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United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio.

$12M
Granted FY2025still arriving
197
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$767k
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 2025.

Philanthropy$44MHuman Services$34MEducation$15MHealth$15MHousing & Shelter$14MYouth Development$14MCommunity Improvement$11MEmployment$7.3MOther$0
02FY2025 · 197 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k37 grants · $245k
  • $10k–50k104 grants · $2.4M
  • $50k–250k48 grants · $5.2M
  • $250k+8 grants · $4.1M
$22,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FUNDING FOR INTERNAL INITIATIVES$766,523
COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD$735,000
COMMUNITY SHARES OF MID-OHIO$573,329
YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO$525,000
COLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS$420,000
CHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES (CHC)$376,085
DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES$375,000
AMERICA'S BEST CHARITIES$311,064
LIFECARE ALLIANCE$240,000
SALVATION ARMY - COLUMBUS$215,458
GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION$205,000
MID-OHIO FOODBANK$203,508
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COLUMBUS$200,000
BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO$200,000
ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE$190,000
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 (FY17–25, $26.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1.1M → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $874k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $860k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $782k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $587k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $525k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $525k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $525k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $394k → 15%ALVIS INC: $303k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $256k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $250k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $218k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $201k → 15%ALVIS HOUSE: $200k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $195k → 15%ALVIS HOUSE: $194k → 15%ALVIS HOUSE: $190k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $164k → 15%ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $160k → 15%ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $160k → 15%ACTION FOR CHILDREN: $160k → 15%ALVIS HOUSE: $150k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $143k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES: $137k → 15%CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES: $135k → 15%CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES: $135k → 15%CLINTONVILLEBEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $154k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $283k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $197k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $190k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $190k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $190k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $160k → 15%ST STEPHEN'S COMMUNITY HOUSE: $160k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $295k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $272k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $263k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $350k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $319k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $538k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $185k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $177k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $155k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $155k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $155k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $146k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $139k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
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IL
WI
NY
MA
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
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DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$162M · 318 repeat orgs$9.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

318 repeat relationships: 150 still active in FY2025, 168 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

318
225

Total granted

$162M
$9.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+21%

Still filing today

79%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • CS
    COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD
    9× · 2017–2025 · $8.6M · revenue +107%
  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.6M · revenue +27%
  • DF
    DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.8M · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • AP
    AGENCIES PAID LESS THAN 5000
    one grant, 2019 · $1.3M
  • IC
    IMPACT COUNCIL AND INITIATIVE DESIGNATIONS
    one grant, 2017 · $1.1M
  • LT
    LESS THAN 5000
    one grant, 2020 · $797k
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
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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2
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
3
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
4
Columbus Area United Way Inc

The columbus area united way focuses resources to improve individual lives and help build a stronger community by providing leadership, creating coalitions, and helping to develop resources to change community conditions.

Philanthropy
5
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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6
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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7
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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8
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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9
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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10
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
11
Columbus Compact Corporation

Columbus compact is a catalyst for positive development of central city columbus' neighborhoods and business districts.

Community Improvement
12
Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs. the organization focuses on the most important human service needs facing the community and uses a variety of methods to communicate with community members in order to priortize the issues…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Socialventures; the most unlike its peers is Safelite Foundation. 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

