How much does Lakes Area United Way give?

Lakes Area United Way reported 2 itemized grants totaling $12,500, out of $85,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.

What does Lakes Area United Way fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (42%), Human Services (41%), Youth Development (14%).

Who are Lakes Area United Way's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota ($46k), Bridges of Hope ($30k), Salvation Army ($27k).

Does Lakes Area United Way fund new organizations?

In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Lakes Area United Way?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communitygiving, Initiative Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.

Where is Lakes Area United Way based?

Lakes Area United Way is based in MN.

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Minnesota · Public charity

Lakes Area United Way

The mission of crow wing county united way inc. Is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community. It does this each day through the partnerships created throughout the communities it serves. Whether it is board members, partner programs, or community members wanting to make a difference for their neighbors, united way…

$85k
Granted FY2022: 2
Itemized grants FY2022: 2
Organizations funded FY2022: 0%
First-time grantees FY2022

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Itemized, FY2022: $13k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2022: $6,500
Largest grant, FY2022: $6,500
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 8; FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022: 1
Total assets, FY2022: $305k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Lakes Area United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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
FY2022	2	$13k	0%
FY2021	4	$25k	25%
FY2019	3	$35k	33%
FY2018	8	$75k	0%
FY2017	8	$75k	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 2022.

Health$94kHuman Services$91kYouth Development$32kCrime & Legal$6k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$46,000	2	0%
Bridges of Hope	$30,000	3	1%
Salvation Army	$27,000	4	n/a
Breath of Life Adult Day Service	$25,600	4	2%
Sexual Assault Services Inc	$21,000	2	8%
Kinship Partners Inc	$20,500	3	3%
Mid-Minnesota Women's Center Inc	$19,500	2	1%
Confidence Learning Center Inc	$16,000	2	1%
Riverview Church	$11,000	2	n/a
Family Safety Network of Cass County Inc	$5,500	1	1%

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lakes Area United Way supplied at peak.

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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 8.

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.

CommunitygivingMN15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communitygiving · Initiative Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Essentia Health Foundation · 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.

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About Lakes Area United Way

How much does Lakes Area United Way give?: Lakes Area United Way reported 2 itemized grants totaling $12,500, out of $85,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Lakes Area United Way fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (42%), Human Services (41%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are Lakes Area United Way's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota ($46k), Bridges of Hope ($30k), Salvation Army ($27k).
Does Lakes Area United Way fund new organizations?: In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lakes Area United Way?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communitygiving, Initiative Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
Where is Lakes Area United Way based?: Lakes Area United Way is based in MN.