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Shelby County United Way

SHELBY COUNTY UNITED WAY, inc.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$4.7MHealth$1.5MPhilanthropy$1.2MYouth Development$1.1MHousing & Shelter$652kCrime & Legal$292kFood & Nutrition$271kCommunity Improvement$140kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $443k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $663k
$22,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA CHILDCARE DEV CENTER$120,000
MERCY MISSION HOUSE$85,000
WILMA VALENTINE AGENCY$80,000
SPECIAL PROJECTS$71,633
COMPASSIONATE CARE$70,000
AGENCY ALLOCATIONS POWER$65,924
NEW CHOICES$60,000
ALPHA COMMUNITY CENTER$55,000
SAMARITAN WORKS$55,000
VICTIM SERVICES$45,000
SENIOR HEALTH-CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVI$45,000
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES - COUNSELI$40,000
SHERIFF STAR HOUSE$35,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY SHELBY COUN$30,000
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, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%YMCA CHILDCARE DEV CENTER: $120k → 9%SIDNEYSHELBY CO YMCA: $113k → 9%YMCA CHILDCARE DEV CENTER: $110k → 9%SIDNEYSHELBY CO YMCA: $105k → 9%SIDNEYSHELBY CO YMCA: $93k → 9%SIDNEYSHELBY CO YMCA: $93k → 9%SIDNEYSHELBY CO YMCA: $93k → 9%SIDNEYSHELBY CO YMCA: $90k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $70k → 9%SIDNEYSHELBY CO YMCA: $70k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $65k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $60k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $60k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $60k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $60k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $55k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $55k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $55k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $55k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $55k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $55k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $55k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $55k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $50k → 9%YMCA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN: $50k → 9%NEW CHOICES: $50k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $50k → 9%SAMARITAN WORKS: $45k → 9%SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY SHELBY COUN: $40k → 9%SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY SHELBY COUN: $35k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $31k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $31k → 9%SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY SHELBY COUN: $30k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $25k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $20k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $19k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $17k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $17k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $16k → 9%SHELBY COUNTY ARC: $15k → 9%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.
$10M · 33 repeat orgs$159k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
5

Total granted

$10M
$159k

Still filing today

55%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SIDNEY & SHELBY COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $937k · revenue +80%
  • SC
    SHELBY COUNTY UNITED WAY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $730k · revenue +13%
  • WV
    WILMA VALENTINE CHILDCARE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $692k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $46k
  • WC
    WFP CAREER COUNSELOR
    one grant, 2021 · $34k
  • SP
    SPECIAL PROJECTS
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
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
Sheffield Care Center Inc

At the sheffield care center our mission, through dedicated teamwork, is to provide all who enter our doors with a clean, comfortable, home-like atmosphere where honesty, dignity, respect and genuine compassion for one another prevails.

Human Services
2
Shelby County Cares

Provide awareness in the community of mental health needs and suicide rates. provide support, education, and counseling for those in need.

Health
3
The Safehouse of Shelby County Inc

Temporary shelter for abused spouses and their children.

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4
Shelby Senior Services Inc

The mission of shelby senior services, inc is to respond to the ever-changing needs of seniors and their families, to affect in positive ways their quality of life, and to assist in maintaining their independence.

Human Services
5
Shelby County Senior Citizens Assoc Inc

To promote and organize nutritional services, quality care giving, social and educational activities for shelby county senior citizens and create public awareness about senior citizens issues and concerns.

Human Services
6
Sherman County Community Services Inc

To provide a community service by providing a place where a family can enjoy a safe environment

Community Improvement
7
Sierra County Child Abuse Council

Child abuse awareness and prevention

Crime & Legal
8
Sunshine Childcare Center At Northeastern

The mission of the logan county childhood collaborative (dba sunshine childcare center) is to provide high quality childcare in a safe, secure and nurturing environment that fosters healthy social emotional development. our goal is that…

Human Services
9
Shelby County Ambulance Commission

Ambulance commission

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10
Sayre Christian Village Nursing Home Inc

A non-profit senior living community dedicated to providing quality housing, rehabilitative services and long-term nursing care reflecting christian compassion for everyone.

