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· 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 FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$81k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $620,792, the rows itemized in this filing. The $635,808 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,016 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $375k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $246k
$32,725
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRANSITIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS$80,650
CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER$59,850
SALVATION ARMY$55,000
BELLA EASE$50,000
ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS$48,275
CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES$47,000
QUINCY CATHOLIC CHARITIES$40,500
YWCA$35,000
QUANADA$32,725
SCOUTING AMERICA-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COUNCIL$30,000
HORIZONS SOCIAL SERVICES OF ADAMS COUNTY INC$29,000
ADVOCACY NETWORK FOR CHILDREN$26,000
QUINCY YOUNG LIFE$22,664
QUINCY FAMILY YMCA$22,000
COMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTER$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $52k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $51k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $51k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $51k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $51k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $49k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $48k → 13%ADAMS COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS: $47k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $80k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $75k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $70k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $70k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $69k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $64k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $60k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $60k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $59k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $59k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $58k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $56k → 13%CHEERFUL HOME CHILD CARE & EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $55k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $53k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $53k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $52k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $50k → 13%CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILIES: $47k → 13%QUANADA: $40k → 13%QUANADA: $40k → 13%QUANADA: $40k → 13%QUANADA: $40k → 13%QUANADA: $38k → 13%QUANADA: $38k → 13%QUANADA: $38k → 13%QUANADA: $35k → 13%QUANADA: $33k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $32k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $32k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $32k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $32k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $31k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $26k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $22k → 13%COMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTER: $20k → 13%COMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTER: $20k → 13%QUINCY FAMILY YMCA: $18k → 13%COMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTER: $19k → 13%COMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTER: $18k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 21 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
0

Total granted

$5.9M
$0

Still filing today

62%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TO
    TRANSITIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $663k · revenue +82%
  • CH
    CHEERFUL HOME ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $596k · revenue +57%
  • CF
    CORNERSTONE FOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILI
    9× · 2017–2025 · $493k · revenue +40%

Funded once

    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.

    04Its field

    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.

    1
    Child Advocacy Center of Mchenry Co Inc

    Provide Counselors in Child Abuse Situations

    Crime & Legal
    2
    Ywca Central Massachusetts Inc

    The ywca central massachusetts is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

    Human Services
    3
    Childrens Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois

    To assist children who have been victims of abuse

    Crime & Legal
    4
    Child Advocacy Center of Cullman Inc

    Nurturing hope, encouraging health, and promoting healing in troubled families through community collaboration, communication and cooperation

    Human Services
    5
    Ywca of Central Virginia

    The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, dignity, and freedom for all.

    Human Services
    6
    Casa of West Central Illinois

    To advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal welfare system.

    Crime & Legal
    7
    Comprehensive Youth Services of Fresno Inc

    The organization is dedicated to providing a full range of services to help eliminate child abuse and neglect. the organization strives to build healthy families through prevention, intervention, treatment and education about alternatives…

    Crime & Legal
    8
    Midwest Christian Services % Deanna Scott

    Provide a home and the needs of children with no other place to go

    —
    9
    Children's Advocacy Center of Ottawa Countyinc

    Providing advocacy services for child abuse victims.

    Crime & Legal
    10
    Central Illinois Services

    To foster low income housing, develop and promote affordable homeownership and rental opportunities, support community develpment, social services, and educational opportunities for individuals and families throughout menard county and the…

    —
    11
    Muscatine Center for Social Action

    Mcsa provides housing, basic health care, educational and vocational support services for those in need in muscatine county while working to reduce these needs through long-term social change in the community.

    Community Improvement
    12
    Children's Center for Hope & Healing

    The children's center for hope & healing is dedicated to breaking the cycle of child sexual abuse and preventing the victimization of children.

    Health
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca of Quincy Il; the most unlike its peers is The Panther Pride Foundation for Central Schools. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
    04the grantee network

    16 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. 16 of the 21 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.

    2
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    7
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    13/16
    Grantees still filing
    12/16
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    CHEERFUL HOME ASSOCIATION: $595,992 · Human ServicesCHEERFUL HOME ASSOCIATIONCORNERSTONE FOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILI: $492,548 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE FOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILIAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $449,741 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constitue…QUINCY AREA NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $339,575 · Human ServicesQUINCY AREA NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSEYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $241,067 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST C…COMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTER: $142,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTERThe Salvation Army: $505,075 · OtherThe Salvation ArmyYWCA OF QUINCY IL: $333,835 · OtherYWCA OF QUINCY ILCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SPRINGFIELD: $320,265 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCES…QUINCY YOUNG LIFE: $133,864 · OtherQUINCY YOUNG LIFEGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $121,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL ILLINOISMADONNA HOUSE: $82,018 · OtherJohn Wood Community College: $67,712 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $60,000 · Other+1 more: $48,310 · OtherTRANSITIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS INC: $662,820 · HealthTRANSITIONS …BELLA EASE: $475,973 · Public BenefitBELLA EAS…MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $298,926 · Youth DevelopmentADVOCACY NETWORK FOR CHILDREN: $204,300 · Civil RightsHORIZONS SOCIAL SERVICES: $167,000 · Food & NutritionTHE PANTHER PRIDE FOUNDATION FOR CENTRAL SCHOOLS: $115,951 · Education
    Human Services$2,260,923Other$1,672,079Health$662,820Public Benefit$475,973Youth Development$298,926Civil Rights$204,300Food & Nutrition$167,000Education$115,951

    Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

    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
    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 TRANSITIONS OF WESTERN ILLINOIS INC ↗
    • Who funds CHEERFUL HOME ASSOCIATION ↗
    • Who funds CORNERSTONE FOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILI ↗
    • Who funds BELLA EASE ↗
    • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
    • Who funds QUINCY AREA NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE ↗
    • Who funds YWCA OF QUINCY IL ↗
    • Who funds MISSISSIPPI VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
    • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
    • Who funds ADVOCACY NETWORK FOR CHILDREN ↗
    • Who funds HORIZONS SOCIAL SERVICES ↗
    • Who funds COMMUNITY FOR CHRIST ASSISTANCE CENTER ↗
    • Who funds THE PANTHER PRIDE FOUNDATION FOR CENTRAL SCHOOLS ↗
    • Who funds MADONNA HOUSE ↗
    • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
    • Who funds ADDICTS VICTORIOUS INC ↗

    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.

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization United Way of Adams County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Adams County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
      typical government reliance, FY20–25
      How this is measured
      Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

      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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