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United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc

The mission of the united way of bristol is to bring together the resources to help people in the regional community to live healthy and productive lives.

$662k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$90k
Largest
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 2024.

Human Services$2.1MYouth Development$1.5MHealth$749kCrime & Legal$304kEducation$301kHousing & Shelter$106kPublic Safety & Disaster$85kPhilanthropy$72kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $642,606, the rows itemized in this filing. The $662,106 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $19,500 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $212k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $399k
$26,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GIRLS INC$90,000
YWCA$80,079
SALVATION ARMY$67,855
BOY SCOUTS - SEQUOYAH COUNCIL$55,000
HEALING HANDS HEALTH CENTER$53,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE MOUNTAIN E$52,890
BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION$40,190
YMCA$36,941
ABUSE AALTERNATIVES$33,000
CASA$26,000
BRISTOL REGIONAL SPEECH & HEARING$16,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS$15,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF BRISTOL$15,000
CAC OF SULLIVAN COUNTY$10,000
MORRISON SCHOOL$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%FIRST TN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY: $10k → 14%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $58k → 21%FIRST TN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY: $9k → 14%FIRST TN HUMAN RESOURCES AGENCY: $8k → 14%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $48k → 21%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $46k → 21%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $41k → 21%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $40k → 21%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $40k → 21%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $40k → 21%BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION: $37k → 21%YWCA: $80k → 15%YWCA: $80k → 15%YWCA: $80k → 15%YWCA: $78k → 15%YMCA: $54k → 15%YMCA: $54k → 15%YMCA: $49k → 15%ABUSE AALTERNATIVES: $47k → 15%ABUSE AALTERNATIVES: $47k → 15%YMCA: $44k → 15%YMCA: $37k → 15%YMCA: $37k → 15%YMCA: $37k → 15%ABUSE AALTERNATIVES: $34k → 15%ABUSE ALTERNATIVES: $33k → 15%ABUSE AALTERNATIVES: $33k → 15%ABUSE AALTERNATIVES: $33k → 15%YMCA: $32k → 15%ABUSE AALTERNATIVES: $31k → 15%ABUSE AALTERNATIVES: $31k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $8k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 15%RED CROSS: $8k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 15%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.
$5.3M · 25 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
0

Total granted

$5.3M
$0

Still filing today

88%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • GI
    Girls Incorporated of Bristol
    8× · 2017–2024 · $615k · revenue +111%
  • BG
    Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire
    8× · 2017–2024 · $548k · revenue +56%
  • HH
    HEALING HANDS HEALTH CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $438k · revenue +148%

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
    Central Alabama Regional Child Advocacy Center

    Provide advocacy services for abused children in Central Alabama.

    Crime & Legal
    2
    Bristol Boys & Girls Club Association Inc

    To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.

    Youth Development
    3
    Boys and Girls Club of Brattleboro Inc

    To inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential productive, responsible and caring citizens.

    Youth Development
    4
    Blount County Youth Court Inc

    Tennessee Youth Court (TYC) is a teen-driven juvenile delinquency prevention/intervention diversion program based on restorative justice.

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    5
    Casa of Northeast Tennessee

    Advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

    Crime & Legal
    6
    Court Appointed Special Advocates

    To be the voice for children who have been victims of abuse and/or neglect. Our vision is to serve every child in the Cheaha Region by providing them with a caring and competent trained volunteer.

    Crime & Legal
    7
    United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc

    The mission of the united way of bristol is to bring together the resources to help people in the regional community to live healthy and productive lives. united way bristol works with dozens of community partner agencies that provide…

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    8
    Boys and Girls Club of Elizabethton Carter County Inc

    To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens

    —
    9
    Delta Childrens Advocacy Center

    Delta Childrens Advocacy Centers mission is to respond to child abuse in the Mississippi Delta by serving and nurturing children and non-offending caregivers through a trauma-informed multidisciplinary approach.

    Crime & Legal
    10
    West Alabama Childrens Advocacy Center Inc

    To provide a child-focused approach to the intervention, treatment, prevention, and prosecution of child abuse cases. to provide free therapy to child abuse victims and age appropriate awareness in our school systems.

    Human Services
    11
    Boys & Girls Club and Family Center of Bristol Inc

    To operate a community center for the benefit of the Boys and Girls Club Association, Inc. and The Family Center, Inc.

