Ohio · Public charity
Shelby County United Way
SHELBY COUNTY UNITED WAY, inc. Conducts an annual fund raising campaign to provide funding to human service organizations in shelby county. Our mission is to continually identify, evaluate and make possible the human services needed in our community. We strive to promote the values of compassion, integrity, community, leadership, service…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Shelby County United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 | 26 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.2M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $1.2M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $1.4M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $1.1M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $1.2M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $1.2M | 5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Sidney & Shelby County | $937,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Shelby County United Way | $729,684 | 9 | 13% |
| Wilma Valentine Childcare Inc | $691,539 | 9 | 19% |
| Compassionate Care of Shelby County Inc | $665,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Alpha Community Center | $660,500 | 9 | 52% |
| Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley | $650,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shelby County Sheriff's Office | $631,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Samaritan Works Inc | $515,000 | 9 | 51% |
| New Choices Inc | $495,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Mercy Mission House | $435,001 | 5 | 23% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Sidney & Shelby County | $937,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Shelby County United Way | $729,684 | 9 | 13% |
| Wilma Valentine Childcare Inc | $691,539 | 9 | 19% |
| Compassionate Care of Shelby County Inc | $665,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Alpha Community Center | $660,500 | 9 | 52% |
| Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley | $650,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Shelby County Sheriff's Office | $631,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Samaritan Works Inc | $515,000 | 9 | 51% |
| New Choices Inc | $495,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Mercy Mission House | $435,001 | 5 | 23% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County Inc | $410,000 | 8 | 26% |
| Clear Creek Farm | $270,700 | 8 | 7% |
| Council on Rural Service Programs Inc | $270,660 | 6 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Miami Valley Council 444 | $239,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Agape Distribution | $237,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development | $205,000 | 9 | 2% |
| The Salvation Army | $196,688 | 6 | n/a |
| Shelby County Arc Inc | $191,125 | 9 | 51% |
| Safehaven Inc | $164,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Alternative School | $145,754 | 4 | n/a |
| Midwest Regional Esc Alt School | $127,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Shelby County Libraries | $122,063 | 9 | n/a |
| Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County | $105,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Womens Initiative Power Grant | $74,015 | 3 | n/a |
| Sidney-Shelby County Workforce | $60,000 | 4 | 6% |
| American Red Cross | $43,130 | 4 | n/a |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Shelby County United Way supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Community Foundation of Shelby County · Honda of America Foundation · The Troy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Shelby County United Way
- How much does Shelby County United Way give?
- Shelby County United Way reported 31 grants totaling $1,121,584 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Shelby County United Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Health (14%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Shelby County United Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Men's Christian Association of Sidney & Shelby County ($937k), Shelby County United Way ($730k), Wilma Valentine Childcare Inc ($692k).
- Does Shelby County United Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Shelby County United Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Shelby County, Honda of America Foundation, The Troy Foundation.
- Where is Shelby County United Way based?
- Shelby County United Way is based in OH.
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