How much did UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE grant in FY2021?

UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE reported 97 grants totaling $16,626,730 in its FY2021 IRS filing.

Where is UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE based?

UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE is based in DE.

UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE

Foundation Dossiers Also receives grants — funding profile →

· Public charity

UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE

The organization partners with social service agencies, businesses, governments, other nonprofit agencies, and concerned individuals to achieve results that matter and have lasting impacts on the quality of lives in the community.

$17M

Granted FY2021

Grants

Communities

$510k

Largest

01What you fund

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 57% of UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE’s grantee dollars go to organizations outside the IRS cause taxonomy (common for large international and research funders), so a chart would be mostly “unclassified” and misrepresent the portfolio.

02beneath the categories

Past the labels — and the year it shifted

Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.

…and in their own words, year by year

2019

datahivuncfmid-southelderlysummerexperiences

2020

everyoneknowledgeactive

2021

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Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.

03FY2021 · 97 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2021

Under $10k18 grants · $133k
$10k–50k48 grants · $1.2M
$50k–250k26 grants · $2.5M
$250k+5 grants · $1.6M

$29,019

Median grant

States reached

$12M

Total assets

Largest grants

WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$509,519
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DELAWARE$270,310
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST DELAWARE$269,524
NCALL$262,953
LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER$261,241
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY$223,359
FIRST STATE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$208,699
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF WILMINGTON$179,727
SALVATION ARMYDELAWARE$150,916
FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE$148,527
DELAWARE GUIDANCE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH$121,709
WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER$114,358
KINGSWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER$106,558
GIRLS INC - DELAWARE$95,116
UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY$94,277

02The need

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–21, $4.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10% — the area typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge

repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.

$23M · 139 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +24% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

139 repeat relationships — 95 still active in FY2021, 44 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

139

104

Total granted

$23M

$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%

+15%

Still filing today

72%

37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

WE
WEST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
5× · 2018–2022 · $2.2M · revenue +77%
LA
LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER
5× · 2018–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +106%
BG
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB DELAWARE
4× · 2018–2021 · $995k · revenue +54%

Funded once

URBAN INSTITUTEgraduated
one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +51%
MO
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
one grant, 2018 · $150k
GI
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF DELAWARE
one grant, 2018 · $138k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

United Way of Connecticut Inc

The mission of united way of connecticut is to help the people of connecticut to thrive through trusted partnerships and innovative solutions.

Philanthropy

Delaware Advancement Corporation

Economic development

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Delaware County Foundation

Strengthening the community by connecting people through charitable giving

Philanthropy

Delaware Helpline Inc

Crisis alleviation information and referral services

Human Services

Delaware Museum of Nature and Science

Investigate nature & science, preserve & interpret collections, conduct scientific research

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Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

See schedule oupmc western maryland is dedicated to providing patient centered care and improving the health and well-being of people in the communities we serve. please see part iii, line 1 for details.

Health

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation

Drwc's mission is to maintain and promote the use and development ofthe city of philadelphia's central waterfront. this task is of vitalimportance to the city and one which the city would otherwise berequired to perform itself absent the…

Community Improvement

United Way of Delaware

Philanthropy

Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public institution that offers opportunity to diverse populations.

Education

Charter School of New Castle

A delaware charter school with a mission that acknowledges the learning differences of each individual child and nurtures the uniqueness of each family structure.

Education

Delaware Prosperity Partnership Inc

The delaware prosperity partnership (dpp) was created as a private entity to lead the state of delaware's economic development efforts. establishment of this private entity was a critical step to enhance the state's ability to attract,…

Community Improvement

Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware

To reduce the devastating long-term effects that child abuse has on children, their families and society through immmediate coordinated, child focused services, education, and advocacy.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side

Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 54 years old; the field is 10. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

The field is 33% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.6% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund

0.6%1/163

the rest of the field

870/9,845

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

143 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.

Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)

Early backer (in before they grew)

138/143

Grantees still filing

93/143

Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Other$15,342,197Human Services$4,501,391Health$1,553,942Philanthropy$1,378,893Food & Nutrition$872,573Arts & Culture$682,296Employment$578,837

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Delaware Community Foundation IncDE150.4× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Longwood Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Marmot Foundation · Incyte Charitable Giving Foundation · Agilent Technologies Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organisation UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024

’20’21’22’23’24

Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc — 100% of income from government
Children and Families First — 87% of income from government
Beautiful Gate Outreach Center Inc — 75% of income from government
Big Brothers Big Sisters of — 73% of income from government
Delaware Center for Justice — 73% of income from government
Child Inc — 71% of income from government
New Castle County Head Start Inc — 68% of income from government
The Summer Learning Collaborative Inc — 54% of income from government
Mot Senior Center Inc — 53% of income from government
Cheer Inc — 51% of income from government
The Modern Maturity Center Inc — 46% of income from government
Girls Incorporated of Delaware — 40% of income from government
Community Legal Aid Society Inc — 38% of income from government
Newark Senior Center Inc — 37% of income from government
West End Neighborhood House Inc — 36% of income from government
Latin American Community — 34% of income from government
The Ministry of Caring Inc — 30% of income from government
Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood — 28% of income from government
Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc — 24% of income from government
Planned Parenthood of Delaware Inc — 19% of income from government
Neighborhood House Inc — 16% of income from government
Faithful Friends Inc — 15% of income from government
Delaware Nature Society Inc — 13% of income from government
Brandywine Counseling & Community — 13% of income from government
Kent-Sussex Industries Inc — 13% of income from government
Delaware Community Foundation Inc — 13% of income from government
Autism Delaware Inc — 12% of income from government
Delaware Symphony Association Inc — 11% of income from government
Kingswood Community Center Inc — 10% of income from government
Aids Delaware Inc — 9% of income from government
The Home of the Brave Foundation — 8% of income from government
Delaware Theatre Company — 8% of income from government
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition — 7% of income from government
The Mary Campbell Center Inc — 6% of income from government
Jewish Federation of Delaware Inc — 6% of income from government
Little Sisters of the Poor Inc — 5% of income from government
Bayhealth Foundation Corporation — 4% of income from government
Forgotten Cats Inc — 4% of income from government
Special Olympics Delaware Inc — 3% of income from government
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc — 3% of income from government
Serviam Girls Academy Inc — 2% of income from government
The Delaware 4-H Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
Delaware Hospice Inc — 1% of income from government
Heart of Florida United Way Inc — 0% of income from government
Philanthropy Delaware — 0% of income from government
Mental Health Association in Delaware — 0% of income from government

no gov moneyreceives it· size = income

33get no government money at all

10rely on government for over half their income

typical government reliance, FY20–24

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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Through Plinth

Your grantmaking, live and operational

This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY.

Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk

Financial management

low risk

~14 months of operating runway; revenue contracted over 5 filed years.

Track record & reputation

high risk

5 years of Form 990 filings, no recent filing.

Legal standing

medium risk

US 501(c)(3); EIN 526075348 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.

Governance

Live in Plinth

Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.

Compliance & sanctions

Live in Plinth

OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.

Program capacity

Live in Plinth

Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.

Live · Plinth’s real DD engine

Run the actual assessment on UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY, cold from public data.

Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.

Post-award monitoring · continuous checks

On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 14 months of cash on hand.
FlagSustained operations— No recent filing on record.
WatchReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 43% of their budget — load-bearing; a dependency Plinth would track.
Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.

What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.

Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing

Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro

How do I get to United Way of Delaware?

Find your warmest path to United Way of Delaware through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.

Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.

UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE

What you funded, over time

Past the labels — and the year it shifted

Where the money goes

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Who you back again

Backed again, and grew

Funded once

143 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.

Government reliance of your grantees

Your grantmaking, live and operational

How do I get to United Way of Delaware?

More from the funding graph

UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE

What you funded, over time

Past the labels — and the year it shifted

Where the money goes

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Who you back again

Backed again, and grew

Funded once

143 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.

Government reliance of your grantees

Your grantmaking, live and operational

How do I get to United Way of Delaware?

More from the funding graph