Nebraska · Public charity
Columbus Area United Way Inc
The columbus area united way focuses resources to improve individual lives and help build a stronger community by providing leadership, creating coalitions, and helping to develop resources to change community conditions.
- $371k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $337k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $23,367
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $59,347
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Columbus Area United Way Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $337k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $393k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $344k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $541k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $542k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $277k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $655k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $656k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Valley Literacy Association | $379,798 | 8 | 76% |
| The Arc of Platte County | $242,694 | 8 | 85% |
| Youth and Families for Christ Inc | $222,954 | 7 | 16% |
| Columbus Emergency Relief Inc | $204,403 | 3 | 97% |
| Center for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Survivors Inc | $184,483 | 3 | 8% |
| Casa Connection | $95,691 | 5 | 26% |
| A Place at the Table Inc | $94,480 | 6 | 31% |
| Columbus Family y Inc | $84,427 | 3 | 1% |
| Big Pals-Little Pals Association of Greater Columbus | $64,473 | 3 | 38% |
| Platte County Food Pantry Inc | $62,846 | 5 | 27% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platte Valley Literacy Association | $379,798 | 8 | 76% |
| The Arc of Platte County | $242,694 | 8 | 85% |
| Youth and Families for Christ Inc | $222,954 | 7 | 16% |
| Columbus Emergency Relief Inc | $204,403 | 3 | 97% |
| Center for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Survivors Inc | $184,483 | 3 | 8% |
| Casa Connection | $95,691 | 5 | 26% |
| A Place at the Table Inc | $94,480 | 6 | 31% |
| Columbus Family y Inc | $84,427 | 3 | 1% |
| Big Pals-Little Pals Association of Greater Columbus | $64,473 | 3 | 38% |
| Platte County Food Pantry Inc | $62,846 | 5 | 27% |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | $61,659 | 3 | n/a |
| Omaha Youth for Christ | $48,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Habitat for Humanity of Columbus Ne | $41,197 | 3 | 6% |
| Faith Regional Health Services | $27,975 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbus After School Program Inc | $20,827 | 2 | 2% |
| Girl Scouts of the United States of America | $17,620 | 2 | 0% |
| Colfax County Senior Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Boone County Health Center Foundation | $5,090 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Columbus Area United Way Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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.
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How this is measured
About Columbus Area United Way Inc
- How much does Columbus Area United Way Inc give?
- Columbus Area United Way Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $336,746, out of $371,012 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Columbus Area United Way Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Youth Development (17%), Education (13%).
- Who are Columbus Area United Way Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Platte Valley Literacy Association ($380k), The Arc of Platte County ($243k), Youth and Families for Christ Inc ($223k).
- Does Columbus Area United Way Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Columbus Area United Way Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Nebraska Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Columbus Area United Way Inc based?
- Columbus Area United Way Inc is based in NE.
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