· Public charity
United Way of Central Minnesota
To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of central minnesota.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k26 grants · $562k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $400k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD | $183,500 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA | $109,050 |
| ANNAMARIE'S ALLIANCE | $55,800 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $51,400 |
| CHILD CARE CHOICES INC DBA MILESTONES | $49,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA | $46,500 |
| ST CLOUD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 742 | $43,000 |
| ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY | $40,000 |
| CITY OF ST CLOUD RSVP & WHITNEY SENIOR CENTER | $31,200 |
| TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM | $26,000 |
| MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL AID-ST CLOUD | $25,000 |
| FRIENDS OF CAREER SOLUTIONS | $23,475 |
| INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES | $20,000 |
| SERVE MINNESOTA | $20,000 |
| ROCORI EARLY CHILDHOOD | $18,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $3.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 98% 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.
59 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD9× · 2017–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +59%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +44%
- BBBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MN9× · 2017–2025 · $861k · revenue +90%
Funded once
- CMCENTRAL MINNESOTA DEMENTIA COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORKone grant, 2023 · $39k · revenue -20%
- OIOUTREACH INCone grant, 2017 · $35k · revenue -18%
CENTER FOR AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ORGANIZATIONgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $24k · revenue +61%
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.
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.
Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of children who have experienced abuse or neglect, strengthen families and prevent childhood maltreatment, by providing timely crucial support that meets the basic needs of local families and…
Ccm helps local governments achieve significant and measurable improvements by giving them the tools to be more efficient. we do this by providing private sector pro bono expertise to solve specific, tangible problems for governmental…
Children's law center of minnesota promotes and protects the legal rights and well-being of children and youth through legal advocacy, educational outreach, and policy reform.
For 110 years, greater twin cities united way (united way), a nonprofit, has demonstrated that whenever there's a community need in the greater twin cities region, united way is there. united way's efforts continually evolve to respond to…
Cornerstone disrupts violence through advocacy, support, and prevention. We partner with individuals, families, and organizations to build communities free of harm.
Jewish family and children's service of minnesota provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.
Leadership matters mn is focused on advancing a policy agenda that places working minnesotans first. we support economic growth, job creation and equitable tax and education policies that will allow every minnesotan to thrive.
Make mental health healthier through treatment, training, education, and information.
The Minnesota Children's Alliance leads the development and growth of locally based children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure equitable access to services for healing and growth.
Crime and communities violence interve
Breakthrough Twin Cities supports students on their journey to college by fostering a community of mutual learning with the next generation of educators so they both can collaborate, grow, and thrive.
How this is measured
63 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. 63 of the 87 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.
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MN ↗
- Who funds ANNA MARIE'S ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds TRI-COUNTY ACTION PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLES INC A CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ↗
- Who funds CHILD CARE CHOICES INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
- Who funds MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL ASSISTANCE ↗
- Who funds SERVEMINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MINNESOTA SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN LAKES AND PINES COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MINNESOTA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds THE YES NETWORK ↗
- Who funds St Cloud Area Family YMCA ↗
- Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC CENTRAL MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds Village Family Service Center ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MN COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds CROSS CENTER OF BENTON COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DISTRICT 742 LOCAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITYGIVING ↗
- Who funds GREAT RIVER EDUCATIONAL ARTS THEATRE ↗
- Who funds ELLISON CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE ↗
- Who funds Align Learning Center ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL 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.
Open a dossier: Communitygiving · Morgan Family Foundation · Initiative Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Granite Partners Foundation of Minnesota Inc · Rick and Helga Bauerly Foundation · Central Minnesota Arts Board · Xcel Energy Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc · The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union Foundation · The Optimist Club of St Cloud
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Central Minnesota funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Central Minnesota. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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