How much does Lake Area United Way Inc give?

Lake Area United Way Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $2,780,369, out of $3,088,573 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.

What does Lake Area United Way Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Health (11%), Food & Nutrition (11%).

Who are Lake Area United Way Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: The Salvation Army ($1.1M), Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary ($770k), Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc ($463k).

Does Lake Area United Way Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2021, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Lake Area United Way Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Legacy Foundation Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation, John W Anderson Foundation.

Where is Lake Area United Way Inc based?

Lake Area United Way Inc is based in IN.

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Indiana · Public charity

Lake Area United Way Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community to advance the common good.

$3.1M
Granted FY2021: 33
Itemized grants FY2021: 33
Organizations funded FY2021: 45%
First-time grantees FY2021

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Itemized, FY2021: $2.8M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021: $25,629
Largest grant, FY2021: $864,127
Organizations funded a year: 17 to 49; FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021: 1
Total assets, FY2021: $2.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 45% of the organizations Lake Area United Way Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $765k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2021	33	$2.8M	45%
FY2019	17	$908k	24%
FY2018	27	$1.2M	4%
FY2017	49	$1.8M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Human Services$3.2MHealth$755kFood & Nutrition$726kYouth Development$713kPublic Safety & Disaster$297kCommunity Improvement$295kEducation$209kPhilanthropy$140kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Salvation Army	$1,095,140	4	n/a
Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary	$769,539	4	16%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc	$463,100	1	2%
Tradewinds Services Inc	$320,961	4	1%
Boys and Girls Club of Northwest Indiana	$310,500	2	n/a
American Red Cross - Lake County	$297,232	4	n/a
Greater Hammond Community Services Inc	$290,680	4	12%
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation	$285,616	4	0%
Crossroads YMCA Inc	$271,698	4	0%
Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc	$263,282	4	3%

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All grantees of Lake Area United Way Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Salvation Army	$1,095,140	4	n/a
Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary	$769,539	4	16%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc	$463,100	1	2%
Tradewinds Services Inc	$320,961	4	1%
Boys and Girls Club of Northwest Indiana	$310,500	2	n/a
American Red Cross - Lake County	$297,232	4	n/a
Greater Hammond Community Services Inc	$290,680	4	12%
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation	$285,616	4	0%
Crossroads YMCA Inc	$271,698	4	0%
Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc	$263,282	4	3%
Mental Health America of Lake County Inc	$222,410	4	2%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana Inc	$220,757	2	1%
The Methodist Hospitals Foundation Inc	$150,000	1	85%
St Jude House Inc	$124,750	4	5%
Nwi Special Education Cooperative	$110,077	3	n/a
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana	$102,000	2	0%
Haven House Inc	$87,953	4	5%
Gary Neighborhood Services Inc	$85,000	2	n/a
Southlaketri-City Management Corporatio Dba Geminus Corporation	$80,445	1	0%
Urban League of Nw Indiana Inc	$72,400	3	15%
Young Womens Christian Association	$70,000	2	9%
Boy Scouts of America Calumet Council	$70,000	2	n/a
United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc	$68,943	4	0%
Indiana Legal Services Inc	$66,800	3	0%
Northwest Indiana Reinvestment Alliance	$55,000	1	18%
Crisis Center Inc	$53,000	2	2%
Healthlinc Inc	$50,000	2	0%
The Caring Place Inc	$45,226	3	2%
Hobart Family YMCA Inc	$42,000	2	1%
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana Inc	$38,412	3	1%
Society of St Vincent de Paul District Council Gary	$35,000	1	3%
Parents as Teachers of Lake County	$33,300	1	9%
Sojourner Truth House Inc	$25,000	1	1%
Pulaski Park Neighborhood Association Incorporated	$25,000	1	n/a
Hammond Development Corporation	$25,000	1	5%
Books Brushes and Bands for Education Inc	$25,000	1	33%
Hammond Community Watch	$22,500	1	n/a
Downtown Hammond Council Inc	$22,500	1	n/a
Hammond Academy of Science & Technology	$22,500	1	n/a
Safe Coalition for Human Rights Safechr	$22,014	1	16%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc	$20,623	2	0%
Ss Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral	$20,000	1	n/a
Hammond Education Foundation Inc	$17,741	1	9%
Living Hope Church Inc	$17,500	1	n/a
Hessville Little League Inc League No 1140207	$15,000	1	17%
Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana Inc	$12,500	1	n/a
Bishop Noll Institute	$12,000	1	n/a
Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico Inc & United Way Puerto Rico	$10,177	1	n/a
Goodwill Industries of Michiana Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Chicagoland Immigrant Welcome Network	$10,000	1	3%
Hammond Optimist Youth Sports Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Fair Haven Inc	$10,000	1	2%
Campagna Academy Inc	$9,962	2	0%
Metro Community Outreach	$8,450	1	n/a
Family Christian World Inc	$8,220	1	n/a
Carmelite Sistershome for Girls	$7,926	1	0%
Communities in Schools of East Chicago Incorporated	$7,500	1	2%
Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers Inc	$7,046	1	n/a
United Way of Greater Lafayette	$5,062	1	0%
Hessville Vipers	$5,000	1	n/a
United Citizens Association Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
All Saints Church	$5,000	1	n/a
The Seeing Eye Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Life Church International	$5,000	1	n/a
South Shore Arts Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Hessville Youth Hoops	$5,000	1	n/a
Hammond Reads Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
St Casimirs Roman Catholic Church	$5,000	1	n/a
4 Quarters 4 Life Community Organization	$5,000	1	n/a

Lake Area United Way Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 42.

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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.

Legacy Foundation IncIN66.9× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Legacy Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · John W Anderson Foundation · Crown Point Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc · Fulk Family Foundation Inc · First Financial Foundation · Early Learning Indiana Inc · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · The Citizens Savings 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 Lake Area United Way Inc

How much does Lake Area United Way Inc give?: Lake Area United Way Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $2,780,369, out of $3,088,573 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Lake Area United Way Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Health (11%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
Who are Lake Area United Way Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: The Salvation Army ($1.1M), Catholic Charities Diocese of Gary ($770k), Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc ($463k).
Does Lake Area United Way Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2021, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lake Area United Way Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Legacy Foundation Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation, John W Anderson Foundation.
Where is Lake Area United Way Inc based?: Lake Area United Way Inc is based in IN.