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Minnesota · Public charity

Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc

To unite the community to secure and invest resources to improve people's lives.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
44
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$22,236
Largest grant, FY2025
$239,093
Organizations funded a year
27 to 37
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterEducationInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving43$2.1M12%
FY202437$2.0M8%
FY202334$1.8M3%
FY202230$1.6M17%
FY202129$1.5M7%
FY202027$1.4M0%
FY201935$1.5M14%
FY201829$1.4M7%
100% 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$7.2MHealth$998kHousing & Shelter$933kYouth Development$778kRecreation & Sports$774kPublic Safety & Disaster$478kEducation$396kCommunity Improvement$310kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mankato Community Education and Rec$1,818,8589n/a
Vine Faith in Action$1,428,98996%
The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Mankato Inc$1,102,47657%
Partners for Affordable Housing$986,102914%
Young Mens Citizens Christian Assn$932,0414n/a
Young Women's Christian Association of Mankato$922,517920%
Twin Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$762,401910%
Salvation Army$758,0149n/a
Blue Earth County$702,7499n/a
Open Door Health Center$636,53491%
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All grantees of Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mankato Community Education and Rec$1,818,8589n/a
Vine Faith in Action$1,428,98996%
The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Mankato Inc$1,102,47657%
Partners for Affordable Housing$986,102914%
Young Mens Citizens Christian Assn$932,0414n/a
Young Women's Christian Association of Mankato$922,517920%
Twin Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$762,401910%
Salvation Army$758,0149n/a
Blue Earth County$702,7499n/a
Open Door Health Center$636,53491%
Minnesota Council of Churches$576,4569n/a
Leisure Education for Exceptional People Inc$552,751927%
American Red Cross$517,5229n/a
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$409,89590%
Life Work Planning Center Board Inc$249,516910%
Committee Against Domestic Abuse Inc$222,55482%
Area Neighborhood Service Center Inc$202,78496%
Serveminnesota$173,69850%
Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc$172,39980%
Greater Mankato Diversity Council$167,667914%
St Peter Area Foodshelf Inc$154,943916%
Feeding Our Communities Partners$117,803213%
Mankato Heart Health Program Foundation Inc$113,7309n/a
Lake Crystal Area Recreation Center Assoc Inc$113,44492%
Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises & Services Inc$111,00391%
Beyond Brink$100,98676%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester$70,55560%
The Arc of Minnesota Southwest$65,32494%
Lake Crystal School$63,1579n/a
Independent School District #508$59,6365n/a
St Peter's School$50,45740%
Commonbond Communities$49,42140%
Bethlehem Inn of Waseca$42,037414%
Connecting Kids Inc$41,8482n/a
Good Counsel Learning Center Inc$40,54545%
Wellshare International$38,62620%
Tri-City United Public Schools$37,7784n/a
Lets Smile$35,58034%
Aging Services for Communities$32,44322%
Gustavus Adolphus College$24,63350%
Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity$23,59621%
Pact Ministry Inc$22,2361n/a
Waseca Area Senior Citizens Center$21,96437%
Independent School District 829$21,8293n/a
Mankato Area Youth Baseball Association$19,85432%
Mankato Area Girls Fastpitch Association$14,85627%
A Fresh Start$9,8341n/a
Connections Ministry$8,8511n/a
Five Sparrows Foster Closet$8,8511n/a
Semcac$6,32310%
Cedar Valley Services Inc$2,99810%
Achieving Dreams for Disabilities of Waseca County Inc$2,9201n/a
Le Sueur County Developmental Ser Inc$2,49810%

Where it is load-bearing

Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc 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.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVine Faith in Action: $1,428,989 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetThe Young Men's Christian Assoc of Mankato Inc: $1,102,476 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetPartners for Affordable Housing: $986,102 over 9y, 14% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Mankato: $922,517 over 9y, 20% of budgetTwin Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $762,401 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetOpen Door Health Center: $636,534 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetLeisure Education for Exceptional People Inc: $552,751 over 9y, 27% of budgetLutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $409,895 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLife Work Planning Center Board Inc: $249,516 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetCommittee Against Domestic Abuse Inc: $222,554 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetArea Neighborhood Service Center Inc: $202,784 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetServeminnesota: $173,698 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc: $172,399 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Mankato Diversity Council: $167,667 over 9y, 14% of budgetSt Peter Area Foodshelf Inc: $154,943 over 9y, 16% of budgetFeeding Our Communities Partners: $117,803 over 2y, 13% of budgetLake Crystal Area Recreation Center Assoc Inc: $113,444 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetSouthern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises & Services Inc: $111,003 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetBeyond Brink: $100,986 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester: $70,555 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Arc of Minnesota Southwest: $65,324 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetSt Peter's School: $50,457 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCommonbond Communities: $49,421 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBethlehem Inn of Waseca: $42,037 over 4y, 14% of budgetGood Counsel Learning Center Inc: $40,545 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetWellshare International: $38,626 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLets Smile: $35,580 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetAging Services for Communities: $32,443 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetGustavus Adolphus College: $24,633 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Minnesota Habitat for Humanity: $23,596 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWaseca Area Senior Citizens Center: $21,964 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetMankato Area Youth Baseball Association: $19,854 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMankato Area Girls Fastpitch Association: $14,856 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetSemcac: $6,323 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedar Valley Services Inc: $2,998 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLe Sueur County Developmental Ser Inc: $2,498 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 36.

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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.

Mankato Area Foundati…Otto Bremer TrustMayo Clinic Group Ret…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Glen a Taylor Foundat…Southern Minnesota In…Valley News FoundationUcare FoundationMedica FoundationJones Page Jacobson F…L & N Andreas Foundat…Mankato Clinic Founda…
Mankato Area FoundationMN49× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mankato Area Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Glen a Taylor Foundation · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Valley News Foundation · Ucare Foundation · Medica Foundation · Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation · L & N Andreas Foundation · Mankato Clinic Foundation Inc

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.

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About Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc

How much does Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc give?
Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc reported 44 grants totaling $2,087,730 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (56%), Health (8%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
Who are Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mankato Community Education and Rec ($1.8M), Vine Faith in Action ($1.4M), The Young Men's Christian Assoc of Mankato Inc ($1.1M).
Does Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mankato Area Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Mayo Clinic Group Return.
Where is Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc based?
Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc is based in MN.

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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