· Public charity
United Way of Abilene
UNITED WAY OF ABILENE promotes the health, education, and financial stability of every person in west central texas by leveraging the intellectual, organizational, institutional, financial, faith-based, and personal resources of its local communities.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k6 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $209k
- $50k–250k15 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DAY NURSERY OF ABILENE | $180,000 |
| NOAH PROJECT | $129,000 |
| ABILENE HOPE HAVEN | $120,000 |
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE BIG COUNTRY | $104,500 |
| BIG COUNTRY CASA | $88,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ABILENE | $82,082 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $80,000 |
| REGIONAL VICTIMS CRISIS CENTER | $72,000 |
| SHACKELFORD CO RESOURCE CENTER | $72,000 |
| ABILENE TAYLOR PUBLIC HEALTH | $71,000 |
| CANCER SERVICES NETWORK | $63,000 |
| PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CARE MISSION | $60,000 |
| CITY OF ABI ADAPTIVE REC | $54,500 |
| NEW BEGINNINGS BIG COUNTRY | $52,224 |
| FAITHWORKS OF ABILENE | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $285k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2019, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DNDay Nursery of Abilene Inc8× · 2017–2024 · $499k · revenue +72%
- NPNOAH PROJECT INC8× · 2017–2024 · $372k · revenue +23%
- CICommunities in Schools of the Big Country8× · 2017–2024 · $316k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- ABAbilene Back the Badge Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +42%
- RFReach for a Differenceone grant, 2018 · $5k
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.
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.
Pregnancy Resources' mission is to inspire hope and unconditionally love everyone we serve by empowering them to thrive through compassionate support and positive solutions.
The Organizations mission is to bring unity and efficiency to investigations of child abuse through the use of a multi-disciplinary team and, thereby, to provide the best possible services to victims of child abuse and their families.
To procure and distribute nutritional food to qualified agencies that feed the hungry of West Central Texas.
Committed to supporting displaced single mothers in Fort Bend County by providing housing assistance and wraparound services.
We provide affordable quality child care for a diverse community. Our four licensed facilities deliver quality child care programming for children ages birth to 10 years, so that parents can work, attend school, and/or receive job training…
To protect and enhance the quality of life for abused and neglected children in Medina, Real and Uvalde Counties of Texas.
Enhancing the life of residents of the Abilene State Supported Living Center
The mission of Abilene Christian School, Inc. is to equip students to excel academically, serve meaningfully, and walk faithfully with God.
Unbound North Texas exists to support survivors and resource the community to fight human trafficking through Survivor Advocacy, a 24/7 Drop-In Center, and Prevention and Awareness.
Comprehensive service to domestic violence and sexual assault victims
Construct and/or rehabilitate houses for sale to low- and moderate-income families who qualify for home ownership. Homes are sold for an affordable mortgage.
To provide services designed to meet the physical, social, and emotional needs of domestic violence and sexual assault victims by providing for immediate, short, and long-term needs.
How this is measured
32 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. 32 of the 34 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Day Nursery of Abilene Inc ↗
- Who funds NOAH PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Abilene Hope Haven Inc ↗
- Who funds Communities in Schools of the Big Country ↗
- Who funds Boys and Girls Club of Abilene Inc ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR ↗
- Who funds Presbyterian Medical Care Mission ↗
- Who funds BIG COUNTRY COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES INC ↗
- Who funds SHACKELFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds Regional Crime Victim Crisis Center ↗
- Who funds Cancer Services Network Inc ↗
- Who funds Faithworks of Abilene Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Abilene Boys Ranch Inc ↗
- Who funds Texas Trails Council Inc ↗
- Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS BIG COUNTRY ↗
- Who funds Alliance for Women and Children ↗
- Who funds Adult Protective Services Partners Inc ↗
- Who funds Christian Service Center of Abilene ↗
- Who funds SOUTHWESTERN DIABETIC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Abilene Chamber of Commerce ↗
- Who funds Center for Contemporary Arts ↗
- Who funds National Center for Childrens Illustrated Literat ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL AHEC ORGANIZATION INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF TEXAS OKLAHOMA PLAINS INC ↗
- Who funds The Strength for Life Foundation ↗
- Who funds Abilene Back the Badge Foundation ↗
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: Community Foundation of Abilene · Shelton Family Foundation · Barber Foundation · Dian Graves Owen Foundation · Greathouse Foundation · The Legett Foundation · Kickapoo Springs Foundation · Abilene Christian University · Food Bank of West Central Texas · The Karakin Foundation · Directors Foundation · The Massey Family Charitable Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Abilene funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Abilene. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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