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· Public charity

United Way of Charles County Inc

To provide all citizens of charles county the means to invest in their community to bring about positive changes in peoples' lives.

$47k
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2020.

Health$115kYouth Development$73kHuman Services$44kEducation$32kAnimals$16kEnvironment$11kFood & Nutrition$10kCrime & Legal$8k
02FY2020 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $35,123, the rows itemized in this filing. The $46,773 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,650 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 · FY2020

  • Under $10k3 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$7,923
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEALTH PARTNERS INC$14,000
CHARLES COUNTY CHILDREN'S AID SOCIE$7,923
CENTER FOR ABUSED PERSONS$6,905
CHARLES COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL$6,295
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%BAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES: $6k → 6%CHARLES COUNTY CHILDREN'S AID SOCIE: $13k → 8%CHARLES COUNTY CHILDREN'S AID SOCIE: $9k → 8%CHARLES COUNTY CHILDREN'S AID SOCIE: $8k → 8%CHARLES COUNTY CHILDREN'S AID SOCIE: $8k → 8%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$268k · 9 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$268k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-10%

Still filing today

78%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • HP
    Health Partners Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $47k · revenue +26%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY CRISIS & REFERRAL CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $43k · revenue +59%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • PT
    PORT TOBACCO RIVER CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue -62%
  • CC
    Charles County Meals on Wheels Inc Meals on Wheels
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -95%
  • LA
    LEGAL AID BUREAU INC
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -10%
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
Court Appointed Special Advocate Casa of Harford County Inc

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children is a community-based program that recruits, trains and supports citizen-volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court in Harford County,…

Civil Rights
2
Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care Inc

The mission of The Coordinating Center is to partner with people of all ages and abilities and those who support them in the community to achieve their aspirations for independence, health, and a meaningful community life.

Human Services
3
Family and Children's Services of Centra

To transform the lives of children and adults by providing opportunities to build self-confidence, resilience and hope.

Human Services
4
Chesapeake Care Resources Inc

To provide quality services that enhance and improve life for individuals who have a developmental disability

Health
5
Community Support Systems Inc

Community Support Systems' mission is to help low- and moderate-income families and senior citizens access services, to provide direct assistance, and to provide local programs that will raise the quality of life, dignity, and independence…

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6
Community Mediation Maryland Inc

To advance community mediation in Maryland through educating the public, providing training and quality assurance, conducting research and creatively applying mediation to social challenges.

Crime & Legal
7
Hopeworks of Howard County Inc

Hopeworks mission is to provide support and advocacy for people in howard county affected by sexual and intimate partner violence and engage the community in creating the change required for prevention.

Human Services
8
Maryland Children's Alliance Inc

At our centers children are surrounded by a circle of care established new child advocacy centers cacs while also enhancing services at existing centers. we do this by providing training, resources and networking opportunities for child…

Crime & Legal
9
Community Services Foundation of Cecil County Inc

The mission of the Community Services Foundation of Cecil County is to foster, support and develop programs that enhance the well-being of children, families, older adults and persons with disabilities, and Cecil County's animal…

—
10
Caroline Human Services Council Inc

To improve the effectiveness of support services provied by public, non-profit and private agencies to residents of caroline county.

Human Services
11
Partners in Care Maryland Inc

Partners in care, inc is dedicated to helping older adults live independently in their own homes and remain actively engaged in their communities.

Philanthropy
12
Maryland C0MMUNITY Connection

Provide children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities with community and employment services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Charles County Childrens Aid Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Port Tobacco River Conservancy Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 14 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Health Partners Inc: $46,779 · OtherHealth Partners IncTRI-COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU INC: $40,166 · OtherTRI-COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU INCCHARLES COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $31,526 · OtherCHARLES COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INCCENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $20,123 · OtherCENTER FOR CHILDREN INCTHE JUDE HOUSE INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE JUDE HOUSE INCNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $13,000 · OtherNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICACharles County Meals on Wheels Inc Meals on Wheels: $10,000 · OtherPROMISE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $7,000 · OtherCharles County Childrens Aid Society Inc: $37,361 · Human ServicesCharles County …BAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $5,631 · Human ServicesBAY COMMUNITY S…COMMUNITY CRISIS & REFERRAL CENTER INC: $42,824 · HealthCOMMUNITY CRISI…Humane Society of Charles County: $16,020 · AnimalsPORT TOBACCO RIVER CONSERVANCY INC: $11,089 · EnvironmentLEGAL AID BUREAU INC: $7,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$188,594Human Services$42,992Health$42,824Animals$16,020Environment$11,089Crime & Legal$7,500

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 budgetHealth Partners Inc: $46,779 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetTRI-COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU INC: $40,166 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCharles County Childrens Aid Society Inc: $37,361 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDREN INC: $20,123 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JUDE HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHumane Society of Charles County: $16,020 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCharles County Meals on Wheels Inc Meals on Wheels: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLEGAL AID BUREAU INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBAY COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $5,631 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.

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.

Charles County Charit…Give Back FoundationUnited Way of Souther…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charles County Charitable TrustMD28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles County Charitable Trust · Give Back Foundation · United Way of Southern Maryland · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Charles County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Charles County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Promise Resource Center Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Center for Children Inc: 14% of income from government
  • The Jude House Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Legal Aid Bureau Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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Find your warmest path to United Way of Charles County Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 14 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports $143k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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