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United Way of Deschutes County

United way of central oregon brings people, organizations, and businesses together to address the community's most pressing human service needs through services that change people's lives.

$95k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
2
Itemized grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$22k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 45
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations United Way of Deschutes County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyEducationYouth 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving2$22k0%
FY202329$433k24%
FY202245$921k31%
FY202127$889k26%
FY202036$690k22%
FY201931$1.1M16%
FY201830$606k27%
FY201733$575kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.5MCrime & Legal$878kYouth Development$799kHousing & Shelter$675kHealth$479kFood & Nutrition$364kEducation$221kReligion$113kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Casa of Central Oregon$633,524655%
J Bar J Youth Services Inc$334,16361%
Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center$317,62272%
Neighborimpact$276,55570%
Friends of the Children- Central Oregon$223,003613%
Council on Aging of Central Oregon$202,58762%
Bethlehem Inn$182,33561%
Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery$171,89461%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$163,22080%
Thrive Central Oregon$160,750410%
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All grantees of United Way of Deschutes County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Casa of Central Oregon$633,524655%
J Bar J Youth Services Inc$334,16361%
Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center$317,62272%
Neighborimpact$276,55570%
Friends of the Children- Central Oregon$223,003613%
Council on Aging of Central Oregon$202,58762%
Bethlehem Inn$182,33561%
Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery$171,89461%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$163,22080%
Thrive Central Oregon$160,750410%
Every Child Central Oregon$132,288321%
Family Resource Center of Central Oregon$130,34766%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Bend Inc$116,72572%
Latino Community Association$115,73872%
High Desert Education Association$100,0001n/a
Saving Grace$99,41662%
Central Oregon Community College Foundation$97,80081%
Dawns House Corporation LLC$85,150312%
Society of St Vincent Depaul of Ben$83,4043n/a
La Pine Community Kitchen$83,40063%
Community Action Foundation of Central Oregon$80,0001n/a
Heart of Oregon Corps Inc$77,11760%
Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings Inc$66,80748%
Jericho Road Inc$65,020611%
Family Access Network Foundation$61,52952%
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades$61,31232%
Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services Inc$58,04653%
Assistance League of Bend$54,82557%
St Vincent de Paul Society Bend - St Francis Conference$50,30024%
The Giving Plate$48,38541%
Society of St Vincent de Paul$43,00032%
Habitat for Humanity of La Pine Sunriver$41,71042%
St Andrew's Episcopal Church$40,0003n/a
Shepherd's House Ministries$39,00130%
Bend's Community Center$35,89724%
Deschutes Children's Foundation$34,36251%
Camp Fire Central Oregon$33,09343%
Warm Springs Community Action Team$32,69530%
Mosaic Community Health$31,03220%
Bend United Methodist Church$28,5503n/a
Reach Out Np$27,500119%
Grandma's House of Central Oregon$26,6901n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul la Pine Oregon Conference$26,50032%
Causa of Oregon$20,4792n/a
J Bar Jcascade Youth & Family Cent$20,4591n/a
Bend Chamber of Commerce$20,00012%
Trinity Episcopal Church Foundation of Bend$20,0002n/a
Papalaxsimisha Inc$18,0001n/a
Abilitree$17,69511%
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc$15,52410%
Central Oregon Villages$15,0001n/a
Partners in Care$13,86010%
Treehouse Therapies Associates$13,00011%
Grand Circle Foundation Inc$13,00011%
Crook County Kids Inc$12,4221n/a
Reach Redmond$12,27812%
Rimrock Trails Treatment Services$12,00010%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$12,0002n/a
Jefferson County Faith Based Network$11,18621%
Oregon Food Bank$10,50010%
Opportunity Foundation of Central Oregon Inc$10,00010%
Oregon Environmental Council$10,00011%
American Red Cross Central & EaStern Oregon$9,3701n/a
The Salvation Army$8,7751n/a
Central Oregon Veteran & Community Outreach Inc$8,58711%
Humane Society of Central Oregon$8,01310%
Families Forward Inc$8,00014%
Diversability Inc$8,00013%
Crook County United Fund$7,4921n/a
Christian Church of Redmond$7,1751n/a
La Pine Community Health Center$7,00010%
Central Oregon Veterans Ranch$6,98612%
Trinity Episcopal Church$6,9301n/a
Nativity Lutheran Church$6,5001n/a
Power to Decide$6,30010%
The School Foundation Inc$6,30013%
Smart Reading$6,05010%
Children Learning Through Education & Researc$5,50011%
Crater Lake Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$5,43410%
Cosa Inc Central Oregon Symphony Association$5,40013%
