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· Public charity

Heartland United Way Inc

To improve people's lives and create possibilities in hall, hamilton, howard & merrick counties.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$106k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Youth Development$1.3MHealth$1.2MHousing & Shelter$887kCrime & Legal$835kHuman Services$668kEducation$532kCivil Rights$357kPublic Safety & Disaster$105kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $817,626, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,383,294 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $565,668 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 $10k1 grant · $10k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $232k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $576k
$33,600
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPE HARBOR$106,200
CENTRAL NE COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM$83,060
BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS$75,712
THIRD CITY COMMUNITY CLINIC$72,800
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$67,760
HEARTLAND CASA$67,200
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION$52,640
MULTICULTURAL COALITION$50,400
LITERACY COUNCIL$39,200
FIRST LIGHT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$33,600
YMCA$28,000
LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES$28,000
WILLOW RISING$27,400
TEAMMATES OF GRAND ISLAND$17,920
MIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING$17,290
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, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%MIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $17k → 11%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $48k → 12%MIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $11k → 11%MIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 11%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $45k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $43k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $37k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $35k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $34k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $34k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $31k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $28k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $110k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $106k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $105k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $96k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $95k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $92k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $90k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $87k → 12%HOPE HARBOR: $80k → 12%YWCA: $32k → 12%YWCA: $17k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $9k → 12%YWCA: $9k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $8k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $7k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $7k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $6k → 12%BOYS TOWN: $6k → 12%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.
$5.9M · 21 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
2

Total granted

$5.9M
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+1354%

Still filing today

86%
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 ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentHealthCivil RightsEducationOther
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

  • HH
    HOPE HARBOR INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $860k · revenue +49%
  • CN
    CENTRAL NEBRASKA COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTIONS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $666k · revenue +5%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $590k · revenue +141% · 53% of their budget

Funded once

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • GI
    GRAND ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue ×15
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
Children's Advocacy Center of the Coastal Bend

Nueces county childrens advocacy center is organized to provide a safe environment for sexual and physical child abuse investigations. there is a comprehensive program in order to make investigations and interviews less traumatic.

Crime & Legal
2
Nebraska Casa Association

The nebraska casa association partners with local casa programs to recruit and train volunteers who speak in court for the safety and well-being of abused and neglected children.

Crime & Legal
3
Nebraska Alliance of Child Advocacy Centers

To enhance nebraska's response to child abuse.

Crime & Legal
4
Morgan County Child Advocacy Center

To provide a safe caring place to evaluate any child who may have been abused

Crime & Legal
5
Children's Advocacy Center of Comal Coun

To provide a neutral, child-friendly agency community that facilitates a multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, detection, investigation, and treatment of child abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
Rusk County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc

To prevent, treat, and reduce the trauma of the investigative process for child abuse victims and their non-offending family members.

Crime & Legal
7
Community Justice Center

A restorative justice agency committed to habilitating justice in nebraska.

Crime & Legal
8
Child Advocacy Center Inc

The primary service that the cac provides is a safe, child-friendly location for interviewing of children and coordination of referral programs when an allegation of sexual abuse and/or severe physical abuse has occurred.

Crime & Legal
9
Lasalle County Childrens Advocacy Center

Advocacy and care of physically and sexually abused children in lasalle county. we work with the court system in determining the best placement for children.

Crime & Legal
10
Child Advocacy Center of Marshall County Alabama Inc

To provide comprehensive services to victims of child abuse.

Crime & Legal
11
Nebraska Youth Center

The center operates a group home for troubled youth, ages 12-18, in western nebraska.

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12
Casa for Lancaster County

The organization supports and promotes court appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe permanent homes.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid of Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

322 OVERLAND TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $577,652 · Other322 OVERLAND TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS …THIRD CITY COMMUNITY CLINC INC: $518,987 · OtherTHIRD CITY COMMUNITY CLINC INCCENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $327,340 · OtherCENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGEWILLOW RISING INC: $213,724 · OtherWILLOW RISING INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GRAND ISLAND NE: $186,500 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GR…AMERICAN RED CROSS - CENTRAL PLAINS: $104,753 · OtherTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $89,520 · Other+3 more: $40,740 · OtherHOPE HARBOR INC: $859,865 · Human ServicesHOPE HARBOR INCLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $334,900 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES …GRAND ISLAND YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $58,000 · Human Services+2 more: $80,790 · Human Services+2 moreBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA: $589,586 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS …GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA: $109,834 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS S…CENTRAL NEBRASKA COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTIONS INC: $666,303 · HealthCENTRAL NEBR…HEARTLAND CASA: $438,946 · Crime & LegalHEARTLAND C…FIRST LIGHT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $109,200 · Crime & LegalFIRST LIGHT…LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $72,700 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID O…MULTICULTURAL COALITION: $356,900 · Civil RightsLITERACY COUNCIL OF GRAND ISLAND INC: $204,700 · Education
Other$2,059,216Human Services$1,333,555Youth Development$699,420Health$666,303Crime & Legal$620,846Civil Rights$356,900Education$204,700

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOPE HARBOR INC: $859,865 over 9y, 11% of budgetCENTRAL NEBRASKA COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTIONS INC: $666,303 over 9y, 17% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA: $589,586 over 9y, 53% of budget322 OVERLAND TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $577,652 over 9y, 10% of budgetTHIRD CITY COMMUNITY CLINC INC: $518,987 over 9y, 22% of budgetHEARTLAND CASA: $438,946 over 9y, 43% of budgetMULTICULTURAL COALITION: $356,900 over 9y, 29% of budgetLUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC: $334,900 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWILLOW RISING INC: $213,724 over 9y, 8.8% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF GRAND ISLAND INC: $204,700 over 9y, 34% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GRAND ISLAND NE: $186,500 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA: $109,834 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFIRST LIGHT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $109,200 over 3y, 14% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA: $72,700 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND ISLAND YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $58,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $42,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $38,290 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCROSSROADS CENTER INC: $27,290 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGRAND ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $5,150 over 1y, 5.4% 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 HOPE HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL NEBRASKA COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds 322 OVERLAND TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THIRD CITY COMMUNITY CLINC INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND CASA ↗
  • Who funds MULTICULTURAL COALITION ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES OF NE INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLOW RISING INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY COUNCIL OF GRAND ISLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GRAND ISLAND NE ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS SPIRIT OF NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds FIRST LIGHT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds GRAND ISLAND YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Father Flanagan's Boys' Home ↗
  • Who funds MIDLAND AREA AGENCY ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND ISLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗

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.

Greater Grand Island …Sn Bud and Gloria Wol…The Sherwood Foundati…Nebraska Community Fo…Peter Kiewit Foundati…Taylor Vern & Esther …Edgar & Frances Reyno…United Way of the Mid…Cooper FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Grand Island Community FoundationNE36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Grand Island Community Foundation · Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati · The Sherwood Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Taylor Vern & Esther Char Trust · Edgar & Frances Reynolds Foundation Inc · United Way of the Midlands · Cooper Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Heartland United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heartland United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 23 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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