Minnesota · Public charity
United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties
Mobilizing douglas and pope county resources to create sustained changes in community conditions to improve lives.
- $412k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $185k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $746k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $185k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $213k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $256k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $255k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $219k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $227k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $259k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc | $393,800 | 9 | 1% |
| North Country Food Bank Inc | $299,476 | 9 | 0% |
| Someplace Safe | $283,029 | 9 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $250,776 | 8 | 0% |
| Ind School Dist 206 | $245,952 | 9 | n/a |
| Village Family Service Center | $165,353 | 9 | 0% |
| Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota | $159,300 | 9 | 1% |
| Central Minnesota Elder Network | $70,300 | 7 | 22% |
| Minnewaska Area Schools | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brandon Evansville Schools | $35,500 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc | $393,800 | 9 | 1% |
| North Country Food Bank Inc | $299,476 | 9 | 0% |
| Someplace Safe | $283,029 | 9 | 1% |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $250,776 | 8 | 0% |
| Ind School Dist 206 | $245,952 | 9 | n/a |
| Village Family Service Center | $165,353 | 9 | 0% |
| Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota | $159,300 | 9 | 1% |
| Central Minnesota Elder Network | $70,300 | 7 | 22% |
| Minnewaska Area Schools | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Brandon Evansville Schools | $35,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $35,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $34,870 | 3 | 0% |
| Alexandria Area Young Men's Christian Association | $29,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnewaska Ecfe | $27,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Lakes Area Recreation | $25,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Windmill Project | $15,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Alexandria Literacy Project | $11,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Alexandria Area Uncompensated Care Plan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Communitygiving · West Central Initiative · Otto Bremer Trust · Midcontinent Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties
- How much does United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties give?
- United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties reported 8 itemized grants totaling $184,796, out of $411,739 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Crime & Legal (21%), Community Improvement (18%).
- Who are United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: West Central Minnesota Communities Action Inc ($394k), North Country Food Bank Inc ($299k), Someplace Safe ($283k).
- Does United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communitygiving, West Central Initiative, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties based?
- United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties is based in MN.
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