Wisconsin · Public charity
Brown County United Way
BROWN COUNTY UNITED WAY unites people, ideas, and resources to create community solutions that strengthen every person and every community in brown county.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,908
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Brown County United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $356k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 35 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $1.7M | 39% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.4M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $2.2M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $2.6M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Services of Northeast Wi Inc | $2,316,793 | 9 | 4% |
| Encompass Early Education & Care Inc | $1,273,214 | 9 | 3% |
| New Community Clinic Ltd | $1,069,332 | 9 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bay and Lakes Region Inc | $934,357 | 9 | 5% |
| Golden House Inc | $912,935 | 9 | 10% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay Inc | $866,744 | 9 | 5% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Wisconsin Inc | $790,675 | 9 | 17% |
| Salvation Army of Brown County | $622,232 | 9 | n/a |
| Green Bay Area Public School District | $502,760 | 9 | n/a |
| Literacy Green Bay Inc | $498,997 | 9 | 23% |
Show all 44 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brown County United Way supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · George Kress Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Little Rapids Corporation - Egan Family Foundation Inc · John and Engrid Meng Inc · De Pere Christian Outreach · K C Stock Foundation Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Cornerstone Foundation of Northeastern Wisconsin Inc · Schneider National Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Brown County United Way
- How much does Brown County United Way give?
- Brown County United Way reported 37 grants totaling $1,611,475 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Brown County United Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Philanthropy (19%), Health (13%).
- Who are Brown County United Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Family Services of Northeast Wi Inc ($2.3M), Encompass Early Education & Care Inc ($1.3M), New Community Clinic Ltd ($1.1M).
- Does Brown County United Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brown County United Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation, George Kress Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brown County United Way based?
- Brown County United Way is based in WI.
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