Minnesota · Public charity
Rice County Area United Way
RICE COUNTY AREA UNITED WAY works to mobilize the resources and caring power of individuals, organizations, and networks to strengthen the community.
- $264k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $211k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $61,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $460k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Rice County Area United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $211k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $205k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $255k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $259k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $261k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $229k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $212k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $261k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action Center Inc | $723,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Northfield Public Schools | $219,410 | 8 | n/a |
| Northfield Healthy Community Initiative | $179,800 | 8 | 2% |
| HealthFinders Collaborative Inc | $125,600 | 8 | 2% |
| Hope Center | $115,700 | 7 | 5% |
| Northfield Union of Youth | $86,450 | 8 | 4% |
| Ruth's House of Hope | $53,300 | 6 | 2% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Three Rivers Community Action Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rice County Neighbors United | $24,000 | 3 | 24% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action Center Inc | $723,000 | 8 | 10% |
| Northfield Public Schools | $219,410 | 8 | n/a |
| Northfield Healthy Community Initiative | $179,800 | 8 | 2% |
| HealthFinders Collaborative Inc | $125,600 | 8 | 2% |
| Hope Center | $115,700 | 7 | 5% |
| Northfield Union of Youth | $86,450 | 8 | 4% |
| Ruth's House of Hope | $53,300 | 6 | 2% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Three Rivers Community Action Inc | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Rice County Neighbors United | $24,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Project Friendship Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($301k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rice County Area United Way supplied at peak.
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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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Northfield Shares · Youthprise · Mardag Foundation · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Allina Health System · The American Center for Philanthropy Inc · Medica Foundation · Edina Realty Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About Rice County Area United Way
- How much does Rice County Area United Way give?
- Rice County Area United Way reported 12 itemized grants totaling $210,612, out of $263,812 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Rice County Area United Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (47%), Arts & Culture (23%), Youth Development (17%).
- Who are Rice County Area United Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Action Center Inc ($723k), Northfield Public Schools ($219k), Northfield Healthy Community Initiative ($180k).
- Does Rice County Area United Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rice County Area United Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Northfield Shares.
- Where is Rice County Area United Way based?
- Rice County Area United Way is based in MN.
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