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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 FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
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 2024.

Human Services$1.5MCrime & Legal$878kYouth Development$799kHousing & Shelter$675kHealth$479kFood & Nutrition$364kEducation$221kReligion$113kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $21,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $94,552 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $73,052 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH FDN-CURE ALZHEIMERS$15,000
COCC FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND$6,500
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 (FY19–23, $1.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $370k → 10%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $132k → 10%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $52k → 10%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES: $28k → 10%SAVING GRACE-IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT: $24k → 10%SAVING GRACE-IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT: $17k → 10%DESCHUTES CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%SAVING GRACE OF CENTRAL OREGON: $9k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL-BEND: $15k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - LA PINE: $11k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - LA PINE: $10k → 10%THRIVE CENTRAL OREGON: $132k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION OF: $80k → 10%NEIGHBORIMPACT: $68k → 10%EVERY CHILD CENTRAL OREGON: $60k → 10%EVERY CHILD CENTRAL OREGON: $58k → 10%NEIGHBORIMPACT: $44k → 10%NEIGHBORIMPACT: $43k → 10%NEIGHBORIMPACT: $35k → 10%NEIGHBORIMPACT: $30k → 10%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL REDM: $22k → 10%EVERY CHILD CENTRAL OREGON: $14k → 10%TREEHOUSE THERAPIES ASSOCIATES: $13k → 10%THRIVE CENTRAL OREGON: $11k → 10%OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION OF CO: $10k → 10%THRIVE CENTRAL OREGON: $10k → 10%FAMILIES FORWARD: $8k → 10%THRIVE CENTRAL OREGON: $8k → 10%CENTRAL OREGON COUNCIL ON AGING: $67k → 10%MOUNTAINSTAR RELIEF NURSERY: $37k → 10%MOUNTAINSTAR RELIEF NURSERY: $36k → 10%CENTRAL OR COUNCIL ON AGING: $34k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $33k → 10%MT STAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY: $29k → 10%REACH OUT NP: $28k → 10%CENTRAL OR COUNCIL ON AGING: $27k → 10%MT STAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY: $25k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $22k → 10%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK: $21k → 10%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $18k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $15k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $14k → 10%PARTNERS IN CARE: $14k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $13k → 10%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK: $9k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - BEND: $35k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - REDMOND: $15k → 10%DIVERSABILITY INC: $8k → 10%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.6M · 43 repeat orgs$640k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
39

Total granted

$4.6M
$640k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+14%

Still filing today

84%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEmploymentOther
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

  • CO
    CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON
    6× · 2017–2022 · $634k · revenue +72% · 55% of their budget
  • J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $334k · revenue +76%
  • KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER
    7× · 2017–2023 · $318k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • HD
    HIGH DESERT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL OREGONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $80k · revenue +39%
  • DC
    DESCHUTES COUNTY VICTIMS ASSISTANCE
    one grant, 2023 · $59k
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
Carry It Forward

The name "Carry It Forward" is meant to highlight the mutual benefits ofdirect service to our unhoused neighbors. Our work is designed to reducesuffering by meeting basic human needs while developing a sustainable modelfor incorporating…

Human Services
2
Community Sharing Program

Provide South Lane County community members with basic needs resources, life skills, and resources toward self-sufficiency.

Human Services
3
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

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4
Oregon Council for Behavioral Health

We provide a voice for an effective and accessible behavioral health system of care for Oregonians.

Community Improvement
5
Impact Nw

Impact nw prevents homelessness by supporting people as they navigate their journey to stability and strength. founded in portland in 1966, impact nw now serves 26,944 people a year in the greater portland, oregon metro area, including…

Human Services
6
Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition

Oregon Self Advocacy Coalition supports local self advocacy groups in engaging communities to advocate for the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate, belong, and contribute as valued community…

Human Services
7
Oregon Abuse Advocates and Survivors in Service

Providing support and advocacy for abuse survivors.

Crime & Legal
8
Home Share Oregon

To connect homeowners with a spare bedroom to rent and home seekers in need of affordable housing

Housing & Shelter
9
Clackamas Service Center

Clackamas service center is an inclusive, "one-stop" community center for individuals and families seeking food relief and resources for improved health, dignity, and stability.

