Illinois · Public charity
United Way of Champaign County
UNITED WAY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY brings people and resources together to create positive change and lasting impact for our community.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 76
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 66
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $204,742
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 66
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations United Way of Champaign County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $589k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionHousing & 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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 74 | $3.2M | 16% |
| FY2024 | 66 | $3.2M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 54 | $3.1M | 20% |
| FY2022 | 47 | $2.5M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $2.8M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 64 | $3.1M | 36% |
| FY2019 | 44 | $2.2M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $2.1M | 10% |
99% 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$5.5MHealth$4.8MYouth Development$3.6MFood & Nutrition$2.3MEducation$2.2MHousing & Shelter$2.0MCrime & Legal$1.2MPhilanthropy$946kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club | $1,706,904 | 9 | 9% |
| Promise Healthcare Nfp | $1,595,536 | 9 | 5% |
| Eastern Illinois Foodbank | $1,468,810 | 9 | 1% |
| Crisis Nursery | $1,284,737 | 9 | 10% |
| Developmental Services Center of Champaign County Inc | $1,068,548 | 9 | 1% |
| Urbana School District | $869,371 | 9 | n/a |
| Courage Connection | $843,327 | 9 | 7% |
| Dreaam Opportunity Center | $842,466 | 8 | 8% |
| Family Service of Champaign County | $833,083 | 9 | 7% |
| Cunningham Childrens Home of Urbana Il | $713,952 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 132 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club | $1,706,904 | 9 | 9% |
| Promise Healthcare Nfp | $1,595,536 | 9 | 5% |
| Eastern Illinois Foodbank | $1,468,810 | 9 | 1% |
| Crisis Nursery | $1,284,737 | 9 | 10% |
| Developmental Services Center of Champaign County Inc | $1,068,548 | 9 | 1% |
| Urbana School District | $869,371 | 9 | n/a |
| Courage Connection | $843,327 | 9 | 7% |
| Dreaam Opportunity Center | $842,466 | 8 | 8% |
| Family Service of Champaign County | $833,083 | 9 | 7% |
| Cunningham Childrens Home of Urbana Il | $713,952 | 9 | 1% |
| People Possibilities Foundation Inc | $635,300 | 5 | n/a |
| Rantoul City Schools | $579,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Champaign County Casa Inc | $570,537 | 9 | 17% |
| C-U at Home | $550,304 | 6 | 22% |
| Rape Advocacy Counseling & Education Services | $490,205 | 9 | 16% |
| Land of Lincoln Legal Aid Inc | $463,030 | 8 | 1% |
| Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc | $461,280 | 9 | 11% |
| Champaign County Clerk | $425,233 | 5 | n/a |
| The Community Service Center of Northern Champaign County Inc | $417,659 | 9 | 24% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County | $396,833 | 9 | 4% |
| Champaign School District Unit 4 Operation Hope | $380,830 | 9 | n/a |
| The Well Experience Inc | $366,447 | 4 | n/a |
| Personal Assistance Telephone Help Inc | $353,926 | 9 | 4% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois Inc | $353,540 | 9 | 8% |
| Carle Development Foundation | $310,295 | 8 | 1% |
| East Central Illinois Refugee Mutual | $297,252 | 8 | 19% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the University of Illinois | $276,721 | 8 | 3% |
| Heart of Illinois United Way Inc | $263,147 | 2 | 2% |
| Salt and Light Nfp | $250,567 | 9 | 2% |
| The Carle Foundation Hospital | $223,375 | 2 | 0% |
| Champaign County MH Center | $210,556 | 5 | n/a |
| Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation | $210,106 | 9 | 7% |
| Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center | $207,496 | 3 | 13% |
| Champaign Public Library Foundation | $201,005 | 8 | 23% |
| Stephens Family YMCA | $185,541 | 8 | n/a |
| The Center for Youth and Family Solutions | $178,854 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $175,108 | 9 | n/a |
| Champaign County Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc | $151,395 | 2 | n/a |
| Housing Authority of Champaign County Youthbuild Nfp | $138,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Parkland Foundation | $136,215 | 5 | 0% |
| Mahomet Area Youth Club | $132,377 | 5 | 14% |
| Prairielands Council #117 Boy Scouts of America | $124,537 | 8 | 6% |
| The Center for Youth and Family Services | $117,602 | 9 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $95,814 | 4 | n/a |
| Eastern Illinois Universit | $94,259 | 7 | n/a |
| American Red Cross | $93,033 | 8 | n/a |
| Women in Need Recovery | $81,791 | 4 | 5% |
| Parkland College Foundation | $79,202 | 3 | 1% |
| Young Womens Christian Association of the University of Illinois | $78,695 | 2 | 19% |
| Immigrant Services of Champagin - Urbana | $76,850 | 2 | 15% |
| Crimestoppers of Champaign County Inc | $75,672 | 2 | 85% |
| The UP Center of Champaign County | $71,422 | 4 | 9% |
| Champaign County Christian Health Center | $62,500 | 2 | 11% |
| The Land Connection Foundation Inc | $62,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Project Oz | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Banks Bridgewater Lewis Fine Arts Academy | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Champaign Urban | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Danville Area Inc | $58,928 | 5 | 6% |
| Nia Incorporated NFP | $56,550 | 1 | 20% |
| Trauma & Resilience Initiative Inc | $56,040 | 2 | 6% |
| Wqpt | $54,799 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Community AIDS Project of East Central Illinois | $54,331 | 6 | 9% |
| Stone Creek Church | $54,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Decatur and Mid Il | $53,939 | 5 | 1% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $53,217 | 3 | 0% |
| CRIS Healthy Aging | $53,137 | 3 | 1% |
