Ohio · Public charity
The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
Our mission is to lead a united community to uplift our neighbors. United way generates financial and voluntary contributions to meet local needs and make lasting improvement to the region's quality of life.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 39
- Grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 2%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,031
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $131,795
- Organizations funded a year
- 44 to 101
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 2% of the organizations The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 32 | $1.2M | 6% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $1.4M | 2% |
| FY2023 | 51 | $1.7M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $1.4M | 5% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $1.5M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 66 | $2.2M | 8% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $2.6M | 3% |
| FY2018 | 101 | $3.1M | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Resource Connection | $1,209,838 | 9 | 2% |
| Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley | $1,196,031 | 9 | 1% |
| The Foodbank Inc | $1,112,405 | 9 | 1% |
| Homefull | $997,171 | 9 | 2% |
| Daybreak Inc | $953,827 | 9 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Dayton Inc | $948,731 | 9 | 39% |
| YWCA Dayton | $685,396 | 9 | 2% |
| Dakota Street Center Inc | $537,058 | 9 | 21% |
| Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence | $502,386 | 9 | 5% |
| American Red Cross Dayton Area Chapter | $494,813 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 162 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($8k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 132 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: The Dayton Foundation · Dayton Foundation Depository · Dayton Foundation Plus Inc · Mathile Family Foundation · Give Back Foundation · Federal Employees Support for Cfc Charitable Giving Incorporated · The Dayton Power and Light Company Foundation Dba Aes Ohio Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · Virginia W Kettering Foundation Xxxxx3003 · Miami Valley Hospital · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Greene County Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
- How much does The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area give?
- The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area reported 39 grants totaling $1,108,051 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 101 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (45%), Health (13%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Senior Resource Connection ($1.2M), Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley ($1.2M), The Foodbank Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dayton Foundation, Dayton Foundation Depository, Dayton Foundation Plus Inc.
- Where is The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area based?
- The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area is based in OH.
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