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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 FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$59k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% 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$892kYouth Development$641kEducation$479kRecreation & Sports$240kPublic Safety & Disaster$204kCrime & Legal$164kFood & Nutrition$157kHealth$123kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $336,746, the rows itemized in this filing. The $371,012 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $34,266 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $218k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $112k
$23,367
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBUS EMERGENCY RELIEF$59,347
CENTER FOR SURVIVORS$52,838
PLATTE VALLEY LITERACY ASSOCIATION$48,614
ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY$40,002
COLUMBUS FAMILY YMCA$30,917
YOUTH AND FAMILIES FOR CHRIST$23,367
TEAMMATES COLUMBUS$21,985
BIG PALS-LITTLE PALS$20,581
A PLACE AT THE TABLE$19,247
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLUMBUS$13,609
FAITH REG CHILD ADVOCACY$6,239
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, $547k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%COLFAX COUNTY SENIOR CENTER: $15k → 9%COLUMBUS EMERGENCY RELIEF: $77k → 10%COLUMBUS EMERGENCY RELIEF: $68k → 10%COLUMBUS EMERGENCY RELIEF: $59k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $41k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $40k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $37k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $33k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $33k → 10%COLUMBUS FAMILY YMCA: $31k → 10%COLUMBUS FAMILY YMCA: $27k → 10%COLUMBUS FAMILY YMCA: $26k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $25k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $20k → 10%ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $13k → 10%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 33 repeat orgs$269k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
11

Total granted

$3.5M
$269k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+11%

Still filing today

39%
27%

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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationCrime & LegalFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TA
    THE ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $243k · revenue +46% · 85% of their budget
  • YA
    YOUTH AND FAMILIES FOR CHRIST INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $223k · revenue +17%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $184k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR SUVIVORS
    one grant, 2017 · $94k
  • OY
    OMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST
    one grant, 2017 · $48k · revenue +10%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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
Columbus Senior Citizens Center

Senior Citizen Center provides Senior Citizens with Home Delivered and Congregate Meals as well as a meeting place for senior citizens.

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2
Lucas County Casa Advisory Board Inc

To organize, promote, assist and support local governmental and private agencies offering programs benefiting children and families in lucas county

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3
Cossatot Polk County Senior Citizens Inc

To provide meals to the elderly

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4
Cornerstone Ministries Inc

Christian youth center

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5
Columbus Food Pantry Inc

To operate a charitable community food pantry.

Food & Nutrition
6
South Central Iowa Youth for Christ

Organizing activities for area teens.

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7
Refuge Ministries Inc

To provide a safe place for youth to come after school

Education
8
Community Resource Center of Chattooga

To acquire and distribute resouces to bring relief to those in financial need in chattooga county and to walk out the words of jesus.

Food & Nutrition
9
Casa for York County

To provide advocacy in court for children.

Human Services
10
Luce County Community Resource & Recreation Center Inc

To provide a center for youth/family activity & counseling. assist community in times of crisis.

Human Services
11
Brown Bag of Columbus Inc

Food for the elderly and needy

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12
Hub - Youth Central

To engage youth by providing innovative programs, nutritious meals and a safe place to socialize; To honor youth by offering support, acceptance, and a sense of purpose; To build coalitions which advocate for youth, family and community;…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Faith Regional Health Services; the most unlike its peers is Boone County Health Center Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 44 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTER FOR SURVIVORS: $281,214 · OtherCENTER FOR SURVIVORSIndividual grant recipient: $264,127 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYOUTH AND FAMILIES FOR CHRIST INC: $222,954 · OtherYOUTH AND FAMILIES FOR CHRIST INCIndividual grant recipient: $187,878 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBIG PALS LITTLE PALS: $153,235 · OtherBIG PALS LITTLE PALSTEAMMATES: $128,488 · OtherTEAMMATESCENTER FOR SUVIVORS: $94,000 · OtherIMAGINATION LIBRARY: $82,218 · Other+22 more: $766,656 · Other+22 moreTHE ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $242,694 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF PLATTE COUN…Columbus Emergency Relief Inc: $204,403 · Human ServicesColumbus Emergency Rel…CENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS INC: $184,483 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSA…COLUMBUS FAMILY Y INC: $84,427 · Human ServicesCOLUMBUS FAMILY Y INC+1 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesPLATTE VALLEY LITERACY ASSOCIATION: $379,798 · EducationPLATTE VALLEY…PLATTE COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $62,846 · EducationPLATTE COUNTY…BIG PALS-LITTLE PALS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER COLUMBUS: $64,473 · Youth DevelopmentOMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $48,200 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $17,620 · Youth DevelopmentCASA CONNECTION: $95,691 · Crime & LegalA PLACE AT THE TABLE INC: $94,480 · Food & NutritionHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLUMBUS NE: $41,197 · Housing & ShelterFAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $27,975 · Health
Other$2,180,770Human Services$731,007Education$442,644Youth Development$130,293Crime & Legal$95,691Food & Nutrition$94,480Housing & Shelter$41,197Health$27,975

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 budgetPLATTE VALLEY LITERACY ASSOCIATION: $379,798 over 8y, 76% of budgetTHE ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY: $242,694 over 8y, 85% of budgetYOUTH AND FAMILIES FOR CHRIST INC: $222,954 over 7y, 16% of budgetColumbus Emergency Relief Inc: $204,403 over 3y, 97% of budgetCENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS INC: $184,483 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetCASA CONNECTION: $95,691 over 5y, 26% of budgetA PLACE AT THE TABLE INC: $94,480 over 6y, 31% of budgetCOLUMBUS FAMILY Y INC: $84,427 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetBIG PALS-LITTLE PALS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER COLUMBUS: $64,473 over 3y, 38% of budgetPLATTE COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $62,846 over 5y, 27% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLUMBUS NE: $41,197 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetFAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $27,975 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM INC: $20,827 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $17,620 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLFAX COUNTY SENIOR CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBoone County Health Center Foundation: $5,090 over 1y, 1.5% 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 PLATTE VALLEY LITERACY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF PLATTE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH AND FAMILIES FOR CHRIST INC ↗
  • Who funds Columbus Emergency Relief Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE AT THE TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS FAMILY Y INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG PALS-LITTLE PALS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER COLUMBUS ↗
  • Who funds PLATTE COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF COLUMBUS NE ↗
  • Who funds FAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds COLFAX COUNTY SENIOR CENTER 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.

First Interstate Banc…Nebraska Community Fo…Amazonsmile Foundation
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncMT14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Nebraska Community Foundation · Amazonsmile 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 Columbus Area United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Columbus Area United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 44 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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