Health
11
Shelby County Childrens Advocacy Center Inc

Promote the emotional and physical healing of child abuse victims

Human Services
12
Christian Care Communities Inc Group Return

Christian care communities enhances the journey of life for those we serve. recognizing the unique needs of each individual christian care offers an array of housing and care options including independent living. 24-hour skilled nursing…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shelby County United Way; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan Works 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

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 38 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHELBY COUNTY UNITED WAY: $729,684 · OtherSHELBY COUNTY UNITED WAYWILMA VALENTINE CHILDCARE INC: $691,539 · OtherWILMA VALENTINE CHILDCARE INCALPHA COMMUNITY CENTER: $660,500 · OtherALPHA COMMUNITY CENTERCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY: $650,000 · OtherCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEYSHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: $631,500 · OtherSHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICEOTHER UNITED WAY DONOR DESIGNATION: $545,125 · OtherOTHER UNITED WAY DONOR DESIGNATIONIndividual grant recipient: $292,237 · OtherCLEAR CREEK FARM: $270,700 · OtherCOUNCIL ON RURAL SERVICE PROGRAMS INC: $270,660 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MIAMI VALLEY COUNCIL 444: $239,500 · OtherAgape Distribution: $237,500 · Other+17 more: $1,444,849 · Other+17 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SIDNEY & SHELBY COUNTY: $937,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN A…SAMARITAN WORKS INC: $515,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN WORKS INCNEW CHOICES INC: $495,000 · Human ServicesNEW CHOICES INCSHELBY COUNTY ARC INC: $191,125 · Human ServicesSHELBY COUNTY ARC INCSENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY: $105,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASSIONATE CARE OF SHELBY COUNTY INC: $665,000 · HealthSAFEHAVEN INC: $164,000 · HealthMERCY MISSION HOUSE: $435,001 · Housing & ShelterBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SHELBY & DARKE COUNTY INC: $410,000 · Youth DevelopmentSIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY WORKFORCE: $60,000 · Education
Other$6,663,794Human Services$2,243,125Health$829,000Housing & Shelter$435,001Youth Development$410,000Education$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SIDNEY & SHELBY COUNTY: $937,000 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY UNITED WAY: $729,684 over 9y, 13% of budgetWILMA VALENTINE CHILDCARE INC: $691,539 over 9y, 19% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE CARE OF SHELBY COUNTY INC: $665,000 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetALPHA COMMUNITY CENTER: $660,500 over 9y, 52% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY: $650,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN WORKS INC: $515,000 over 9y, 51% of budgetNEW CHOICES INC: $495,000 over 9y, 13% of budgetMERCY MISSION HOUSE: $435,001 over 5y, 23% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SHELBY & DARKE COUNTY INC: $410,000 over 8y, 26% of budgetCLEAR CREEK FARM: $270,700 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON RURAL SERVICE PROGRAMS INC: $270,660 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MIAMI VALLEY COUNCIL 444: $239,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetREHABILITATION CENTER FOR NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT: $205,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY ARC INC: $191,125 over 9y, 51% of budgetSAFEHAVEN INC: $164,000 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetSENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY: $105,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetSIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY WORKFORCE: $60,000 over 4y, 5.8% 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 YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SIDNEY & SHELBY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SHELBY COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds WILMA VALENTINE CHILDCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSIONATE CARE OF SHELBY COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ALPHA COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW CHOICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY MISSION HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SHELBY & DARKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAR CREEK FARM ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL ON RURAL SERVICE PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MIAMI VALLEY COUNCIL 444 ↗
  • Who funds REHABILITATION CENTER FOR NEUROLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds SHELBY COUNTY ARC INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFEHAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CENTER OF SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SIDNEY-SHELBY COUNTY WORKFORCE ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Honda of America Foun…The Troy FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Ohio Child Care Resou…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Shelby CountyOH36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Shelby County United Way funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shelby County United Way. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 38 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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