· Public charity
United Way of Coles County Inc
Bring together in a united appeal all possible campaigns of community accepted health, welfare, and recreational agencies, local, state, and national
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOPE OF EAST CENTRAL I | $6,000 |
| CHILDREN ADVOCACY CENTER | $6,000 |
| COLES COUNTY COUNCIL ON AG | $6,000 |
| COLES COUNTY CASA | $6,000 |
| CAMP NEW HOPE | $6,000 |
| CHATHOLIC CHARITIES OF COL | $6,000 |
| MIDILL BIG BROTHERBIG SI | $6,000 |
| THE HAVEN | $6,000 |
| PEACE MEAL SENIOR CITIZEN | $6,000 |
| MATTOON COMMUNITY FOOD CEN | $6,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF COLES CO | $5,500 |
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, $285k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCOLES COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING9× · 2017–2025 · $136k · revenue +67%
- CNCAMP NEW HOPE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $107k · revenue +24%
- HOHOPE OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NFP9× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +212%
Funded once
- CFCOALITION FOR PEOPLE IN NEEDone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -6%
- SSSTANDING STONE COMMUNITY CENTER NFPgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $9k · revenue +69%
- ICIMMACULATE CONCEPTION CONFERENCE OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETYgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +37%
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.
Provide temporary assistance to needy individuals. Primary assistance with rent, utilities and food.
The trained volunteers of CASA of South Central Illinois will work with legal and child welfare professionals, educators, and service providers to advocate for the best interests of children that have experienced abuse and/or neglect that…
To foster low income housing, develop and promote affordable homeownership and rental opportunities, support community develpment, social services, and educational opportunities for individuals and families throughout menard county and the…
Providing Social Services to Families including Child Care
To provide at least 2 days of food to needy families and people.
To provide support and assistance to community driven programs and services that seek to improve the quality of life for youth, families and communities.
The Foodbank's mission is to provide food, and develop awareness of and creative solutions for food insecurity. Annually, the Foodbank distributes approximately 9.5 million pounds of food to 130 food pantries, soup kitchens, children's…
Strengthen United Way movement in Illinois
Provide court appointed advocates for children
To advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal welfare system.
Provide Counselors in Child Abuse Situations
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 24 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 MID-IL BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ↗
- Who funds COLES COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
- Who funds CAMP NEW HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds MATTOON AREA FAMILY YMCA CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS NFP ↗
- Who funds CASA OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds MATTOON AREA PADS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ↗
- Who funds SARAH BUSH LINCOLN HEALTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds MATTOON COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN TRAILS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR PEOPLE IN NEED ↗
- Who funds STANDING STONE COMMUNITY CENTER NFP ↗
- Who funds IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CONFERENCE OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Fit-2-Serve Inc ↗
- Who funds Coles County Habitat For Humanity ↗
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: Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation · The Lumpkin Family Foundation · The Sparks Foundation Trust Agreement C/O Ray a Sparks · Charleston Area Charitable Foundation · Eastern Illinois Foodbank · United Way of Decatur and Mid Il · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Coles County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Coles County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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