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· Public charity

United Way of Central Arkansas Inc

To impact our community members by fostering a greater quality of life through initiatives focused on education, health, and financial stability.

$247k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% 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$1.4MHousing & Shelter$365kHealth$273kYouth Development$240kFood & Nutrition$171kCrime & Legal$97kEducation$45kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $217,529, the rows itemized in this filing. The $246,995 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $29,466 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

  • Under $10k5 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $184k
$12,180
Median grant
1
States reached
$911k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING$37,810
CAPCAFOOD BANK$29,314
BETHLEHEM HOUSE$27,431
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$20,055
RISE HOUSE AR$17,286
MILESTONES INC$15,610
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE$12,180
CONWAY MINISTRY CENTER$12,000
CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE INC$11,914
CONWAY CRADLE CARE$8,000
DELIVER HOPE$7,571
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS$6,929
VB COUNTY ON AGING$6,000
PERRY COUNTY SENIOR CENTERMORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC$5,429
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, $908k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 17%CAPCAFOOD BANK: $63k → 15%CONWAY CO CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC: $18k → 18%CAPCAFOOD BANK: $52k → 15%CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $14k → 18%CAPCAFOOD BANK: $51k → 15%CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $13k → 18%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $37k → 15%CONWAY CO CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC: $13k → 18%CAPCAFOOD BANK: $32k → 15%CONWAY CO CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC: $12k → 18%CAPCAFOOD BANK: $29k → 15%CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $12k → 18%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $28k → 15%CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $11k → 18%CONWAY CRADLE CARE INC: $28k → 15%CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $10k → 18%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $28k → 15%CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICE INC: $8k → 18%CAPCAFOOD BANK: $28k → 15%PERRY COUNTY SENIOR CENTERMORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC: $7k → 18%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $27k → 15%PERRY COUNTY SENIOR CENTERMORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC: $6k → 18%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $23k → 15%PERRY COUNTY SENIOR CENTERMORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC: $6k → 18%CONWAY CRADLE CARE INC: $22k → 15%PERRY COUNTY SENIOR CENTERMORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC: $5k → 18%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $22k → 15%PERRY COUNTY SENIOR CENTERMORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC: $5k → 18%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $18k → 15%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $14k → 15%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $14k → 15%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $12k → 15%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $10k → 15%CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $9k → 15%CONWAY CRADLE CARE: $8k → 15%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $35k → 15%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $33k → 15%BETHLEHEM HOUSE: $31k → 15%CONWAY CRADLE CARE: $26k → 15%CONWAY CRADLE CARE: $26k → 15%CONWAY CRADLE CARE: $21k → 15%MINISTRY CENTER: $15k → 15%CONWAY MINISTRY CENTER: $12k → 15%COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $6k → 15%COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $4k → 15%COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $3k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 30 repeat orgs$69k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
6

Total granted

$2.6M
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+18%

Still filing today

50%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FC
    FAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $323k · revenue +1%
  • BH
    BETHLEHEM HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $265k · revenue +25%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $254k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • FC
    FAULKNER CO DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $42k
  • WR
    WHITE RIVER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTR
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -33%
  • SA
    SLAVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
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
Conway County Care Center

Provide Emergency services, services include food, clothing, utility payment assistance, rental assistance, school supplies, infant care and medical assistance for 10442 individuals

Human Services
2
Child Advocacy Center of Cullman Inc

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

Human Services
3
Community Action of South Mississippi

Provide quality services that empowers the community and fosters independence.

Human Services
4
Community Coordinated Child Care Inc

Centralized coordinator for regional day care centers and homes providing numerous support services.

Human Services
5
Community Connections Inc

Provide services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Human Services
6
Community Child Development Center Inc

The organization provides quality care and education to 50 children in macon county and surrounding areas

Education
7
Children's Advocacy Center of Ottawa Countyinc

Providing advocacy services for child abuse victims.