386 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. 386 of the 557 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
97
Early backer (in before they grew)
357/386
Grantees still filing
258/386
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $8,614,220 · OtherCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARDCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $4,489,695 · OtherCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $4,251,849 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYAMERICAN RED CROSS: $3,736,668 · OtherDESIGNATIONS TO OTHER UNITED WAYS AND AGENCIES PAID DIRECTLY BY THIRD-PARTY: $3,253,904 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $2,604,891 · OtherMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,599,426 · OtherCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE: $3,493,359 · OtherLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $2,786,366 · Other+106 more: $40,360,069 · Other+106 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $30,165,542 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO…AMERICAS BEST CHARITIES: $2,342,167 · PhilanthropyAMERICAS BEST CHARITIESCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $2,275,645 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION+17 more: $4,863,933 · Philanthropy+17 moreYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $6,558,542 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTI…ST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,986,469 · Human ServicesST STEPHEN COMMUNI…GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,896,166 · Human ServicesGLADDEN COMMUNITY …HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $1,877,156 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE …CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $1,350,900 · Human ServicesNEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $1,291,949 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1,229,010 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $1,222,392 · Human ServicesALVIS INC: $1,198,390 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1,187,508 · Human ServicesCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $1,017,494 · Human ServicesACTION FOR CHILDREN: $933,699 · Human Services+20 more: $5,584,072 · Human Services+20 moreDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $4,830,671 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $2,291,037 · Youth DevelopmentKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc: $641,728 · Youth Development+8 more: $1,338,185 · Youth DevelopmentGODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION: $4,335,127 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $1,651,911 · EmploymentPER SCHOLAS INC: $358,770 · EmploymentCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $236,500 · EmploymentCOMMUNITY SHARES OF MID OHIO: $4,500,620 · Community ImprovementHomes on The Hill Community Development Corp: $230,000 · Community Improvement+4 more: $579,320 · Community ImprovementOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,815,598 · EducationCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC: $621,882 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF OHIO: $541,612 · EducationKIPP COLUMBUS: $318,483 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $226,180 · Education+7 more: $715,430 · Education
Other$76,190,447Philanthropy$39,647,287Human Services$27,333,747Youth Development$9,101,621Employment$6,582,308Community Improvement$5,309,940Education$5,239,185

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $30,165,542 over 7y, 27% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $8,614,220 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $6,558,542 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetDIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC: $4,830,671 over 9y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHARES OF MID OHIO: $4,500,620 over 9y, 67% of budgetCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $4,489,695 over 9y, 19% of budgetGODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION: $4,335,127 over 9y, 20% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE: $3,493,359 over 9y, 31% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,815,598 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $2,786,366 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $2,604,891 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,599,426 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH SIDE LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $2,391,522 over 9y, 25% of budgetAMERICAS BEST CHARITIES: $2,342,167 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $2,291,037 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $2,275,645 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,986,469 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetGLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,896,166 over 9y, 27% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $1,877,156 over 9y, 14% of budgetCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE: $1,866,984 over 9y, 61% of budgetHANDSON CENTRAL OHIO INC: $1,730,963 over 9y, 17% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $1,651,911 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES: $1,467,118 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetCOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $1,411,432 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetCLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $1,350,900 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $1,291,949 over 9y, 30% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1,229,010 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $1,222,392 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetALVIS INC: $1,198,390 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1,187,508 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1,170,592 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCOLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER: $1,055,324 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $1,017,494 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $957,793 over 9y, 12% of budgetACTION FOR CHILDREN: $933,699 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $830,143 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND COMMUNITY SHARES: $783,651 over 9y, 57% of budgetCHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES: $752,170 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetETHIOPIAN TEWAHEDO SOCIAL SERVICES: $729,940 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetEARTHSHARE CHAPTERS INC: $717,733 over 6y, 12% of budgetAMERICA'S CHARITIES: $707,235 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return: $647,630 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc: $641,728 over 8y, 16% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES: $634,453 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC: $621,882 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF OHIO INC: $575,299 over 9y, 8.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $573,251 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetPHYSICIANS CARE CONNECTION: $551,341 over 8y, 7.8% 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 UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SHARES OF MID OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFECARE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH SIDE LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAS BEST CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds HANDSON CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALVIS INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ↗

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.

Ingram-White Castle F…Harry C Moores Founda…Siemer Family Foundat…L Brands FoundationColumbus FoundationCardinal Health Found…Encova Foundation of …American Electric Pow…Columbus Jewish Found…OhioHealth CorporationThe Reinberger Founda…Nationwide Childrens …
Ingram-White Castle FoundationOH164.3× affinity91 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · American Electric Power Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · OhioHealth Corporation · The Reinberger Foundation · Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return

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 Ohio Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Central Ohio Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
83report 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 557 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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