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United Way of Columbia and Montour County

Increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another such as the two county campaign to solicit, receive, and distribute funds to human service organizations serving residents of columbia and montour counties.

$160k
Granted FY2021
13
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$23k
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 2021.

Human Services$259kEducation$107kPhilanthropy$79kYouth Development$61kRecreation & Sports$54kHealth$48kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kArts & Culture$25kOther$0
02FY2021 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $128,351, the rows itemized in this filing. The $159,943 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $31,592 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 · FY2021

  • Under $10k8 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $71k
$8,450
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOMEN'S CENTER$23,400
BLOOMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY$13,179
COLUMBIA CHILD DEVELOPMENT$13,000
CAMP VICTORY$11,352
BLOOMSBURG AREA YMCA$10,075
DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY CTR$8,873
N4C$8,450
SALVATION ARMY$7,800
EOS THERAPEUTIC RIDING$6,511
DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT$6,500
ORANGEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY$6,500
COLUMBIA-MONTOUR BOY SCOUTS$6,500
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$6,211
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 (FY17–21, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $22k → 11%DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $12k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 11%DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $7k → 10%BLOOMSBURG AREA YMCA: $36k → 14%BLOOMSBURG AREA YMCA: $32k → 14%BLOOMSBURG AREA YMCA: $10k → 14%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$632k · 16 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
5

Total granted

$632k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+19%

Still filing today

94%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TW
    THE WOMEN'S CENTER
    3× · 2017–2021 · $92k · revenue +22%
  • BA
    BLOOMSBURG AREA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2017–2021 · $77k · revenue +83%
  • CC
    COLUMBIA CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
    3× · 2017–2021 · $59k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • CM
    COLUMBIA MONTOUR FAMILY HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2017 · $17k
  • SI
    SUNCOM INDUSTRIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue -23%
  • TB
    THOMAS BEAVER FREE LIBRARYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue +164%
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
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
2
Centre County Library and Historical Musuem

The centre county library & historical museum is a free community destination providing books, information, internet access, and technology resources to preserve our heritage and promote a lifetime of reading and learning.

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3
Adamstown Area Library

The mission of the adamstown library is to maintain and improve the quality of life in our community by providing access to cultural, intellectual, and informational resources and programs to promote life-long learning for all ages. the…

Education
4
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
5
Adams County Children's Advocacy Center

To meet the needs of children and families in our community by providing a community based, child focused center that facilitates a compassionate multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, identification, investigation, prosecution and…

Crime & Legal
6
Community Counseling Center of Mercer County

To help individuals and families lead healthy and fulfilling lives.

Health
7
Cambria Library Association

Public library services

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8
Child Development and Family Council of Centre County Inc

To facilitate the coordination, administration and provision of quality care and child development services in centre county; to develop mechanisms to promote comprehensive programs responsive to the needs of the children and families in…

Human Services
9
Penn Hills Library

A welcoming community center that provides information and equitable access to space, collections, materials, programs and services that enrich the quality of life and facilitate lifelong learning.

Education
10
Dalton Community Library

Public lending library

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11
South Central Emergency Medical Services Inc

Provide emergency medical services.

—
12
Eastern Monroe Public Library

To provide, maintain, operate and support a free public library in monroe county, pa

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Women's Center; the most unlike its peers is Orangeville Public Library 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

19 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. 19 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $92,238 · OtherTHE WOMEN'S CENTERCOLUMBIA-MONTOUR COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $44,989 · OtherCOLUMBIA-MONTOUR COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMER…SALVATION ARMY & ITS COMPONENTS: $41,308 · OtherSALVATION ARMY & ITS COMPONENTSNICHOLAS WOLFF FOUNDATIONINC: $37,390 · OtherNICHOLAS WOLFF FOUNDATIONINCEOS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $25,511 · OtherEOS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERCOLUMBIA MONTOUR FAMILY HEALTH INC: $17,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA MONTOUR FAMILY HEALTH INC+4 more: $23,475 · Other+4 moreBLOOMSBURG AREA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $77,283 · Human ServicesBLOOMSBURG AREA YOUNG MEN…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $32,250 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cro…CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF SCRANTON INC: $24,066 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES …DANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $18,867 · Human ServicesDANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMEN…COLUMBIA CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: $59,440 · EducationCOLUMBIA CHILD…ORANGEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $25,095 · EducationORANGEVILLE PU…BLOOMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY: $50,732 · Arts & CultureBLOOMSBURG P…THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $24,691 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN…NORTHERN COLUMBIA COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $39,567 · Recreation & SportsNORTHERN C…DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY CENTER: $22,523 · Recreation & SportsDANVILLE A…GIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $15,940 · Youth Development
Other$281,911Human Services$152,466Education$84,535Arts & Culture$75,423Recreation & Sports$62,090Youth Development$15,940

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 budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER: $92,238 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBLOOMSBURG AREA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $77,283 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetCOLUMBIA CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: $59,440 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBLOOMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY: $50,732 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetCOLUMBIA-MONTOUR COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $44,989 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetNORTHERN COLUMBIA COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $39,567 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetNICHOLAS WOLFF FOUNDATIONINC: $37,390 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $32,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEOS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $25,511 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetORANGEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $25,095 over 3y, 16% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $24,691 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE DIOCESE OF SCRANTON INC: $24,066 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY CENTER: $22,523 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDANVILLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $18,867 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOLUMBIA MONTOUR FAMILY HEALTH INC: $17,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $15,940 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNCOM INDUSTRIES INC: $6,547 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHOMAS BEAVER FREE LIBRARY: $5,828 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA SIGHT SERVICES: $5,460 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

Community Giving Foun…First Community Found…Susquehanna Valley Un…Degenstein Charles B …The 1994 Charles B De…Ppl FoundationThe Magee FoundationBloomsburg Area Commu…Geisinger HealthDegenstein Charitable…Clark Associates Char…American Online Givin…
Community Giving FoundationPA38.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Giving Foundation · First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania · Susquehanna Valley United Way · Degenstein Charles B Fdn-Char Tr · The 1994 Charles B Degenstein Fdn · Ppl Foundation · The Magee Foundation · Bloomsburg Area Community Foundation · Geisinger Health · Degenstein Charitable Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Columbia and Montour County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Columbia and Montour County. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 21 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports $31k 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 FY2021, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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