Minnesota · Private foundation
United Health Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $36M
- Granted FY2018
- 62
- Grants FY2018
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 49%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
53% of United Health Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to American Online Giving Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 46 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year United Health Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 44 organizations, $36M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $120,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $25,730,064
- Organizations funded a year
- 56 to 61
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 22
- Total assets, FY2018
- $80M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 49% of the organizations United Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 61 | $36M | 49% |
| FY2017 | 56 | $36M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarship America Inc | $5,379,077 | 3 | n/a |
| AARP Foundation | $5,005,000 | 1 | 3% |
| National Health Care for Homeless Council | $4,976,588 | 4 | 16% |
| American Nurses Foundation Inc | $3,744,200 | 5 | 23% |
| American Indian College Fund | $3,661,250 | 8 | 2% |
| National Medical Fellowships Inc | $3,590,589 | 8 | 12% |
| North Olympic Healthcare Network | $3,265,927 | 3 | 7% |
| Direct Relief | $3,200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Academy of Family Physicians Fdn | $3,055,000 | 4 | 19% |
| Camba Inc | $3,025,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 172 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($81M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Health Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 159 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Direct Relief · American Cancer Society Inc · Reach Out and Read Inc · Travelers Foundation · Carequest Foundation Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Dignity Health · Americares Foundation Inc · Give Lively Foundation Inc · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
How this is measured
About United Health Foundation
- How much does United Health Foundation give?
- United Health Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $36,064,327 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 61 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does United Health Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (43%), Health (22%), Employment (14%).
- Who are United Health Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Scholarship America Inc ($5.4M), AARP Foundation ($5.0M), National Health Care for Homeless Council ($5.0M).
- Does United Health Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 49% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does United Health Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Health Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Direct Relief, American Cancer Society Inc, Reach Out and Read Inc.
- Where is United Health Foundation based?
- United Health Foundation is based in MN.
Play a game based on United Health’s filings →