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Siemer Institute

The SIEMER INSTITUTE will enhance educational opportunities for school-aged children by preventing family homelessness and reducing school instability.

$18M
Granted FY2025still arriving
79
Grants FY2025still arriving
37
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$72MHuman Services$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.2MHealth$710kCrime & Legal$248kCommunity Improvement$220k
02FY2025 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k51 grants · $7.2M
  • $250k+23 grants · $11M
$165,000
Median grant
37
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC$1,920,000
FAMILY PROMISE INC$770,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA$660,000
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMCAS OF THE USA$660,000
ORANGE COUNTY UNITED WAY$495,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NASHVILLE$440,000
UNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC$440,000
UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS (COLUMBIA)$412,500
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$385,000
METRO UNITED WAY INC$385,000
UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY$358,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES$330,000
UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA$330,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA$330,000
GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY$330,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS: $110k → 15%UNITED WAY OF SALT LAKE: $110k → 8%UNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS: $110k → 15%YMCAS OF THE USA: $708k → 14%NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YMCAS OF THE USA: $660k → 14%YMCA OF THE USA: $120k → 14%YMCA OF THE USA: $120k → 14%YMCA OF THE USA: $120k → 14%YMCA OF THE USA: $120k → 14%YMCA OF THE USA: $60k → 14%YMCA OF THE USA: $20k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85M · 73 repeat orgs$380k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -14% since the first grant, against -60% for those funded once.

73 repeat relationships: 70 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
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Total granted

$85M
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-14%
-60%

Still filing today

99%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $330k 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
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +76%
  • National Council of YMCAs of the USA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +30%
  • FAMILY PROMISE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -60%
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.

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United Way of Wayne County Inc

United way of wayne county is a community based organization, working in partnership with local non-profit organizations to strategically address many of our community's social issues. united way of wayne county invested in a number of…

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Washington County Maryland Inc

Through strategic leadership and investments, united way of washington county, md will impact community improvement and inspire collaboration to address critical needs in education, income and health.

Philanthropy
3
United Way Worldwide

To improve lives by mobilizing caring power of communities around the world to advance common good.

Philanthropy
4
United Way of Greater Union County % Julienne Cherry

The mission of united way greater union county is to improve lives and build strong communities by uniting individuals and organizations with the will, passion, expertise, and resources needed to solve problems.

Philanthropy
5
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

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6
United Way of Greater Lafayette

Mission - mobilizing our community to action so all can thrive vision - for over 100 years, we have partnered with local nonprofits, businesses, community leaders, donors and volunteers to create solutions that address the most complex…

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Kentucky Inc

As a focused team of leaders, united way of kentucky will align resources and work to advance education, income and health.

Philanthropy
8
United Way of South Wood & Adams Counties Inc

The mission of the united way of south wood & adams counties, inc. is: united we change and strenghten lives by investing in our community.

Philanthropy
9
United Way Quad Cities

United way qc mission is mobilizing people and resources to improve lives in our community. united way qc develops, supports and invests in the most impactful strategies and partners to strengthen education, income and health--the building…

Philanthropy
10
United Way of Charlotte County Inc

Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty.

Philanthropy
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United Way of Lewis County

The mission of united way of lewis county (uwlc) is connecting people and resources to improve the quality of life in lewis county. uwlc has evolved from its roots as a fundraising organization to a critical community impact organization…

Philanthropy
12
United Way of Door County Inc

United way of door county mobilizes the community to build strong, equitable, and healthy lives for everyone who lives and works in door county. we bring people together to identify local needs, align resources, and support programs that…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way for Southeastern Michigan; the most unlike its peers is Northwest Housing Alternatives. 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

84 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. 84 of the 85 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
84/84
Grantees still filing
31/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $12,357,375 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INCUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $4,090,000 · Philanthropy+64 more: $64,024,000 · Philanthropy+64 moreUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $1,825,000 · OtherUnited Wa…UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $1,110,000 · OtherUNITED WA…PHYSICIANS CARE CONNECTION: $930,000 · OtherPHYSICIAN…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $825,000 · OtherUNITED WA…UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG: $750,000 · OtherUNITED WA…UNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY INC: $660,000 · OtherUNITED WA…THE SALVATION ARMY: $660,000 · OtherTHE SALVA…UNITED WAY OF LONG ISLAND: $612,500 · OtherUNITED WA…TULSA AREA UNITED WAY: $270,000 · Other+1 more: $150,000 · OtherFAMILY PROMISE INC: $1,870,000 · Housing & ShelterNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $220,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $220,000 · Housing & ShelterNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $1,928,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF THE BLUEGRASS INC: $220,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE: $110,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $620,000 · Public Safety & DisasterCampaign for Working Families Inc: $412,500 · Crime & LegalWayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc: $330,000 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$80,471,375Other$7,792,500Housing & Shelter$2,310,000Human Services$2,258,000Public Safety & Disaster$620,000Crime & Legal$412,500Community Improvement$330,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $12,357,375 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $4,090,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $2,575,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY: $2,425,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $2,385,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $2,310,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA: $2,200,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $2,025,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc: $1,980,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $1,950,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC: $1,945,000 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetNational Council of YMCAs of the USA: $1,928,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $1,870,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc: $1,825,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $1,762,500 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY: $1,665,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN: $1,565,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $1,530,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $1,450,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC: $1,422,500 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $1,340,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $1,340,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC: $1,335,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $1,295,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $1,290,000 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $1,275,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $1,192,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $1,140,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $1,110,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY CALIFORNIA CAPITAL REGION: $1,010,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY: $965,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $960,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $960,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPHYSICIANS CARE CONNECTION: $930,000 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetThe United Way of Lee County Inc: $925,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $900,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TREASURE VALLEY INC: $854,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH: $850,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY: $850,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC: $850,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $850,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $825,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC: $800,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHEART OF ARKANSAS UNITED WAY: $800,000 over 9y, 7.9% of budgetPIKES PEAK UNITED WAY: $797,500 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO: $750,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG: $750,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $750,000 over 8y, 1.7% 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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY'S UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE BAY AREA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds METRO UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds National Council of YMCAs of the USA ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR GREATER AUSTIN ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY CALIFORNIA CAPITAL REGION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ↗
  • Who funds PHYSICIANS CARE CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds The United Way of Lee County Inc ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF TREASURE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC ↗

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 WorldwideAT&T FoundationLumen Clarke M Willia…Centene FoundationAetna Foundation IncWells Fargo FoundationPnc FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Enterprise Holdings F…United Way of Bergen …Synchrony Foundation
United Way WorldwideVA51.9× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Worldwide · AT&T Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · Centene Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Wells Fargo Foundation · Pnc Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · United Way of Bergen County · Synchrony 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 Siemer Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Siemer Institute. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • United Way of Delaware: 58% of income from government
  • United Way of Broward County Inc: 27% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Northeast Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Northwest Housing Alternatives: 1% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Siemer Institute?

Find your warmest path to Siemer Institute through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 85 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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