Florida · Public charity
The United Way of Lee County Inc
The United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades is a volunteer driven organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people in our community. Continued on Schedule OOur United Way supports and helps coordinate the human service network in our community so that the network can provide high quality social service programs that…
- $22M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 92
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 93
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $9.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,388
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $586,284
- Organizations funded a year
- 82 to 97
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations The United Way of Lee County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $616k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 90 | $9.1M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 93 | $14M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 97 | $11M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 83 | $6.4M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 92 | $6.2M | 9% |
| FY2019 | 82 | $6.7M | 4% |
| FY2018 | 87 | $6.8M | 10% |
| FY2017 | 89 | $6.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Cooperative Inc | $3,214,853 | 8 | 12% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,210,444 | 8 | n/a |
| Abuse Counseling & Treatment Inc | $3,196,351 | 8 | 10% |
| Saluscare Inc | $2,973,718 | 8 | 1% |
| Children's Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida Inc | $2,908,300 | 8 | 10% |
| Larc Inc | $2,171,627 | 8 | 10% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County | $2,051,034 | 8 | 27% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $1,743,482 | 8 | 1% |
| YMCA of Southwest Florida Inc | $1,625,727 | 8 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc | $1,566,065 | 8 | 3% |
Show all 140 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($161k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The United Way of Lee County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 119 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: Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Collier Community Foundation Inc · The League Club Inc · Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc · Cape Coral Community Foundation · Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Carol B Phelon Foundation · Daniel R & Anne M Harper Foundation · Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc · Claibourne F Foulds Fdn Tr
How this is measured
About The United Way of Lee County Inc
- How much does The United Way of Lee County Inc give?
- The United Way of Lee County Inc reported 92 itemized grants totaling $9,143,696, out of $21,725,979 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 82 and 97 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The United Way of Lee County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Health (29%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are The United Way of Lee County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Community Cooperative Inc ($3.2M), The Salvation Army ($3.2M), Abuse Counseling & Treatment Inc ($3.2M).
- Does The United Way of Lee County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The United Way of Lee County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc, Suncoast Credit Union Foundation, Collier Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The United Way of Lee County Inc based?
- The United Way of Lee County Inc is based in FL.
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