· Public charity
United Way of Big Spring & Howard
Funding to tax-exempt organizations in big spring and howard county to assist with their individual programs.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $151k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VICTIM SERVICES | $16,992 |
| WEST SIDE COMMUNITY DAYCARE | $13,674 |
| SALVATION ARMY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $13,320 |
| EMERGENCY SERVICE CHAPLAIN CORP | $13,248 |
| YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN | $12,882 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $12,672 |
| CASA OF WEST TEXAS | $12,450 |
| GOPB | $11,982 |
| MIDLAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER | $11,640 |
| JOURNEY HOME REFUGE CENTER | $11,502 |
| WEST TEXAS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER | $10,608 |
| DAV CHAPTER 47 | $10,494 |
| DONT LITTER AFFORDABLE CLINIC | $9,474 |
| SCENIC MTN MEDICAL CENTER VOLUNTEER | $8,748 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $6,204 |
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 (FY17–17, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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.
15 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YMYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN3× · 2017–2024 · $45k
- ESEMERGENCY SERVICE CHAPLAIN CORP3× · 2017–2024 · $41k
- SASALVATION ARMY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB3× · 2017–2024 · $41k
Funded once
- I5ISAIAH 58one grant, 2017 · $16k · revenue -34%
- NCNORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTERone grant, 2017 · $15k
- DRDORA ROBERTS REHAB CENTERone grant, 2017 · $15k
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.
4 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. 4 of the 24 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Big Spring & Howard funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Big Spring & Howard. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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