Washington, D.C. · Public charity
United Planning Organization
UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION's mission is uniting people with opportunities.
- $720k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $674k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $101,760
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $272,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations United Planning Organization funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $194k 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 | 6 | $674k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $534k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $424k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $2.2M | 93% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $1.9M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $2.6M | 8% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $3.9M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $4.1M | 27% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educare DC | $5,740,244 | 4 | 32% |
| Vida Senior Center Inc | $1,930,396 | 5 | 39% |
| Spanish Education Development Center | $1,469,454 | 8 | 6% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $1,087,590 | 5 | 2% |
| Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council Afl-Cio | $1,038,455 | 5 | 43% |
| Thrive DC | $1,008,568 | 5 | 14% |
| Healthy Babies Project Inc | $1,001,286 | 7 | 15% |
| Collaborative Solutions for Communities | $710,740 | 4 | 4% |
| Christian Tabernacle | $658,336 | 6 | n/a |
| EdgewoodBrookland Family Support Collaborative | $653,320 | 5 | 4% |
Show all 46 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educare DC | $5,740,244 | 4 | 32% |
| Vida Senior Center Inc | $1,930,396 | 5 | 39% |
| Spanish Education Development Center | $1,469,454 | 8 | 6% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $1,087,590 | 5 | 2% |
| Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan Washington Council Afl-Cio | $1,038,455 | 5 | 43% |
| Thrive DC | $1,008,568 | 5 | 14% |
| Healthy Babies Project Inc | $1,001,286 | 7 | 15% |
| Collaborative Solutions for Communities | $710,740 | 4 | 4% |
| Christian Tabernacle | $658,336 | 6 | n/a |
| EdgewoodBrookland Family Support Collaborative | $653,320 | 5 | 4% |
| Appletree Early Learning Public Charter School | $595,083 | 3 | 2% |
| National Children's Center Inc | $384,678 | 1 | 1% |
| Behavioral Educational Solutions | $378,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington | $327,321 | 5 | 0% |
| Sunshine Early Learning Center | $269,948 | 1 | n/a |
| Loving Care Day Nursery Inc | $243,470 | 1 | n/a |
| Unity Health Care Inc | $219,636 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater DC Diaper Bank | $200,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Jewel's New Beginning Learning Center LLC | $180,001 | 2 | n/a |
| Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church Inc | $164,993 | 1 | 0% |
| Wanda Alston Foundation Inc | $161,700 | 1 | 25% |
| Kids Are People Too | $121,435 | 1 | n/a |
| Mbi Health Services | $108,418 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Educational Research Group | $108,335 | 1 | 4% |
| Newlen Early Childhood School Readiness Center | $101,760 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Mama's Children Center | $100,021 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Ministry | $89,095 | 1 | n/a |
| Jubilee Jumpstart | $79,669 | 1 | 3% |
| Love and Care Child Development Center Inc | $78,680 | 1 | n/a |
| St Philips Child Development Center | $78,614 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Connections Inc | $75,814 | 1 | 1% |
| Lt Joseph P Kennedy Institute | $74,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Pathways to Housing DC | $68,628 | 1 | 1% |
| National Center for Children and Families | $61,245 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House Washington DC | $61,081 | 1 | 1% |
| Center of Empowermment and Employment Training | $59,615 | 1 | n/a |
| Newlen Early Childhood School Readiness Center | $55,680 | 1 | n/a |
| House of Ruth | $52,951 | 1 | 0% |
| Multicultural Career Intern Program | $37,460 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids Are US Learning Center | $34,302 | 1 | n/a |
| Adeola Oyekola Cdh Corp Dba Adeola a Oyekola | $32,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Miriam's Kitchen | $28,656 | 1 | 1% |
| YWCA National Capital Area | $26,735 | 1 | 1% |
| A Wider Circle Inc | $18,750 | 1 | 0% |
| District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Deeds of Kindness Outreach Services | $7,598 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Planning Organization supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Low Income Investment Fund · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater DC Diaper Bank · Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation · Mgm Resorts Foundation · Lainoff Family Foundation Inc · Association of American Medical Colleges · World Bank Community Connections Fund · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation
How this is measured
About United Planning Organization
- How much does United Planning Organization give?
- United Planning Organization reported 6 itemized grants totaling $674,243, out of $719,715 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Planning Organization fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Human Services (23%), Health (12%).
- Who are United Planning Organization's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Educare DC ($5.7M), Vida Senior Center Inc ($1.9M), Spanish Education Development Center ($1.5M).
- Does United Planning Organization fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Planning Organization?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Low Income Investment Fund, United Way of the National Capital Area.
- Where is United Planning Organization based?
- United Planning Organization is based in DC.
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