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Greater Ottawa County United Way

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of community to advance the common good. GREATER OTTAWA COUNTY UNITED WAY supports, develops, and implements a range of impact solutions that improve lives and creates stronger communities.

$630k
Granted FY2023
27
Itemized grants FY2023
27
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$567k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$17,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$66,083
Organizations funded a year
27 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
2

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Greater Ottawa County United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthOther
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
FY202327$567k7%
FY202235$622k20%
FY202134$760k3%
FY202036$1.0M0%
FY201936$1.1M0%
FY201839$1.1M3%
FY201740$1.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Human Services$1.5MHealth$1.4MCrime & Legal$795kHousing & Shelter$755kEducation$741kYouth Development$469kRecreation & Sports$321kCivil Rights$176kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence$635,18774%
Community Action House$429,95473%
The Salvation Army World Service Office$384,67370%
Children's Assessment Center$369,43174%
Mosaic Counseling$361,262712%
Reach for Recovery Inc$357,39773%
Pathways$347,5334n/a
Grand Haven Area Public Schools$268,3357n/a
Good Samaritan Ministries$249,64374%
CASA of Kent County Inc$214,17375%
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All grantees of Greater Ottawa County United Way by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence$635,18774%
Community Action House$429,95473%
The Salvation Army World Service Office$384,67370%
Children's Assessment Center$369,43174%
Mosaic Counseling$361,262712%
Reach for Recovery Inc$357,39773%
Pathways$347,5334n/a
Grand Haven Area Public Schools$268,3357n/a
Good Samaritan Ministries$249,64374%
CASA of Kent County Inc$214,17375%
Child Development Services of Ottawa County Inc$188,42061%
Community Access Line of the Lakeshore 211$176,56177%
Young Men's Christian Assn - Tri-Cities Michigan$166,99072%
Latin Americans United for Progress Inc$158,456734%
The Little Red House Inc$156,260615%
Hope College$145,16670%
Boy Scouts of America$130,3686n/a
Northeast Ottawa Forum$108,66277%
Ladder Inc$103,128721%
City on a Hill Ministries$102,43971%
The Arbor Circle Corporation$100,93030%
Zeeland Public Schools$98,8667n/a
Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance$97,599610%
His Harvest Stand$85,57174%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holland$85,52961%
Center for Dispute Resolution Dba Mediation Services$84,07866%
Legal Aid of Western Michigan$78,81270%
Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired$76,04652%
Four Points Inc Four Points Inc$69,97155%
Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore$65,97261%
The People Center Inc$60,15158%
City of Grand Haven$59,7354n/a
Destination Education$59,340233%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$58,26150%
Big Brotherbig Sister Foundation Inc$56,69758%
Arcadvocacy & Resource Center Peggy Fakler Executive Director$45,464519%
Feeding America$41,18160%
Ready for School$33,93751%
Catholic Charities West Michigan$23,33620%
Heritage Homes Inc$17,45810%
Sylvia's Place$16,10022%
Wings Home$14,55023%
Christian Neighbors Se$14,15021%
Love Inc of Allendale$14,00622%
Arc of Allegan County$12,50018%
Safe Harbor Children's Advocacy Center$8,50011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lakeshore$8,0001n/a
Bethany Christian Services$7,03110%
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center$7,00011%
Catholic Family Services$6,10010%
Allegan County Legal Assistance Ctr$5,90017%

Where it is load-bearing

Greater Ottawa County United Way supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetResilience Advocates for Ending Violence: $635,187 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetCommunity Action House: $429,954 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetThe Salvation Army World Service Office: $384,673 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Assessment Center: $369,431 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetMosaic Counseling: $361,262 over 7y, 12% of budgetReach for Recovery Inc: $357,397 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetGood Samaritan Ministries: $249,643 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetCASA of Kent County Inc: $214,173 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetChild Development Services of Ottawa County Inc: $188,420 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCommunity Access Line of the Lakeshore 211: $176,561 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Assn - Tri-Cities Michigan: $166,990 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetLatin Americans United for Progress Inc: $158,456 over 7y, 34% of budgetThe Little Red House Inc: $156,260 over 6y, 15% of budgetHope College: $145,166 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Ottawa Forum: $108,662 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetLadder Inc: $103,128 over 7y, 21% of budgetCity on a Hill Ministries: $102,439 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetThe Arbor Circle Corporation: $100,930 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance: $97,599 over 6y, 10% of budgetHis Harvest Stand: $85,571 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Holland: $85,529 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCenter for Dispute Resolution Dba Mediation Services: $84,078 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetLegal Aid of Western Michigan: $78,812 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAssociation for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $76,046 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetFour Points Inc Four Points Inc: $69,971 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore: $65,972 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetThe People Center Inc: $60,151 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetDestination Education: $59,340 over 2y, 33% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $58,261 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brotherbig Sister Foundation Inc: $56,697 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetArcadvocacy & Resource Center Peggy Fakler Executive Director: $45,464 over 5y, 19% of budgetFeeding America: $41,181 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetReady for School: $33,937 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCatholic Charities West Michigan: $23,336 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHeritage Homes Inc: $17,458 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSylvia's Place: $16,100 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWings Home: $14,550 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetChristian Neighbors Se: $14,150 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLove Inc of Allendale: $14,006 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetArc of Allegan County: $12,500 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetSafe Harbor Children's Advocacy Center: $8,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBethany Christian Services: $7,031 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Harbor Child Advocacy Center: $7,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCatholic Family Services: $6,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAllegan County Legal Assistance Ctr: $5,900 over 1y, 7.4% 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 45.

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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.

Grand Haven Area Comm…The Community Foundat…Heart of West Michiga…Allegan County United…Perrigo Company Chari…Consumers Energy Foun…Frey FoundationGrand Rapids Communit…The Allegan County Co…Millerknoll FoundationCommunity Foundation …Howard Miller Foundat…
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation IncMI56.3× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Allegan County United Way · Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Frey Foundation · Grand Rapids Community Foundation · The Allegan County Community Foundation · Millerknoll Foundation · Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Howard Miller 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.

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About Greater Ottawa County United Way

How much does Greater Ottawa County United Way give?
Greater Ottawa County United Way reported 27 itemized grants totaling $566,500, out of $630,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Greater Ottawa County United Way fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Health (22%), Crime & Legal (12%).
Who are Greater Ottawa County United Way's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Resilience Advocates for Ending Violence ($635k), Community Action House ($430k), The Salvation Army World Service Office ($385k).
Does Greater Ottawa County United Way fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Ottawa County United Way?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grand Haven Area Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc, Heart of West Michigan United Way.
Where is Greater Ottawa County United Way based?
Greater Ottawa County United Way is based in MI.

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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $491 of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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