High Desert Chamber Music Inc$5,10012%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Deschutes County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCasa of Central Oregon: $633,524 over 6y, 55% of budgetJ Bar J Youth Services Inc: $334,163 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetKids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center: $317,622 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetNeighborimpact: $276,555 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Children- Central Oregon: $223,003 over 6y, 13% of budgetCouncil on Aging of Central Oregon: $202,587 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetBethlehem Inn: $182,335 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetMountainstar Family Relief Nursery: $171,894 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $163,220 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThrive Central Oregon: $160,750 over 4y, 10% of budgetEvery Child Central Oregon: $132,288 over 3y, 21% of budgetFamily Resource Center of Central Oregon: $130,347 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Bend Inc: $116,725 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetLatino Community Association: $115,738 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetSaving Grace: $99,416 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCentral Oregon Community College Foundation: $97,800 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetDawns House Corporation LLC: $85,150 over 3y, 12% of budgetLa Pine Community Kitchen: $83,400 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetHeart of Oregon Corps Inc: $77,117 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDeschutes County Healthy Beginnings Inc: $66,807 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetJericho Road Inc: $65,020 over 6y, 11% of budgetFamily Access Network Foundation: $61,529 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetVolunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades: $61,312 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetHealing Reins Equine Assisted Services Inc: $58,046 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetAssistance League of Bend: $54,825 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul Society Bend - St Francis Conference: $50,300 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetThe Giving Plate: $48,385 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul: $43,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of La Pine Sunriver: $41,710 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetShepherd's House Ministries: $39,001 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBend's Community Center: $35,897 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetDeschutes Children's Foundation: $34,362 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCamp Fire Central Oregon: $33,093 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetWarm Springs Community Action Team: $32,695 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMosaic Community Health: $31,032 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetReach Out Np: $27,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul la Pine Oregon Conference: $26,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBend Chamber of Commerce: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAbilitree: $17,695 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: $15,524 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Care: $13,860 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTreehouse Therapies Associates: $13,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGrand Circle Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetReach Redmond: $12,278 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRimrock Trails Treatment Services: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJefferson County Faith Based Network: $11,186 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpportunity Foundation of Central Oregon Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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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.

The Oregon Community …St Charles Health Sys…First Interstate Banc…Maybelle Clark Macdon…The Roundhouse Founda…The Autzen FoundationThe Anjulicia Foundat…The Ford Family Found…The Collins FoundationBend FoundationBarbara Emily Knudson…Chambers Family Found…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR75.9× affinity56 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · St Charles Health System Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Anjulicia Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Bend Foundation · Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation · Chambers Family 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.

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About United Way of Deschutes County

How much does United Way of Deschutes County give?
United Way of Deschutes County reported 2 itemized grants totaling $21,500, out of $94,552 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 45 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way of Deschutes County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Crime & Legal (17%), Youth Development (15%).
Who are United Way of Deschutes County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Casa of Central Oregon ($634k), J Bar J Youth Services Inc ($334k), Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center ($318k).
Does United Way of Deschutes County fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Deschutes County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, St Charles Health System Inc, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
Where is United Way of Deschutes County based?
United Way of Deschutes County is based in OR.

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 82 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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