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Illinois · Public charity

United Way of Adams County Inc

To inspire, unite, and empower the people of adams county to reach their full human potential.

$636k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
17
Itemized grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$621k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$32,725
Largest grant, FY2025
$80,650
Organizations funded a year
17 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Adams County Inc 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; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Food & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving17$621k0%
FY202417$697k0%
FY202317$695k0%
FY202218$689k6%
FY202118$650k0%
FY202018$623k6%
FY201918$596k0%
FY201819$582k0%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.8MYouth Development$1.5MHealth$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$450kHousing & Shelter$416kCrime & Legal$204kFood & Nutrition$167kEducation$138kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Transitions of Western Illinois Inc$662,82091%
Cheerful Home Association$595,99296%
The Salvation Army$505,0759n/a
Cornerstone Foundations for Famili$492,54897%
Bella Ease$475,973914%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$449,74190%
Quincy Area Network Against Domestic Abuse$339,57594%
YWCA of Quincy Il$333,83598%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield$320,2659n/a
Mississippi Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$298,92693%
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All grantees of United Way of Adams County Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Transitions of Western Illinois Inc$662,82091%
Cheerful Home Association$595,99296%
The Salvation Army$505,0759n/a
Cornerstone Foundations for Famili$492,54897%
Bella Ease$475,973914%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$449,74190%
Quincy Area Network Against Domestic Abuse$339,57594%
YWCA of Quincy Il$333,83598%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield$320,2659n/a
Mississippi Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$298,92693%
Young Men's Christian Association of West Central Illinois$241,06791%
Advocacy Network for Children$204,30092%
Horizons Social Services$167,00062%
Community for Christ Assistance Center$142,00098%
Girl Scouts of Central Illinois$121,0009n/a
The Panther Pride Foundation for Central Schools$115,951785%
Madonna House$82,018214%
John Wood Community College$67,7127n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois$60,000311%
Addicts Victorious Inc$48,310698%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($134k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Adams County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTransitions of Western Illinois Inc: $662,820 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCheerful Home Association: $595,992 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetCornerstone Foundations for Famili: $492,548 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetBella Ease: $475,973 over 9y, 14% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $449,741 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetQuincy Area Network Against Domestic Abuse: $339,575 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetYWCA of Quincy Il: $333,835 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetMississippi Valley Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $298,926 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of West Central Illinois: $241,067 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetAdvocacy Network for Children: $204,300 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetHorizons Social Services: $167,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCommunity for Christ Assistance Center: $142,000 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetThe Panther Pride Foundation for Central Schools: $115,951 over 7y, 85% of budgetMadonna House: $82,018 over 2y, 14% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois: $60,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetAddicts Victorious Inc: $48,310 over 6y, 98% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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.

Community Foundation …The Jw Gardner II Fou…Marion G Jackson Char…Kunes Family Foundati…The Cfm FoundationStillwell FoundationQuincy Medical Group …Nuessen Family Founda…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of the Quincy AreaIL32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Quincy Area · The Jw Gardner II Foundation · Marion G Jackson Char Tr · Kunes Family Foundation · The Cfm Foundation · Stillwell Foundation · Quincy Medical Group Healthcare Foundation · Nuessen Family Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About United Way of Adams County Inc

How much does United Way of Adams County Inc give?
United Way of Adams County Inc reported 17 itemized grants totaling $620,792, out of $635,808 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Adams County Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Youth Development (25%), Health (19%).
Who are United Way of Adams County Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Transitions of Western Illinois Inc ($663k), Cheerful Home Association ($596k), The Salvation Army ($505k).
Does United Way of Adams County Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Adams County Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Quincy Area, The Jw Gardner II Foundation, Marion G Jackson Char Tr.
Where is United Way of Adams County Inc based?
United Way of Adams County Inc is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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