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Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs.

$788k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Human Services$1.8MYouth Development$1.2MHealth$1.0MFood & Nutrition$664kCrime & Legal$559kHousing & Shelter$397kReligion$221kEducation$150kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 32 grants below total $700,260, the rows itemized in this filing. The $787,629 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $87,369 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $546k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $108k
$18,120
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHARED HARVEST$55,488
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SW OHIO$52,555
BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE$46,403
COMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE$39,200
BUTLER COUNTY CASA$36,638
SERVE CITY$36,072
ENVISION PARTNERSHIPS$35,336
YWCA$34,196
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$31,669
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN$30,600
GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA$26,554
ABILITIES FIRST$23,139
HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION$22,781
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAMILTON$20,970
AMERICAN RED CROSS CINCINNATI$19,401
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $34k → 12%OXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $33k → 12%OXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $23k → 12%OXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $22k → 12%SJO KIDS INC DBA: $20k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS CINCINNATI: $19k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS CINCINNATI: $17k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%4C FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 16%CINTI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $18k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $18k → 16%HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION: $24k → 12%HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION: $23k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST: $23k → 12%HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION: $23k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST: $20k → 12%ABILITIES FIRST: $20k → 12%LIFESPAN: $52k → 12%YWCA: $50k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE: $46k → 12%LIFESPAN: $40k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE: $40k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $38k → 12%SERVE CITY: $36k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE: $35k → 12%LIFESPAN: $33k → 12%YWCA: $33k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $32k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $32k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $32k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $32k → 12%SERVE CITY: $31k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $30k → 12%BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER: $30k → 12%SERVE CITY: $29k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $27k → 12%LIFESPAN: $20k → 12%GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $19k → 12%SELF: $18k → 12%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.4M · 46 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

46 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
6

Total granted

$6.4M
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+1%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterCivil RightsReligionOther
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

  • SH
    SHARED HARVEST FOODBANK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $555k · revenue +157%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $502k · revenue +34%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAMILTON OHIO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $407k · revenue +190%

Funded once

  • SK
    SJO KIDS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +1%
  • LF
    LIGHTHOUSE FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2017 · $14k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue -76%
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
Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs. the organization focuses on the most important human service needs facing the community and uses a variety of methods to communicate with community members in order to priortize the issues…

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2
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
3
Family & Children's Services of Mid-Michigan Inc

We inspire hope and well-being for people of all ages by providing counseling, education and support.

Human Services
4
Wayne County Community Services Organization

Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv

Community Improvement
5
South Central Mental Health Center Inc

The Center provides quality mental health services that empower individuals, families & communities of Butler County to shape promising futures.

Health
6
Hopewell Health Centers Inc

Provide access to affordable high quality integrated care for all. Our organization offers a wide range of services, which includes comprehensive behavioral health care, dental health care, and primary health care. Hopewell Health Centers…

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7
Butler Behavioral Health Services

To be the first choice for caring, comprehensive and well-coordinated behavioral health care services.

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8
Oberlin Community Services Council

Oberlin community services council is a responsive community organization that provides direct assistance, referrals, outreach and educational support to lorain county residents who struggle to meet basic needs.

Human Services
9
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
10
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
11
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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12
Child Focus

Child focus strengthens the quality of life for 20,000 individuals in central and southern Ohio by developing thriving kids, strong families and successful adults

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifespan Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fairfield Food Pantry. 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

