Texas · Public charity
Henderson County United Way
To educate and raise funds for the education, health, and human service agencies by engaging residents, corporate citizens, and other stakeholders. Helping people help people.
- $77k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $24k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $98k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Henderson County United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $70k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $105k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $90k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson County Help Center Inc | $67,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Faith at Work Ministries | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Casa of Trinity Valley Inc | $25,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Henderson County Homeless Ministry | $25,250 | 3 | 5% |
| Meals on Wheels Ministry Inc | $23,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $21,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas 4-H | $21,301 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Coalition | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc | $15,050 | 2 | 3% |
| Athens Samaritans Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 7% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson County Help Center Inc | $67,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Faith at Work Ministries | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Casa of Trinity Valley Inc | $25,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Henderson County Homeless Ministry | $25,250 | 3 | 5% |
| Meals on Wheels Ministry Inc | $23,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $21,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas 4-H | $21,301 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Coalition | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc | $15,050 | 2 | 3% |
| Athens Samaritans Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Disciples Clinic of Athens Texas | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Lila Lane Outreach Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| East Texas Crisis Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Library at Cedar Creek Lake | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Henderson County United Way supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: East Texas Communities Foundation · Athens Thrift Store Inc · Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation · Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Henderson County United Way
- How much does Henderson County United Way give?
- Henderson County United Way reported 4 itemized grants totaling $24,000, out of $76,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Henderson County United Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Crime & Legal (9%).
- Who are Henderson County United Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Henderson County Help Center Inc ($67k), Faith at Work Ministries ($30k), Casa of Trinity Valley Inc ($26k).
- Does Henderson County United Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Henderson County United Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Texas Communities Foundation, Athens Thrift Store Inc, Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation.
- Where is Henderson County United Way based?
- Henderson County United Way is based in TX.
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