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Heart of Kentucky United Way Inc

Heart of kentucky united way advances the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all.

$208k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$29k
Largest
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$1.2MCrime & Legal$483kEducation$427kHealth$394kCommunity Improvement$147kYouth Development$40kRecreation & Sports$30k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $203,333, the rows itemized in this filing. The $208,333 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,000 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 $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $188k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP$29,000
CASA OF THE BLUEGRASS$18,000
LEGAL AID OF THE BLUEGRASS$17,000
GLADYS PROJECT$17,000
LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC$15,000
CASA OF LEXINGTON$15,000
GREEN HOUSE 17$15,000
FAMILY SERVICES ASSOCIATION$13,500
SALVATION ARMY$13,333
HAVEN CARE CENTER$13,000
NURSING HOME OMBUDSMAN AGENCY$12,000
CENTRO LATINO$10,000
DANVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CRADLE SCHOOL$8,000
KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORP$7,500
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 (FY17–25, $254k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $32k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $32k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $27k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $19k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $17k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $16k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $15k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $15k → 18%LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $15k → 18%CASA OF LEXINGTON: $20k → 15%CASA OF LEXINGTON: $17k → 15%CASA OF LEXINGTON: $15k → 15%CASA OF LEXINGTON: $15k → 15%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 23 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
2

Total granted

$2.7M
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+26%

Still filing today

61%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesHealthCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BG
    BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $438k · revenue +55%
  • CA
    CASA AT WOODLAWN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $261k · revenue +54%
  • KE
    KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEV CORP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $194k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • LC
    Lincoln County Public Library
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • BR
    BLUEGRASS RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC D/B/A AMPERSAND SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESOURCEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +26%
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
Bluegrass Senior Assist

Empowering families through education so they can retain control by making informed decisions.

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2
Child Watch Counseling and Advocacy Center Inc

To provide families in western kentucky with education, advocacy and treatment that prevents child abuse, encourages family stability, promotes healthy relationships, enhances well-being and cultivates safe, nurturing families.

Crime & Legal
3
Northern Kentucky Children's Advocacy Center Inc

Provide a coordinated response to concerns of child abuse in a child-focused environment, offering prevention, evaluation and treatment to children and families.

Health
4
Children's Advocacy Centers of Kentucky Inc

Children's advocacy centers of kentucky, inc. seeks to build relationships at the state and national levels by collaborating with partners which will benefit the work of kentucky child advocacy centers.

Crime & Legal
5
Ky Access to Justice Commission Inc

To increase access to the courts and high-quality legal representation for people with low and moderate incomes living in kentucky through innovative partnerships with the judiciary, the civil legal aid programs, private bar, law schools,…

Crime & Legal
6
Casa of South Central Kentucky Inc

Volunteers in action seeking safety and permanency for our community's youngest victims. casa provides support, advocacy, and intervention for abused, neglected, and dependent children in south central ky's family court system.

Crime & Legal
7
Westcare Kentucky Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
8
Butler County Children's Advocacy Center Inc

To provide a multi-disciplinary response to child victims of various types of abuse and neglect.

Crime & Legal
9
Kentucky River Child Advocacy Cente

Advocate of child sexual abuse victims

Crime & Legal
10
Grayson County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc

The Organization's mission is to provide a multidisciplinary collaboration of services for the purpose of prevention, intervention, investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse. This effort reduces the potential for additional…

Youth Development
11
Child Care Council of Kentucky Inc

The child care council of kentucky is committed to supporting providers, empowering families and strengthening communities by expanding access to high quality child care resources, advocacy, and training.

Human Services
12
The Child Advocacy Center of Anderson Co Tn

To combat severe physical and sexual abuse and resulting trauma by coordinating and providing services in a child friendly, safe and nurturing environment.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Vista of the Bluegrass Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kentucky Educational Dev Corp. 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 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEV CORP: $193,794 · OtherKENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEV CORPTHE GLADYS PROJECT INC: $193,271 · OtherTHE GLADYS PROJECT INCFamily Services Association of Boyle County Inc: $157,175 · OtherFamily Services Association of Boyle County I…WILDERNESS TRACE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTE CORPORATION: $127,225 · OtherWILDERNESS TRACE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTE CORP…CENTRO LATINO: $78,000 · OtherCENTRO LATINOLINCOLN COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER: $66,220 · OtherLINCOLN COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTERDANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: $62,414 · OtherDANVILLE HIGH SCHOOLKING'S MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $58,795 · OtherKING'S MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CENTERBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $40,000 · Other+5 more: $116,417 · Other+5 moreBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $438,422 · Human ServicesBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNE…LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $187,657 · Human ServicesLINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS CEN…GREENHOUSE17 INC: $134,500 · Human ServicesGREENHOUSE17 INCCASA OF LEXINGTON INC: $66,500 · Human ServicesCASA OF LEXINGTON INCCASA AT WOODLAWN INC: $261,120 · Crime & LegalCASA AT WOODLAWN …Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society: $155,000 · Crime & LegalNorthern Kentucky…NURSING HOME OMBUDSMAN AGENCY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $108,583 · HealthNURSING HO…NEW VISTA OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $80,500 · HealthNEW VISTA …HAVEN CARE CENTER INC: $58,500 · HealthHAVEN CARE…+1 more: $3,000 · HealthMERCER TRANSFORMATION INC: $146,500 · Youth Development
Other$1,093,311Human Services$827,079Crime & Legal$416,120Health$250,583Youth Development$146,500

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 budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $438,422 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCASA AT WOODLAWN INC: $261,120 over 9y, 12% of budgetKENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEV CORP: $193,794 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC: $187,657 over 9y, 14% of budgetFamily Services Association of Boyle County Inc: $157,175 over 9y, 12% of budgetNorthern Kentucky Legal Aid Society: $155,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMERCER TRANSFORMATION INC: $146,500 over 4y, 68% of budgetGREENHOUSE17 INC: $134,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetWILDERNESS TRACE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTE CORPORATION: $127,225 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetNURSING HOME OMBUDSMAN AGENCY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $108,583 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetNEW VISTA OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $80,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF LEXINGTON INC: $66,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHAVEN CARE CENTER INC: $58,500 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $40,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMERCER AREA FAMILY EDUCATION AND WELLNESS INC: $30,417 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetVISUALLY IMPARIED PRESCHOOL SERVICES INC: $21,667 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBLUEGRASS RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC D/B/A AMPERSAND SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESOURCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA AT WOODLAWN INC ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL DEV CORP ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Family Services Association of Boyle County Inc ↗
  • Who funds Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society ↗
  • Who funds MERCER TRANSFORMATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENHOUSE17 INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS TRACE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds NURSING HOME OMBUDSMAN AGENCY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW VISTA OF THE BLUEGRASS INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF LEXINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE BLUEGRASS INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCER AREA FAMILY EDUCATION AND WELLNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds VISUALLY IMPARIED PRESCHOOL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUEGRASS RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC D/B/A AMPERSAND SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESOURCE ↗

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.

Blue Grass Community Foundation IncKY31.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Bluegrass Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Trim Masters Charitable Foundation Inc · Roaring Brook Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Heart of Kentucky United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heart of Kentucky United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 25 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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