Crime & Legal
8
Community Care Connections Inc

The mission of community care connections, inc. is to provide programs and services that empower children & adults with disabilities to live more safely and independently in their homes, schools, neighborhoods and communities.

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9
Community Early Childhood Center

The center's primary function is to provide day care to children.

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10
Children's Center

Children's center serves children, youth and families through comprehensive mental health services.

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11
Vermilion County Child Advocacy Center

Perform forensic interviews on minor children in response to calls from either the Department of Children and Family Services or law enforcement, regarding potential abuse of the child. The Center works as an advocate for the child with…

Crime & Legal
12
Child Care Center of the Common Ground Foundation

Provide child care services to the community for children ages 16 weeks to 12 years.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Conway County Community Servce Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rise House. 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

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 37 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $322,924 · OtherFAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INCFAULKNER CO COUNCIL ON AGING: $221,880 · OtherFAULKNER CO COUNCIL ON AGINGCAPCAFOOD BANK: $170,972 · OtherCAPCAFOOD BANKBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FAULKNER COU: $141,071 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FAULKNER COUWOMEN'S SHELTER: $100,063 · OtherWOMEN'S SHELTERBOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $91,033 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBMILESTONES INC: $71,348 · OtherCONWAY CTY CTR FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN: $54,000 · Other+14 more: $230,699 · Other+14 moreBETHLEHEM HOUSE INC: $264,951 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM HOUSE INCCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS: $254,342 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CENTRAL ARKANSASRISE HOUSE ARKANSAS: $141,665 · Human ServicesRISE HOUSE ARKANSASCONWAY CRADLE CARE INC: $130,899 · Human ServicesCONWAY CRADLE CARE INCCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $77,678 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCECONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVCE INC: $68,387 · Human ServicesCONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVCE INCCONWAY COUNTY CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHI: $42,504 · Human Services+3 more: $69,388 · Human Services+3 moreMILESTONES SERVICES INC: $135,359 · EducationCOMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $23,030 · Housing & ShelterPEDIATRICS PLUS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $12,492 · Youth DevelopmentDELIVER HOPE INC: $7,571 · Youth DevelopmentOZARK OPPORTUNITIES INC: $2,500 · Community Improvement
Other$1,403,990Human Services$1,049,814Education$135,359Housing & Shelter$23,030Youth Development$20,063Community Improvement$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $322,924 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetBETHLEHEM HOUSE INC: $264,951 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS: $254,342 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRISE HOUSE ARKANSAS: $141,665 over 6y, 9.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FAULKNER COU: $141,071 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetMILESTONES SERVICES INC: $135,359 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCONWAY CRADLE CARE INC: $130,899 over 6y, 22% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE: $77,678 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVCE INC: $68,387 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCONWAY COUNTY CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHI: $42,504 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC: $30,023 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetMINISTRY CENTER: $26,784 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetVan Buren County Aging Program Inc: $18,468 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $12,581 over 3y, 58% of budgetPEDIATRICS PLUS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $12,492 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWHITE RIVER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTR: $6,117 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOZARK OPPORTUNITIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FAULKNER COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CENTRAL ARKANSAS ↗
  • Who funds RISE HOUSE ARKANSAS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FAULKNER COU ↗
  • Who funds MILESTONES SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CONWAY CRADLE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CONWAY COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CONWAY COUNTY CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHI ↗
  • Who funds MORRILTON HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Van Buren County Aging Program Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PEDIATRICS PLUS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds DELIVER HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds WHITE RIVER PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DISTR ↗
  • Who funds OZARK OPPORTUNITIES 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.

Arkansas Community Fo…Arvest FoundationAdcock Family Foundat…Nabholz Charitable Fo…Amazonsmile Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR30.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Arvest Foundation · Adcock Family Foundation · Nabholz Charitable Foundation · 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 Central Arkansas Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Central Arkansas Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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 37 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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