43 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. 43 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
32/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHARED HARVEST FOODBANK INC: $554,683 · OtherSHARED HARVEST FOODBANK INCBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC: $502,049 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAMILTON OHIO: $406,571 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAMILTON OHIOYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HAMILTON OHIO INC: $386,002 · OtherYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HAMILTON OHIO IN…UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $343,941 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCEWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $228,600 · OtherWOMEN HELPING WOMENSojourner Recovery Services Inc: $161,974 · OtherBUTLER COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $114,104 · Other+17 more: $446,007 · Other+17 moreEvery Child Succeeds: $368,693 · Human ServicesEvery Child SucceedsGREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $285,884 · Human ServicesGREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCALIFESPAN INC: $229,858 · Human ServicesLIFESPAN INCOXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $138,588 · Human ServicesOXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INCCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC: $131,576 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CA…HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC: $130,047 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $117,197 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & It…SERVE CITY: $114,477 · Human ServicesSERVE CITYCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $100,052 · Human ServicesCincinnati Association for the B…Abilities First Foundation Inc: $63,139 · Human Services+6 more: $167,787 · Human Services+6 moreALCOHOLISM COUNCIL OF BUTLER COUNTY: $319,836 · HealthButler County Community Health Consortium Inc: $80,000 · HealthCancer Family Care Inc: $70,334 · Health+2 more: $17,523 · HealthPARACHUTE SPECIAL ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN OF BUTLER COUNTY: $357,363 · Civil RightsHAMILTON LIVING WATER MINISTRY INC: $256,367 · ReligionBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CHESTERLIBERT: $139,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $49,080 · Youth DevelopmentAxis Teen Centers: $28,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $14,728 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC: $109,200 · Community Improvement
Other$3,143,931Human Services$1,847,298Health$487,693Civil Rights$357,363Religion$256,367Youth Development$230,808Community Improvement$109,200

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSHARED HARVEST FOODBANK INC: $554,683 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC: $502,049 over 9y, 16% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAMILTON OHIO: $406,571 over 9y, 15% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HAMILTON OHIO INC: $386,002 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetEvery Child Succeeds: $368,693 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetPARACHUTE SPECIAL ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN OF BUTLER COUNTY: $357,363 over 9y, 12% of budgetALCOHOLISM COUNCIL OF BUTLER COUNTY: $319,836 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetGREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA: $285,884 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHAMILTON LIVING WATER MINISTRY INC: $256,367 over 9y, 39% of budgetLIFESPAN INC: $229,858 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $228,600 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CHESTERLIBERT: $139,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetOXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $138,588 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC: $131,576 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC: $130,047 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $117,197 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSERVE CITY: $114,477 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC: $109,200 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetOXFORD TALAWANDA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $102,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $100,052 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetButler County Community Health Consortium Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $70,334 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetAbilities First Foundation Inc: $63,139 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSUPPORTS TO ENCOURAGE LOW-INCOME FA: $60,620 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTOPSS: $59,778 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF BUTLER COUNTY INC: $58,850 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $49,080 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOCUS ON YOUTH INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAxis Teen Centers: $28,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $22,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE'S CLOSET INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSJO KIDS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWarren County Community Services Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWesley Community Services Organization: $15,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $14,728 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Tristate: $14,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAIRFIELD FOOD PANTRY: $11,667 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFITTON CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOXFORD COLLEGE CORNER CLINIC: $10,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $7,523 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $6,911 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 SHARED HARVEST FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BUTLER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAMILTON OHIO ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HAMILTON OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds Every Child Succeeds ↗
  • Who funds PARACHUTE SPECIAL ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN OF BUTLER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ALCOHOLISM COUNCIL OF BUTLER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds GREAT MIAMI VALLEY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds HAMILTON LIVING WATER MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESPAN INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN HELPING WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CHESTERLIBERT ↗
  • Who funds OXFORD SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SERVE CITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFORD TALAWANDA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired ↗
  • Who funds Butler County Community Health Consortium Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cancer Family Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds Abilities First Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SUPPORTS TO ENCOURAGE LOW-INCOME FA ↗
  • Who funds TOPSS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF BUTLER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Western Ohio ↗
  • Who funds FOCUS ON YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds Axis Teen Centers ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE'S CLOSET INC ↗
  • Who funds SJO KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds Warren County Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds Wesley Community Services Organization ↗

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.

Hamilton Community Fo…United Way of Greater…The Greater Cincinnat…John a Schroth Family…The Northern Cincinna…Middletown Community …First Financial Found…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Molyneaux Foundation …McCullough-Hyde Memor…Sutphin Family Founda…Hatton Foundation
Hamilton Community FoundationOH42.3× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hamilton Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Northern Cincinnai Foundation · Middletown Community Foundation · First Financial Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Molyneaux Foundation 1045000246 · McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Endowment Fund · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Hatton Foundation

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 Butler County United Way funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Butler County United Way. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%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
    1get no government money at all
    21report 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.

    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 53 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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