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Norfolk Area United Way Inc

Norfolk area united way is committed to building a stronger, healthier, and compassionate community by uniting people and resources to develop or expand human service programs.

$329k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$52k
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 2024.

Human Services$964kHealth$770kYouth Development$540kFood & Nutrition$175kCrime & Legal$155kArts & Culture$52kPhilanthropy$21kReligion$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $299,041, the rows itemized in this filing. The $329,467 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $30,426 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $147k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $102k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$52,000
NORFOLK FAMILY YMCA$50,000
BRIGHT HORIZONS$32,000
NORTHEAST NE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER$25,000
THE ARC OF NORFOLK$25,000
MIDTOWN HEALTH CENTER$20,000
THE ZONE$20,000
MEALS ON WHEELS$15,000
NORFOLK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION$10,000
NORFOLK ARTS CENTER$8,000
CASA OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA$7,500
TEAMMATES OF NORFOLK$7,500
CONNECTION PROJECT$7,500
SMILE$7,041
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK - ALBION$6,500
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 (FY17–24, $823k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK - ALBION: $7k → 10%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK - ALBION: $7k → 10%Norfolk Family YMCA: $53k → 13%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK - ALBION: $5k → 10%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK - ALBION: $5k → 10%NORFOLK FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 13%NORFOLK FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 13%Norfolk Family YMCA: $50k → 13%NORFOLK FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 13%NORFOLK FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 13%NORFOLK FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 13%NORFOLK FAMILY YMCA: $50k → 13%Bright Horizons: $37k → 13%BRIGHT HORIZONS: $37k → 13%Bright Horizons: $37k → 13%BRIGHT HORIZONS: $36k → 13%BRIGHT HORIZONS: $32k → 13%BRIGHT HORIZONS: $32k → 13%BRIGHT HORIZONS: $32k → 13%BRIGHT HORIZONS: $32k → 13%NORFOLK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: $25k → 13%NORFOLK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: $20k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS: $15k → 13%NORFOLK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: $10k → 13%NORFOLK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: $8k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.7M · 18 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
4

Total granted

$2.7M
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+27%

Still filing today

94%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • BH
    Bright Horizons Resources for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
    8× · 2017–2024 · $274k · revenue +94%
  • MH
    Midtown Health Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $224k · revenue +98%
  • FR
    FAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • NS
    NORFOLK SCHOOLS IN MALAWI INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • TW
    The Well NEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +27%
  • NN
    Northeast Nebraska Red Cross
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
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
Lincoln Behavioral Services

To provide comprehensive outpatient mental health services to over 5400 individuals and their families in a consumer driven person centered delivery system. Approximately 15% of our staff members are our clients who are involved in a…

Health
2
North Omaha Collective

To build the capacity of youth serving organizations, service providers, families and community to claim their voice, cultivate healing and take courageous action to improve their overall health and well being.

Human Services
3
North Central Mental Health Services Inc

To provide mental health and drug addiction services.

Health
4
Central Nassau Guidance and Counseling Services Inc

CN Guidance & Counseling Services, a nonprofit organization, inspires and catalyzes recovery for people living with mental health and substance use conditions through innovative and person-centered integrated clinical treatment,…

Health
5
NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc

Our mission is "Partnering to Create a Healthier Community." NorthPoint seeks to reduce health disparities, improve health outcomes, and enhance the overall quality of life for all residents of North Minneapolis

Health
6
South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services Inc

The organization operates primarily on the Southern Kenai Peninsula and its operations include the following:Community Mental Health - Counseling, evaluation, consultation and crisis mental health services for Adults and…

Health
7
Northern Nevada Hiv Outpatient Program Education and Services

Northern Nevada Hopes provides affordable, high-quality, medical, behavioral health, and support services for all. We are dedicated to building a healthier community by providing coordinated care and support for individuals and family…

Health
8
Northeast Iowa Mental Health Center

Provide mental health & substance abuse counseling.

