Wisconsin · Public charity
Northwoods United Way
The NORTHWOODS UNITED WAY, inc is a locally directed organization, working to improve lives in forest, oneida, price and vilas counties by mobilizing community resources and strategically investing in human service programs.
- $80k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $12k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $232k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Northwoods United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $126k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $64k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $61k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $72k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Inc | $72,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Headwaters Foundation Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Personal Essentials Pantry | $37,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the Northwoods Inc | $34,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwoods Alliance for Temporary Housing Inc | $32,250 | 5 | 3% |
| Headwaters Inc | $29,250 | 3 | 1% |
| United Way of Marathon County Inc | $28,748 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Service Society of Wisconsin | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Fire USA Oneida Council Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Boyscouts of America 627 Samoset Council | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Inc | $72,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Headwaters Foundation Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Personal Essentials Pantry | $37,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the Northwoods Inc | $34,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwoods Alliance for Temporary Housing Inc | $32,250 | 5 | 3% |
| Headwaters Inc | $29,250 | 3 | 1% |
| United Way of Marathon County Inc | $28,748 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Service Society of Wisconsin | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camp Fire USA Oneida Council Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Boyscouts of America 627 Samoset Council | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwoods Share Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Lac de Flambeau Domestic Abuse | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimers Association | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($144k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Northwoods United Way supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Northwoods United Way
- How much does Northwoods United Way give?
- Northwoods United Way reported 2 itemized grants totaling $12,000, out of $80,450 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Northwoods United Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Housing & Shelter (8%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Northwoods United Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Tri-County Council on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Inc ($72k), Headwaters Foundation Inc ($41k), Personal Essentials Pantry ($37k).
- Does Northwoods United Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwoods United Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Northwoods United Way based?
- Northwoods United Way is based in WI.
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