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United Way of Chester County Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

United Way of Chester County Inc

To unite people and mobilize resources to build better lives and stronger communities.

$549k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$70k
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.

Human Services$3.2MHousing & Shelter$2.0MHealth$2.0MYouth Development$1.4MReligion$616kFood & Nutrition$405kCrime & Legal$375kEducation$312kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $382k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $123k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPEN HEARTH INC$70,000
LIFE TRANSFORMING MINISTRIES$53,497
BRANDYWINE VALLEY ACTIVE AGING$45,000
FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY$35,000
PHOENIXVILLE AREA SENIOR CENTER$30,000
WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER$28,500
SAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY$25,000
HOUSING PARTNERSHIP$25,000
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CHESTER COUNTY$25,000
A HAVEN$20,000
A CHILD'S LIGHT$20,000
HOME OF THE SPARROW$20,000
GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES$20,000
PHOENIXVILLE WOMEN'S OUTREACH$17,000
NEW LONDON COUNSELING CENTER$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OPEN HEARTH INC: $165k → 6%OPEN HEARTH INC: $104k → 6%OPEN HEARTH INC: $100k → 6%OPEN HEARTH INC: $90k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER: $24k → 22%OPEN HEARTH INC: $76k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER: $24k → 22%OPEN HEARTH INC: $70k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE BRANDYWINE YMCA: $55k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE BRANDYWINE YMCA: $54k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE BRANDYWINE YMCA: $53k → 6%YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE BRANDYWINE YMCA: $40k → 6%SILO WORKS: $25k → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION: $270k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $77k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $75k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $70k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $64k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $64k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $60k → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $58k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $55k → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $54k → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $45k → 6%FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $35k → 6%FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $33k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA DAY CARE CENTER: $71k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA DAY CARE CENTER: $71k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA DAY CARE CENTER: $66k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $31k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $30k → 6%WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $26k → 6%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $41k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $38k → 6%LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA INC: $36k → 6%KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30k → 6%LCH HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $30k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $53k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $53k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $45k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $41k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDREN'S LEARNI: $26k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $25k → 6%ANN'S HEART: $25k → 6%PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $25k → 6%HANDI-CRAFTERS: $25k → 6%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

NY
PA
NJ
CA
CO
AZ
NC
AL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of United Way of Chester County Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 74%.

United Way of Chester County Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 13% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$11M · 90 repeat orgs$522k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

90 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 66 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

90
30

Total granted

$11M
$513k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+13%

Still filing today

90%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • OH
    OPEN HEARTH INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $669k · revenue +107%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $500k · revenue +206%
  • LT
    LIFE TRANSFORMING MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $494k · revenue +17% · 26% of their budget

Funded once

  • AH
    Aidans Heart Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $109k · revenue -4%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $51k · revenue +4%
  • US
    UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
    one grant, 2019 · $45k
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
Chartiers Center

Chartiers believes each individual, regardless of economic status, has a right to achieve his/her highest potential and become a self-sufficient and full participating member of the community.

Human Services
2
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
3
Center for Community Resources Inc

To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…

Health
4
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
5
Community Counseling Center of Mercer County

To help individuals and families lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

Health
6
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Pennsylvania

Ucp of central pennsylvania empowers people of diverse abilities to live meaningful life through innovative support and services.

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7
Berks Counseling Center Inc

Berks counseling center (bcc) is a recovery oriented certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc) with an integrated behavioral and physical health model of service delivery. the center provides a holistic approach to a culturally…

Health
8
Wayne County Community Services Organization

Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv

Community Improvement
9
Meals On Wheels of Chester County

To provide nutritious meals and personal interaction to homebound adults living in chester county to help them live independently in their own homes.

Human Services
10
Children's Aid Society of Mercer County

To provide information, counseling, and such services as may be appropriate to families or others in raising and nuturing children.

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11
Pittsylvania County Community Action Inc

To increase awareness about poverty and to promote comprehensive approaches to eliminate conditions that cause poverty and improve the quality of life in communities throughout the service area.

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12
Center for Community Action

The center for community action is the designated lead poverty agency for blair, bedford, fulton, and huntingdon counties in central pennsylvania and exists to provide a broad spectrum of services to the low income residents of the…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cornwells Firemens Relief Assn. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

