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2-1-1 New York Inc

To lead and oversee the development and operation of a state-wide, free, health and human services information and referral system, accessible through the 2-1-1 dialing code.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$587k
Largest
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.

Human Services$6.4MPhilanthropy$5.5M
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $606k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$214,887
Median grant
1
States reached
$917k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM$587,164
GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES$465,000
UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY$367,437
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK$214,887
UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY$168,815
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION$112,217
UNITED WAY OF MOHAWK VALLEY$110,204
UNITED WAY OF THE ADIRONDACK REGION INC$30,459
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $5.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UNITED WAY OF THE WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $606k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $475k → 14%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $587k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $473k → 14%UNITED WAY OF THE WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $547k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $465k → 14%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $323k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $266k → 14%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $209k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $259k → 14%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $208k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $242k → 14%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $198k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $232k → 14%UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $194k → 9%GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES: $231k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 9 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
0

Total granted

$12M
$0

Still filing today

100%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +84%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +8%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE ADIRONDACK REGION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $185k · revenue +3%

Funded once

    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
    United Way of Greater Rochester Inc

    United way of greater rochester's mission is to unite the good will and resources of the greater rochester community so that everyone can thrive. united way supports a broad network of human service organizations, community initiatives and…

    —
    2
    United Way of New York State

    To strengthen the capacity of local united ways through their charitable human service activities to be leaders in achieving results that improve the lives of all new yorkers.

    Philanthropy
    3
    United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

    United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

    Philanthropy
    4
    United Way Manitowoc County Inc

    United way's mission is to improve lives.

    Philanthropy
    5
    United Way of Seneca County Inc

    The mission of the organization is to mobilize the caring power of the community to advance the common good by measurably improving lives.

    —
    6
    United Way of Windham County Inc

    United way of windham county (uwcc) advances the common good by creating opportunities for a better way of life for all, focusing on education, income and health - the building blocks of a better quality of life.

    Philanthropy
    7
    United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counites Inc

    The uwmpc enhances the quality of life in our community by helping those in need. we serve as a leader in building a stronger and healthier community by developing resources and creating partnerships to empower individuals to improve their…

    Philanthropy
    8
    United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc

    Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.

    —
    9
    United Way of Lapeer County

    To unite the community by developing resources to meet the community needs.

    Philanthropy
    10
    United Way of the Midlands

    United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

    Philanthropy
    11
    United Way of Tuscarawas County Inc

    The mission of the united way of tuscarawascounty inc is to invest in local programs and services thateffectively improve the lives of tuscarawas county residents.

    Philanthropy
    12
    United Way of Northern Chautauqua C

    The united way of northern chautauqua co inc envisions a community that works together, striving to improve the lives of others, while promoting ideals that facilitate lasting positive changes. empowering our local communities through…

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    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Buffalo and Erie County; the most unlike its peers is United Way of Long Island. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    9 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.

    Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    9/9
    Grantees still filing
    3/9
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $2,872,596 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAMGOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $2,643,363 · Human ServicesGOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INCUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION: $903,905 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGIONUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $1,812,516 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTYUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $1,252,662 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INCUNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC: $932,553 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INCUNITED WAY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY INC: $765,043 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY INCUNITED WAY OF THE ADIRONDACK REGION INC: $184,613 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND: $516,220 · Other
    Human Services$6,419,864Philanthropy$4,947,387Other$516,220

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM: $2,872,596 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetGOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC: $2,643,363 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $1,812,516 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC: $1,252,662 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC: $932,553 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION: $903,905 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY INC: $765,043 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND: $516,220 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE ADIRONDACK REGION INC: $184,613 over 8y, 5.3% 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.

    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM ↗
    • Who funds GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY INC ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND ↗
    • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE ADIRONDACK REGION INC ↗

    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.

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    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 2-1-1 New York Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 2-1-1 New York Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
      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.
      05Through Plinth

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      How do I get to 2-1-1 New York Inc?

      Find your warmest path to 2-1-1 New York Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

      Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

      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 9 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.

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