOR DEBIT AND CREDIT CARD ENHANCEMENTS - County-City Credit Union
TO MODERNIZE DEBIT CARD PROGRAM - Holy Family Memorial Credit Union
TO IMPLEMENT CANCER CARE AGENT PROGRAM - Northwoods Community Credit Union
TO IMPROVE IT SECURITY, NEW ATM AND REPLACE PARKING LOT
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | $64,400 | $7,975 |
| 2022 | 8 | $79,080 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 11 | $135,530 | $11,488 |
| 2024 | 12 | $125,416 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 12 | $144,605 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Wisconsin.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Wisconsin Credit Union Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 12 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1 E Main St 101, Madison, WI, 53703.
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