Minnesota · Public charity
United Way of Bemidji Area
UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA's mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community. Our focus on advancing the common good creates a meaningful difference in the lives of area children, youth, aging adults and their caregivers, people in crisis and people with mental and physical disabilities by focusing on the…
- $370k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $316k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $14,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $43,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations United Way of Bemidji Area funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $316k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $346k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $322k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $306k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $285k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $294k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $294k | 11% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $271k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Youth & Family Services Inc | $276,250 | 8 | 1% |
| North Country Food Bank Inc | $275,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area | $255,500 | 8 | 4% |
| Community Support Systems Inc | $210,500 | 8 | 7% |
| Ours to Serve House of Hospitality | $186,500 | 8 | 10% |
| Northwoods Battered Women's Shelter Inc | $161,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Support Within Reach | $127,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Bemidji Community Food Shelf Inc | $118,770 | 8 | 2% |
| Churches United Inc | $107,000 | 8 | 21% |
| Adult Day Services Inc | $95,500 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 28 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Bemidji Area supplied at peak.
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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: Northwest Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · C K Blandin Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · George W Neilson Foundation · North Country Food Bank Inc · The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Initiative Foundation · Communitygiving · Midcontinent Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Bemidji Area
- How much does United Way of Bemidji Area give?
- United Way of Bemidji Area reported 18 itemized grants totaling $316,490, out of $369,570 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Bemidji Area fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (23%), Food & Nutrition (20%), Health (16%).
- Who are United Way of Bemidji Area's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Evergreen Youth & Family Services Inc ($276k), North Country Food Bank Inc ($275k), Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area ($256k).
- Does United Way of Bemidji Area fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Bemidji Area?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, C K Blandin Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Bemidji Area based?
- United Way of Bemidji Area is based in MN.
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