Health
9
New Horizon Care Centers Inc

New Horizon Care Center is a non-profit treatment facility for inpatient and outpatient services, including: drugs, alcohol, and gambling. The organization's mission is to honor the dignity of all persons and provide tailored, nurturing…

Health
10
Inside Out

A Consumer run wellness center offering peer counseling and groups to the community

Human Services
11
Compass Behavioral Health

Serving the mental health needs of the residents in 13 southwest Kansas counties.

Health
12
Cape Counseling Services

To partner with individuals, families and the community to provide recovery-focused, trauma-informed, integrated primary and behavioral healthcare and to promote wellness, resiliency and hope for positive change.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Behavioral Health Specialists Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stephanie's Miracle in Loving Equin. 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

18 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. 18 of the 22 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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA NORFOLK NEBRASKA: $403,061 · Human ServicesYMCA NORFOLK NEBRASKABright Horizons Resources for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault: $273,675 · Human ServicesBright Horizons Resources for Survivors…North Fork Area Transit Inc: $111,377 · Human ServicesNorth Fork Area Transit IncBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $92,690 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INCNORFOLK SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $60,000 · Human ServicesNORFOLK SENIOR CITIZENS CENTERSALVATION ARMY: $426,616 · OtherSALVATION ARMYThe Arc of Norfolk: $278,131 · OtherThe Arc of Norfolk+3 more: $24,400 · OtherMidtown Health Center: $224,010 · HealthMidtown Health CenterFAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $199,796 · HealthFAITH REGIONAL HEALTH …BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS INC: $78,591 · HealthBEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPEC…Connection Project Inc: $25,500 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthThe Zone Afterschool Program: $162,632 · Youth DevelopmentThe Zone After…TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $115,304 · Youth DevelopmentTEAMMATES MENT…TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $61,990 · Youth DevelopmentTEAMMATES MENT…CASA of Elkhorn Valley Inc: $82,572 · PhilanthropyNorfolk Arts Center: $52,250 · Arts & CultureOasis Counseling International: $24,402 · ReligionSTEPHANIE'S MIRACLE IN LOVING EQUIN: $18,375 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$940,803Other$729,147Health$537,897Youth Development$339,926Philanthropy$82,572Arts & Culture$52,250Religion$24,402Recreation & Sports$18,375

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 budgetYMCA NORFOLK NEBRASKA: $403,061 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetThe Arc of Norfolk: $278,131 over 8y, 65% of budgetBright Horizons Resources for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault: $273,675 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetMidtown Health Center: $224,010 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES: $199,796 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Zone Afterschool Program: $162,632 over 8y, 12% of budgetTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $115,304 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetNorth Fork Area Transit Inc: $111,377 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $92,690 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCASA of Elkhorn Valley Inc: $82,572 over 8y, 19% of budgetBEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS INC: $78,591 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM: $61,990 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetNORFOLK SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER: $60,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetNorfolk Arts Center: $52,250 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetConnection Project Inc: $25,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetOasis Counseling International: $24,402 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSTEPHANIE'S MIRACLE IN LOVING EQUIN: $18,375 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetThe Well NE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 YMCA NORFOLK NEBRASKA ↗
  • Who funds The Arc of Norfolk ↗
  • Who funds Bright Horizons Resources for Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault ↗
  • Who funds Midtown Health Center ↗
  • Who funds FAITH REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds The Zone Afterschool Program ↗
  • Who funds TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds North Fork Area Transit Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA of Elkhorn Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAMMATES MENTORING PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds NORFOLK SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Norfolk Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds Connection Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds Oasis Counseling International ↗
  • Who funds STEPHANIE'S MIRACLE IN LOVING EQUIN ↗
  • Who funds The Well NE ↗

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.

Johnny Carson Foundat…Nebraska Community Fo…The Sherwood Foundati…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Johnny Carson FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johnny Carson Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · 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 Norfolk Area United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norfolk Area United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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