112 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. 112 of the 123 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
109/112
Grantees still filing
77/112
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPEN HEARTH INC: $668,683 · Human ServicesOPEN HEARTH INCFAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $499,942 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTYFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PRO: $481,365 · Human ServicesFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PROWEST CHESTER AREA DAY CARE CENTER: $282,098 · Human ServicesWEST CHESTER AREA DAY CARE CENTERPHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDRENS LEARNING CEN: $220,344 · Human ServicesPHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDRENS LEARNING CENYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $218,305 · Human ServicesDomestic Violence Center of Chester County: $202,990 · Human ServicesPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $171,623 · Human Services+27 more: $1,365,168 · Human Services+27 moreCRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY: $194,386 · OtherCRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHES…BRANDYWINE VALLEY ACTIVE AGING: $187,502 · OtherBRANDYWINE VALLEY ACTIVE AGIN…THE ARC OF CHESTER COUNTY: $183,163 · OtherTHE ARC OF CHESTER COUNTYSenior Adult Activity Center of the Phoenixville Area: $130,011 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $122,868 · OtherVOLUNTEER ENGLISH PROGRAM IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA: $118,670 · OtherNORTH STAR OF CHESTER COUNTY: $98,684 · OtherSAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $245,653 · OtherSAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY…LEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $156,100 · OtherLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PEN…+46 more: $1,480,379 · Other+46 moreCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $308,944 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUN…CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $222,185 · HealthCEREBRAL PALSY …CHESPENN HEALTH SERVICES INC: $212,607 · HealthCHESPENN HEALTH…CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL: $131,409 · HealthCHESTER COUNTY …CHILD GUIDANCE RESOURCE CENTERS: $128,942 · HealthCHILD GUIDANCE …Aidans Heart Foundation: $109,035 · HealthAidans Heart Fo…MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSORTIUM OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $97,491 · HealthMATERNAL AND CH…CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $82,808 · HealthCHESTER COUNTY …+7 more: $205,708 · Health+7 moreBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $893,943 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS …YOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $217,448 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH MENTORI…COATESVILLE YOUTH INITIATIVE: $130,357 · Youth DevelopmentCOATESVILLE Y…+4 more: $92,195 · Youth Development+4 moreLIFE TRANSFORMING MINISTRIES: $493,505 · ReligionWEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD: $169,559 · Food & NutritionPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $129,832 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $85,050 · Food & NutritionHONEY BROOK FOOD PANTRY: $39,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $7,000 · Food & NutritionCHESTER COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS INC: $261,975 · EducationMIGHTY WRITERS: $50,790 · EducationTHE GARAGE COMMUNITY & YOUTH CENTER: $48,000 · EducationTHE ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH EQUITY: $15,442 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · Education
Human Services$4,110,518Other$2,917,416Health$1,499,129Youth Development$1,333,943Religion$493,505Food & Nutrition$430,441Education$386,207

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 budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION: $893,943 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetOPEN HEARTH INC: $668,683 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY: $499,942 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetLIFE TRANSFORMING MINISTRIES: $493,505 over 8y, 26% of budgetFRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PRO: $481,365 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $308,944 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWEST CHESTER AREA DAY CARE CENTER: $282,098 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS INC: $261,975 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $245,653 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetCEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $222,185 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDRENS LEARNING CEN: $220,344 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE: $218,305 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP: $217,448 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetCHESPENN HEALTH SERVICES INC: $212,607 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetDomestic Violence Center of Chester County: $202,990 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetCRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY: $194,386 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY ACTIVE AGING: $187,502 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetTHE ARC OF CHESTER COUNTY: $183,163 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $171,623 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetWEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD: $169,559 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $156,100 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $134,943 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL: $131,409 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOATESVILLE YOUTH INITIATIVE: $130,357 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetSenior Adult Activity Center of the Phoenixville Area: $130,011 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW: $129,832 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE RESOURCE CENTERS: $128,942 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER: $119,602 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetVOLUNTEER ENGLISH PROGRAM IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA: $118,670 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetHANDI-CRAFTERS INC: $111,708 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetKENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE: $110,520 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLCH Health and Community Services: $110,508 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH STAR OF CHESTER COUNTY: $98,684 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetMATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSORTIUM OF CHESTER COUNTY INC: $97,491 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $85,050 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCornwells Firemens Relief Assn: $84,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $82,808 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSILO WORKS: $80,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetSURREY SERVICES FOR SENIORS INC: $76,285 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHousing Partnership of Chester County Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetORION COMMUNITIES INC: $72,825 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $72,715 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetHuman Services Inc: $70,989 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD WORKS INC: $69,442 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetCHARLES A MELTON ARTS & EDUCATION CENTER: $65,803 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetA CHILD'S LIGHT: $52,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $51,180 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMIGHTY WRITERS: $50,790 over 2y, 0.4% 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 BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INDEPENDENCE REGION ↗
  • Who funds OPEN HEARTH INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LIFE TRANSFORMING MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND PRO ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds WEST CHESTER AREA DAY CARE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR OF CHESTER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF CHESTER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIXVILLE AREA CHILDRENS LEARNING CEN ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER BRANDYWINE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH MENTORING PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CHESPENN HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Domestic Violence Center of Chester County ↗
  • Who funds CRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BRANDYWINE VALLEY ACTIVE AGING ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF CHESTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WEST CHESTER FOOD CUPBOARD ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds COATESVILLE YOUTH INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds Senior Adult Activity Center of the Phoenixville Area ↗
  • Who funds PENNSYLVANIA HOME OF THE SPARROW ↗
  • Who funds CHILD GUIDANCE RESOURCE CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds WEST CHESTER AREA SENIOR CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER ENGLISH PROGRAM IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds HANDI-CRAFTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds KENNETT AREA COMMUNITY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds LCH Health and Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Aidans Heart Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTH STAR OF CHESTER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSORTIUM OF CHESTER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Cornwells Firemens Relief Assn ↗
  • Who funds CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SILO WORKS ↗

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.

Chester County Commun…The Philadelphia Foun…The Gordon Charter Fo…The Fund for Women an…The Alliance for Heal…Connelly FoundationChester County Food B…Justamere FoundationW W Smith Charitable …Genuardi Family Found…The Dansko Foundation…Hankin Foundation
Chester County Community FoundationPA133.5× affinity65 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · The Fund for Women and Girls · The Alliance for Health Equity · Connelly Foundation · Chester County Food Bank · Justamere Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Genuardi Family Foundation · The Dansko Foundation Inc · Hankin 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 Chester County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Chester County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
47report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 123 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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