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Roane County United Way Inc at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

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Roane County United Way Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of roane county.

$135k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$309kHuman Services$163kCrime & Legal$124kInternational$74kFood & Nutrition$64kYouth Development$56kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $113,750, the rows itemized in this filing. The $135,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,250 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $102k
$15,625
Median grant
1
States reached
$569k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$26,875
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$21,875
CASA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY$17,500
FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF OAK RIDGE$15,625
AID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPAL$10,000
RIDGEVIEW PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL & CE$10,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF KNOXVILLE$6,250
SENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE$5,625
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 (FY17–25, $377k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Child Advocacy C: $33k → 10%ADFAC: $20k → 13%CASA OF THE TN V: $11k → 17%CASA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY: $18k → 10%THE MICHAEL DUNN: $52k → 13%Michael Dunn Ctr: $34k → 13%MICHAEL DUNN CEN: $34k → 13%MID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $27k → 13%MIDEAST CAA SENI: $26k → 13%Mideast CAA Seni: $23k → 13%MID-EAST CAA: $21k → 13%MIDEAST CAA SENI: $18k → 13%CASA OF 9TH JUDI: $16k → 13%CASA of 9th Dist: $14k → 13%CASA OF 9TH DIS: $12k → 13%MICHAEL DUNN CEN: $7k → 13%MIDEAST CAA COUN: $7k → 13%ROANE IMAGINATIO: $5k → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$718k · 12 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$718k
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MC
    MID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $203k · revenue +41%
  • MD
    MICHAEL DUNN CENTER
    5× · 2017–2023 · $128k · revenue +20%
  • CO
    CASA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
    5× · 2017–2025 · $71k · revenue +188%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $33k · revenue +38%
  • M
    MISCELLANEOUS
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • CO
    CASA OF THE TENNESSEE
    one grant, 2023 · $21k
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
The Child Advocacy Center of Anderson Co Tn

To combat severe physical and sexual abuse and resulting trauma by coordinating and providing services in a child friendly, safe and nurturing environment.

Human Services
2
Casa of Northeast Tennessee

Advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Crime & Legal
3
Tennessee Court Appointed Special Advocate Assoc

To support, develop, expand, and unite local casa programs in recruiting and training volunteers to advocate for tennessees children who have been abused and neglected.

Civil Rights
4
Family Counseling Center of Middle Tennessee Inc

To provide quality, affordable counseling to families and individuals.

Recreation & Sports
5
Robertson County Child Advocacy Cen

Effective prosecution of child abuses, providing therapy and education for the abused, and providing a safe haven for the abused.

Crime & Legal
6
Westcare Tennessee Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
7
Talladega County Child Advocacy Center Inc

Interview facility for child abuse victims.

Human Services
8
Casa of the Tennessee Heartland Inc

Provide advocacy for abused and neglected children in juvenile court.

Civil Rights
9
Casa of East Tennessee Inc

To improve the lives of abused and neglected children through trained volunteers who advocate for safe, permanent, loving homes.

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10
Tennessee Family Solutions Inc

Residential and support services to children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities allowing them the opportunity to lead safe, stable, and personally fulfilling lifestyles in tennessee communities.

Health
11
Casa of Robertson County Inc

To provide court-appointed special advocates to child victims of abuse and neglect. The programs vision is a safe, permanent, loving home for every child it serves.

Human Services
12
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System

Provide behavioral health services to clients located in middle and east tennessee

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital & Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is East Tennessee Kidney Foundation Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $202,955 · Human ServicesMID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCYMICHAEL DUNN CENTER: $127,986 · Human ServicesMICHAEL DUNN CENTERCASA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY: $70,650 · Human ServicesCASA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEYTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INCAID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES: $29,575 · Human ServicesAID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIESTHE AVALON CENTER INC: $22,000 · Human Services+1 more: $15,875 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $57,924 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD…MISCELLANEOUS: $29,500 · OtherMISCELLANEOUSCASA OF THE TENNESSEE: $20,750 · OtherCASA OF THE TENNESS…MISCELLANEOUS 5000: $17,500 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS 5000Build Care Inspire Corp: $7,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE: $5,900 · OtherROANE CO COOPERA: $5,500 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AM: $5,100 · OtherEAST TENNESSEE KIDNEY FOUNDATION INC: $50,543 · HealthEAST TENNESSEE KID…RIDGEVIEW PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL & CENTER INC: $41,325 · HealthRIDGEVIEW PSYCHIAT…Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge: $33,825 · HealthFree Medical Clini…EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE: $15,875 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATIO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CLINCH VALLEY: $45,881 · Youth DevelopmentGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentWEST ROANE COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $19,900 · Public Safety & DisasterROANENET: $10,000 · Community ImprovementFAMILY PROMISE OF KNOXVILLE: $6,250 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$501,541Other$149,174Health$141,568Youth Development$51,381Public Safety & Disaster$19,900Community Improvement$10,000Housing & Shelter$6,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMID-EAST COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $202,955 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetMICHAEL DUNN CENTER: $127,986 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY: $70,650 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST TENNESSEE: $57,924 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE KIDNEY FOUNDATION INC: $50,543 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CLINCH VALLEY: $45,881 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetRIDGEVIEW PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL & CENTER INC: $41,325 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFree Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge: $33,825 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF THE 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT INC: $32,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetAID TO DISTRESSED FAMILIES OF APPALACHIAN COUNTIES: $29,575 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetTHE AVALON CENTER INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWEST ROANE COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $19,900 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICE INC: $15,875 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF EAST TENNESSEE: $15,875 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetGREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL 557 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

United Way Clinch-Pow…United Way of Loudon …Variety of Eastern Te…United Way of Greater…The Clayton Homes Fou…East Tennessee Founda…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley IncTN20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Clinch-Powell Valley Inc · United Way of Loudon County Inc · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · The Clayton Homes Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Roane County United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roane County United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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