Human Services
10
Oregon Casa Network

To lead oregon's casa programs to provide a strong voice for every abused and neglected child

Human Services
11
Central Oregon Disability Support Network Inc

To provide suppot, education, advocacy and resources to individuals and familys with disabilities

Health
12
Eastern Oregon Health and Wellness Inc

Eastern oregon health & wellness provides recovery housing and outpatient services that support individuals and families impacted by substance use disorder through safe housing, trauma-informed care, and community-based support.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery; the most unlike its peers is Reach Out Np. 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

64 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. 64 of the 82 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
28
Early backer (in before they grew)
62/64
Grantees still filing
50/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $633,524 · Human ServicesCASA OF CENTRAL OREGONNEIGHBORIMPACT: $276,555 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORIMPACTCOUNCIL ON AGING OF CENTRAL OREGON: $202,587 · Human ServicesCOUNCIL ON AGING OF CENTRAL OREGONMOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY: $171,894 · Human ServicesMOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERYTHRIVE CENTRAL OREGON: $160,750 · Human ServicesTHRIVE CENTRAL OREGONEVERY CHILD CENTRAL OREGON: $132,288 · Human ServicesEVERY CHILD CENTRAL OREGONLATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $115,738 · Human ServicesSAVING GRACE: $99,416 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL OREGON: $80,000 · Human Services+12 more: $302,351 · Human Services+12 moreJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: $334,163 · OtherJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INCFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF CENTRAL OREGON: $130,347 · OtherFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER OF CENTRAL …HIGH DESERT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · OtherHIGH DESERT EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONCENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $97,800 · OtherCENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE F…SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL OF BEN: $83,404 · OtherDeschutes County Healthy Beginnings Inc: $66,807 · OtherDESCHUTES COUNTY VICTIMS ASSISTANCE: $59,328 · OtherASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND: $54,825 · OtherDAWNS HOUSE CORPORATION LLC: $85,150 · OtherDAWNS HOUSE CORPORATION LLCHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $77,117 · Other+33 more: $498,586 · Other+33 moreFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON: $223,003 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF BEND INC: $116,725 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Fire Central Oregon: $33,093 · Youth DevelopmentALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $163,220 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC OF THE CASCADES: $61,312 · HealthHEALING REINS EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES INC: $58,046 · HealthMOSAIC COMMUNITY HEALTH: $31,032 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $15,524 · HealthRIMROCK TRAILS TREATMENT SERVICES: $12,000 · Health+1 more: $7,000 · HealthKIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $317,622 · Crime & LegalBETHLEHEM INN: $182,335 · Housing & ShelterJERICHO ROAD INC: $65,020 · Housing & ShelterSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $39,001 · Housing & ShelterCENTRAL OREGON VILLAGES: $15,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $8,587 · Housing & ShelterLA PINE COMMUNITY KITCHEN: $83,400 · Food & NutritionTHE GIVING PLATE: $48,385 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$2,175,103Other$1,587,527Youth Development$372,821Health$348,134Crime & Legal$317,622Housing & Shelter$309,943Food & Nutrition$131,785

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Deschutes County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Deschutes County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 230%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Diversability Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Opportunity Foundation of Central Oregon Inc: 86% of income from government
  • J Bar J Youth Services Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Neighborimpact: 68% of income from government
  • Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery: 60% of income from government
  • Central Oregon Veteran & Community Outreach Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Saving Grace: 48% of income from government
  • Central Oregon Veterans Ranch: 45% of income from government
  • Abilitree: 44% of income from government
  • Council On Aging of Central Oregon: 43% of income from government
  • Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Warm Springs Community Action Team: 28% of income from government
  • Dawns House Corporation Llc: 27% of income from government
  • Family Resource Center of Central Oregon: 22% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Rimrock Trails Treatment Services: 18% of income from government
  • La Pine Community Health Center: 18% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Bend Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children- Central Oregon: 16% of income from government
  • Thrive Central Oregon: 12% of income from government
  • Latino Community Association: 11% of income from government
  • Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Mosaic Community Health: 8% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Cosa Inc Central Oregon Symphony Association: 4% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades: 3% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Casa of Central Oregon: 2% of income from government
  • High Desert Chamber Music Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bethlehem Inn: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
23get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
6rely on government for over half their income
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 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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