| Bridgewater-Sullivan Community Life Center | $52,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Housing Authority of Cc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| McDonough Co Public Transportation | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| YWCA McLean County | $48,742 | 2 | 1% |
| Life Line | $46,000 | 1 | 38% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $43,705 | 3 | 0% |
| The Reading Group | $40,187 | 7 | 3% |
| Akwaaba Qc | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The United Way of Lee County Inc | $37,411 | 3 | 0% |
| Champaign County Humane Society | $31,995 | 4 | 1% |
| Not on My Watch | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| YWCA of the Quad Cities | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Black Administrators in Child Welfare of Illinois Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Advocacy in Champaign County | $28,696 | 1 | n/a |
| Urbana Parks Foundation | $28,206 | 4 | 4% |
| Crosspoint | $27,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Illinois Extension | $26,559 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | $26,363 | 4 | 0% |
| Anti-Violence Collective Inc | $25,031 | 1 | n/a |
| Eureka College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Laura Lee Fellowship House Association | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Champaign Urbana Reparations Coalition | $22,824 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie Center Health Systems Inc | $22,269 | 1 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Danville | $21,182 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding Our Kids | $20,772 | 2 | 4% |
| Champaign Firefighters Benevolent Fund | $20,428 | 2 | 13% |
| United Way of Coles County Inc | $20,132 | 1 | 6% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Healthy Champaign County | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Azubuike African American Council for the Arts | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth for Christ USA Inc East Central Illinois Chapter | $19,585 | 2 | 7% |
| Copper Creek Church | $19,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $18,242 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | $17,881 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of McLean County | $16,945 | 1 | 1% |
| East Moline School District | $16,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Supportive Housing Providers Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Champaign County Health Care Consumers | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| First United Methodist Church of Champaign | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| C-U Public Health District | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Champaign Township | $13,678 | 1 | n/a |
| McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church | $11,916 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dwelling Place of Vermilion County | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Business Elevator | $8,200 | 1 | 4% |
| Hoopeston Multi Agency Service | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Piatt County Willow Tree Missions | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Small Hand -Piatt County Cares | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Shares of Illinois | $7,248 | 1 | 2% |
| Forest Preserve Friends Foundation | $7,241 | 1 | 1% |
| Quest United Methodist Church | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dream Girls Academy | $6,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service | $6,312 | 1 | 1% |
| Cunningham Township | $6,156 | 1 | n/a |
| Hands of Christ Food Pantry | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Altrusa International Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Altrusa International of Champaign- Urbana Il Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Will County | $5,419 | 1 | 0% |
| Grow in Illinois | $5,362 | 1 | 7% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $5,342 | 1 | 0% |
| Piatt County Nursing Home Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sola Gratia Farm | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| United Methodist Church of Piatt County | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Champaign County Convention & Convention Visitors Bureau | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arcola Food Pantry | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Il - Cu Volunteer | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Champaign County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 82.
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.
Community Foundation of East Central IllinoisIL85× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of East Central Illinois · Wgrc Inc · Eastern Illinois Foodbank · Iroquois Federal Foundation Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · The Meyer Charitable Foundation · The Carle Foundation Hospital · Raynie Foundation · Ezra Levin Foundation · Hartmann Family Foundation · Donnini-Rudolph Family Foundation · Al Webster 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.
About United Way of Champaign County
- How much does United Way of Champaign County give?
- United Way of Champaign County reported 76 itemized grants totaling $3,186,837, out of $3,520,727 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Champaign County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Health (20%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are United Way of Champaign County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club ($1.7M), Promise Healthcare Nfp ($1.6M), Eastern Illinois Foodbank ($1.5M).
- Does United Way of Champaign County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Champaign County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, Wgrc Inc, Eastern Illinois Foodbank.
- Where is United Way of Champaign County based?
- United Way of Champaign County is based in IL.
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