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United Way of Bucks County

UNITED WAY OF BUCKS COUNTY creates opportunities for quality education, financial stability, and good health to ensure real, lasting change for individuals and our communities.

$222k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$184k
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 2024.

Human Services$3.0MHealth$94kFood & Nutrition$57kYouth Development$50kEducation$36kHousing & Shelter$23kPublic Benefit$10kInternational$5k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $38k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $184k
$20,820
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL$184,204
ROLLING HARVEST FOOD RESCUE$20,820
ONE HOUSE AT A TIME (OHATT)$17,000
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, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ONE HOUSE AT A TIME (OHATT): $22k → 7%VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $14k → 11%ONE HOUSE AT A TIME (OHATT): $17k → 7%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $407k → 6%ONE HOUSE AT A TIME (OHATT): $12k → 7%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $374k → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $350k → 6%ONE HOUSE AT A TIME: $5k → 7%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $325k → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $312k → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $306k → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $211k → 6%BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $184k → 6%YMCA OF BUCKS COUNTY: $26k → 6%QUILTS FOR KIDS: $5k → 6%IVINS OUTREACH CENTER: $24k → 6%IVINS OUTREACH CENTER: $10k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY: $185k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY: $100k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY: $37k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY: $25k → 6%YWCA OF BUCKS COUNTY: $5k → 6%NETWORK OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE (NOVA): $17k → 6%CREDIT COUNSELING CENTER: $18k → 6%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 7 repeat orgs$295k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
25

Total granted

$3.0M
$295k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+21%

Still filing today

100%
88%

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 ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEducationPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • BC
    BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +168%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $347k · revenue +9%
  • OH
    ONE HOUSE AT A TIME INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $56k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • CH
    CHILD HOME & COMMUNITY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • RC
    RIVER CROSSING YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $26k · revenue +291%
  • LI
    LIBERTAE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -19%
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
Berks Counseling Center Inc

Berks counseling center (bcc) is a recovery oriented certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc) with an integrated behavioral and physical health model of service delivery. the center provides a holistic approach to a culturally…

Health
2
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery

See schedule o.power's mission is to help women reclaim their lives from addiction and related emotional health issues and improve the well-being of future generations. we provide a range of gender-responsive, trauma-informed drug and…

Health
3
Pinebrook Family Answers

The agency's mission states "pinebrook family answers nurtures and empowers children, adults and families by providing mental health services and community-based programs throughout the greater lehigh valley. we do this through initiatives…

Human Services
4
Philhaven

Philhaven promotes hope, healing and wholeness through the provision of behavioral resources.

Health
5
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
6
Bethany House Services Inc

Bethany house services empowers homeless and at-risk families with the solutions to achieve housing stability and long-term self-sufficiency.

Housing & Shelter
7
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
8
Reach Out Foundation of Bucks Cty

Nonprofit behavioral healthcare organization providing nonclinical services to the general public with addiction and mental health issues. Organization also helps the homeless with networking to local churches providing shelter and food.

Human Services
9
Concern - Professional Services for Children Youth and Families

Concern's mission: concern brings hope, offers opportunity, and inspires change. concern's vision: to encourage growth and promote positive healthy lives.

Human Services
10
Bridge of Hope Buxmont

Provides assistance to single mothers with dependent children experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness in bucks and montgomery counties in pennsylvania.

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11
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
12
Threshold Rehabilitation Services Inc

The mission of threshold, inc. is to enhance the quality of life of persons with disabilities and the economically disadvantaged by providing opportunities to achieve total integration into their community through vocational…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Penndel Mental Health Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Coordinating Council for Health and Welfare. 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

31 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. 31 of the 32 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $2,468,567 · Human ServicesBUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INCFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY: $346,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY+8 more: $176,518 · Human Services+8 moreCHILD HOME & COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 · OtherROLLING HARVEST FOOD RESCUE: $46,640 · OtherCoordinating Council for Health and Welfare: $10,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherThe Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank: $5,520 · OtherLIFESPAN DAY CARE: $5,000 · OtherBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC: $5,000 · OtherPenndel Mental Health Center Inc: $29,020 · HealthLIBERTAE INCORPORATED: $20,000 · HealthTHE COUNCIL OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INC: $17,400 · HealthBUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $7,500 · HealthNAMI BUCKS COUNTY PA: $5,000 · HealthPENN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthMaternity Care Coalition: $5,000 · HealthLENAPE VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthVITA EDUCATION SERVICES INC: $22,656 · EducationCHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM INC: $13,600 · EducationKEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $12,500 · Housing & ShelterADVOCATES FOR THE HOMELESS OF UPPER BUCKS: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCOALITION TO SHELTER AND SUPPORT THE HOMELESS INC: $7,600 · Housing & ShelterADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS AND THOSE IN NEED: $10,000 · Public BenefitWORTHWHILE WEAR INC: $5,000 · International
Human Services$2,991,585Other$132,160Health$93,920Education$36,256Housing & Shelter$30,100Public Benefit$10,000International$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBUCKS COUNTY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $2,468,567 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS COUNTY: $346,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetONE HOUSE AT A TIME INC: $56,200 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCHILD HOME & COMMUNITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetROLLING HARVEST FOOD RESCUE: $46,640 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetTHE IVINS HOUSE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL CENTER: $34,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPenndel Mental Health Center Inc: $29,020 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRIVER CROSSING YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $26,203 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVITA EDUCATION SERVICES INC: $22,656 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLIBERTAE INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCREDIT COUNSELING CENTER: $18,265 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetTHE COUNCIL OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INC: $17,400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNetwork of Victim Assistance: $17,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE COMMITTEE INC: $14,450 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM INC: $13,600 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKEYSTONE OPPORTUNITY CENTER INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS AND THOSE IN NEED: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCoordinating Council for Health and Welfare: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank: $5,520 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWORTHWHILE WEAR INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetQUILTS FOR KIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNAMI BUCKS COUNTY PA: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPENN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKS COUNTY HOUSING GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA OF BUCKS COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLENAPE VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Foundations Community…Penn Community Bank F…The Philadelphia Foun…St Mary Medical CenterBucks County Drug & A…Today IncWilliam Penn Bank Com…Norman Raab FoundationW W Smith Charitable …Vna Foundation of Gre…The Leo and Peggy Pie…The Patricia Kind Fam…
Foundations Community PartnershipPA43× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundations Community Partnership · Penn Community Bank Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · St Mary Medical Center · Bucks County Drug & Alcohol Commission Inc · Today Inc · William Penn Bank Community Foundation · Norman Raab Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Vna Foundation of Greater North Penn · The Leo and Peggy Pierce Family Foundation Inc · The Patricia Kind Family 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 Bucks County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Bucks County. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 32 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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