    Youth Development
    12
    Child Advocates of Connecticut Inc

    Child Advocates of Connecticut (CAC) transforms the lives of vulnerable children and youth by providing trained and supervised one-on-one volunteer advocates in the community, classroom and courtroom.

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    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bristol Faith in Action Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rivers Way Outdoor Adventure. 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

    22 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. 22 of the 25 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.

    1
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    8
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    22/22
    Grantees still filing
    20/22
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    Girls Incorporated of Bristol: $614,675 · OtherGirls Incorporated of BristolBoys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire: $548,355 · OtherBoys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empi…THE SALVATION ARMY: $445,914 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYRivers Way Outdoor Adventure: $71,952 · Other+3 more: $110,403 · Other+3 moreYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA: $669,217 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION N…BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION INC: $349,316 · Human ServicesBRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION INCYoung Mens Christian Association: $344,130 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian AssociationABUSE ALTERNATIVESINC: $288,129 · Human ServicesABUSE ALTERNATIVESINC+2 more: $74,500 · Human ServicesHEALING HANDS HEALTH CENTER INC: $438,415 · HealthHEALING HANDS HE…FRONTIER HEALTH: $203,964 · HealthFRONTIER HEALTHBRISTOL REGIONAL SPEECH & HEARING CENTER: $106,500 · HealthBRISTOL REGIONAL…BRISTOL LIFE SAVING CREW INC: $37,000 · HealthBoy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah: $256,663 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $63,045 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS: $179,072 · EducationSullivan County Imagination Library: $58,180 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL AND DEVE LOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationCASA for Kids Inc: $205,380 · Civil RightsFamily Promise of Bristol Inc: $105,660 · Housing & ShelterCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SULLIVAN COUNTY: $81,520 · Crime & Legal
    Other$1,791,299Human Services$1,725,292Health$785,879Youth Development$319,708Education$257,252Civil Rights$205,380Housing & Shelter$105,660Crime & Legal$81,520

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

    25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA: $669,217 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Bristol: $614,675 over 8y, 17% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire: $548,355 over 8y, 15% of budgetHEALING HANDS HEALTH CENTER INC: $438,415 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetBRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION INC: $349,316 over 8y, 20% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association: $344,130 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetABUSE ALTERNATIVESINC: $288,129 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah: $256,663 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetCASA for Kids Inc: $205,380 over 8y, 10.0% of budgetFRONTIER HEALTH: $203,964 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS: $179,072 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetBRISTOL REGIONAL SPEECH & HEARING CENTER: $106,500 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetFamily Promise of Bristol Inc: $105,660 over 5y, 98% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SULLIVAN COUNTY: $81,520 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetRivers Way Outdoor Adventure: $71,952 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC: $63,045 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSullivan County Imagination Library: $58,180 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRISTOL LIFE SAVING CREW INC: $37,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFIRST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $26,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL AND DEVE LOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE: $17,545 over 2y, 0.2% 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 YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NORTHEAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VA ↗
    • Who funds Girls Incorporated of Bristol ↗
    • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire ↗
    • Who funds HEALING HANDS HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
    • Who funds BRISTOL FAITH IN ACTION INC ↗
    • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association ↗
    • Who funds ABUSE ALTERNATIVESINC ↗
    • Who funds Boy Scouts of America Council 713 Sequoyah ↗
    • Who funds CASA for Kids Inc ↗
    • Who funds FRONTIER HEALTH ↗
    • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS ↗
    • Who funds BRISTOL REGIONAL SPEECH & HEARING CENTER ↗
    • Who funds Family Promise of Bristol Inc ↗
    • Who funds CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER OF SULLIVAN COUNTY ↗
    • Who funds Rivers Way Outdoor Adventure ↗
    • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EAST TENNESSEE INC ↗
    • Who funds Sullivan County Imagination Library ↗
    • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
    • Who funds BRISTOL LIFE SAVING CREW INC ↗
    • Who funds FIRST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY ↗
    • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL AND DEVE LOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL ↗
    • Who funds LEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE ↗

    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.

    Speedway Children's CharitiesNC36.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Speedway Children's Charities · The United Company Foundation · Food City Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc · The James W and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Foundation · Massengill-Defriece Foundation Inc · The Joe W and Frankie Mae Street Foundat · Wellmont Health System · Clarke Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · 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 Bristol Tn-Va Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
      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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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