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Kerr County United Way

KERR COUNTY UNITED WAY (kcuw) provides an avenue for consolidating the fund raising efforts of many charities into one fund drive.

$168k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

75% of Kerr County United Way’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation Of The Texas Hill Country Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Kerr County United Way named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $161k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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15
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19
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17
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14
’23
3
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2024.

Human Services$508kPublic Safety & Disaster$110kPhilanthropy$79kYouth Development$75kHealth$75kEmployment$48kCrime & Legal$40kHousing & Shelter$27k
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $160,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $167,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,000 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $127k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOYLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
HILL COUNTRY CRISIS COUNCIL$15,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$15,000
CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY$15,000
SALVATION ARMY$15,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KERR COUNTY$12,000
CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S JOB CORP$10,000
FAMILIES AND LITERACY INC$10,000
K'STAR$10,000
NEW HOPE COUNSELING$7,500
KERR COUNTY CHILD SERVICES BOARD$7,500
VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL$6,500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$6,000
BOY SCOUTS - ALAMO AREA COUNCIL$6,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $236k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%DOYLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 13%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $19k → 13%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $17k → 13%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 13%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 13%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $15k → 13%FAMILIES AND LITERACY: $12k → 13%FAMILIES AND LITERACY INC: $10k → 13%FAMILIES AND LITERACY: $10k → 13%CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $10k → 13%FAMILIES AND LITERACY: $9k → 13%FAMILIES AND LITERACY: $9k → 13%VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $7k → 13%VOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $6k → 13%K'STAR: $10k → 13%K'STAR INC: $8k → 13%ART2HEART: $8k → 13%K'STAR INC: $7k → 13%CHRISTIAN MEN'S JOB CORPS: $7k → 13%ART2HEART: $6k → 13%ART2HEART: $6k → 13%ART2HEART: $6k → 13%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$833k · 18 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
4

Total granted

$833k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+62%

Still filing today

78%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’23’24
Human ServicesCivil RightsEmploymentHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • KC
    KERR COUNTY AREA CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $91k · revenue +19%
  • HC
    HILL COUNTRY CRISIS COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +163%
  • CW
    CHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORPS OF KERR COUNTY
    5× · 2017–2023 · $48k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHRISTIAN MEN'S LIFE SKILLS KERR COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +62%
  • BN
    BE NOT AFRAID
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • DC
    DIETERT CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue +334%
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
Keshawns Korner

To educate individuals in underserved communities on the hidden aspects of mental health while raising awareness for suicide prevention

Arts & Culture
2
Kilgore Samaritan Counseling Center Inc

To provide counseling services to persons and families in the community, regardless of ability to pay.

Health
3
Kerr County United Way

Kerr county united way (kcuw) provides an avenue for consolidating the fund raising efforts of many charities into one fund drive. kcuw has an annual fund drive and then grants funds to non-profits in kerr county that have applied for…

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4
Concho Valley Biblical Counseling Center

To assist people through life's struggles by spiritually guiding individuals by encouraging, offering biblical counseling and educating individuals with tools and skills to cope with life's difficult situations. it is the desire of the…

Health
5
Kerr Arts & Cultural Center Inc

Enrich cultural life of the community and support members artists of the texas hill country

Arts & Culture
6
Kern County Youth for Christ

The kern county youth for christ helps mobilize caring adults and student leaders in order to meet the physical, social, mental, and spiritual needs of every young person in kern county. this is accomplished through collaborations and…

Youth Development
7
Katy Christian Ministries

See Schedule O.Katy Christian Ministries (KCM) is a social service non-profit that serves the Katy/West Houston area. KCM's Social Service Department offers emergency financial assistance, a Food Pantry, a Crisis Center that houses the…

Human Services
8
Heartland Rural Counseling Service

Family and individual counseling services - provides individual and family counseling which includes specialty in play therapy and children services

Health
9
Hill Country Community Needs Council

The hill country community needs council provides short term assistance to the countys most vulnerable by judicious and compassionate distribution of gifts and volunteer talents through coordination of local resources and direct service…

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10
South Texas Pregnancy Care Center

Crisis pregnancy counseling.

Health
11
Animal Welfare Society of Kerr County

Animal welfare through a low cost health clinic and adoption facility and shelter for unwanted, abandoned and neglected animals

Animals
12
Associates in Christian Counseling

The function of associates in christian counseling is to provide psychological counseling and education services to individuals, couples, and families. services provided are for a wide range of psychological problems including, but not…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hill Country Crisis Council Inc; the most unlike its peers is Art 2 Heart. 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 24 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN RED CROSS: $110,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $87,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYKERR COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $78,000 · OtherKERR COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONHILL COUNTRY CRISIS COUNCIL INC: $70,000 · OtherHILL COUNTRY CRISIS COUNCIL INCANY BABY CAN: $42,000 · OtherANY BABY CANBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ALAMO AREA COUNCIL: $25,000 · OtherKERR COUNTY CHILD SERVICES BOARD: $21,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $19,000 · Other+3 more: $17,500 · OtherKERR COUNTY AREA CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $91,000 · Human ServicesKERR COUNTY AREA CHRISTIAN …ELEVATE ADULT EDUCATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesELEVATE ADULT EDUCATION INCART 2 HEART: $25,500 · Human ServicesART 2 HEARTTHE DOYLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE DOYLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY …K STAR INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesK STAR INCVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $12,500 · Human Services+1 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $79,145 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMU…HILL COUNTRY CASA INC: $40,000 · Civil RightsKERR COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL: $20,500 · Civil RightsCHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORPS OF KERR COUNTY: $48,000 · EmploymentHILL COUNTRY CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $41,500 · HealthHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC KERR COUNTY: $27,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$469,500Human Services$236,000Philanthropy$79,145Civil Rights$60,500Employment$48,000Health$41,500Housing & Shelter$27,000

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 budgetKERR COUNTY AREA CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $91,000 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY INC: $79,145 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKERR COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $78,000 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetHILL COUNTRY CRISIS COUNCIL INC: $70,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetELEVATE ADULT EDUCATION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetCHRISTIAN WOMENS JOB CORPS OF KERR COUNTY: $48,000 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetHILL COUNTRY CHRISTIAN COUNSELING INC: $41,500 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetHILL COUNTRY CASA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC KERR COUNTY: $27,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetART 2 HEART: $25,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetTHE DOYLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ALAMO AREA COUNCIL: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetK STAR INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetKERR COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL: $20,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH TEXAS INC: $19,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $12,500 over 2y, 14% of budgetCHRISTIAN MEN'S LIFE SKILLS KERR COUNTY: $7,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetDIETERT CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Hal & Charlie Peterso…Perry & Ruby Stevens …Green Umbrella Corpor…Floyd a & Kathleen C …FirstDay FoundationFaye L & William L Co…San Antonio Food BankThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country IncTX36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country Inc · Hal & Charlie Peterson Foundation & Fd Mgmt Trust · Perry & Ruby Stevens Charitable Foundation · Green Umbrella Corporation · Floyd a & Kathleen C Cailloux Foundation · FirstDay Foundation · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · San Antonio Food Bank · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Kerr County United Way funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kerr County United Way. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kerr County United Way?

    Find your warmest path to Kerr County United Way through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 24 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.

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