Kansas · Public charity
United Way of Douglas County Inc
Fighting poverty and improving lives by uniting douglas county.
- $492k
- Granted FY2022
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $402k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 17% of the organizations United Way of Douglas County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 12 | $402k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $274k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $985k | 5% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $897k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $831k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $938k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Ballard Community Center Inc | $390,196 | 6 | 12% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Lawrence Inc | $366,562 | 4 | 3% |
| Lawrence Community Shelter Inc | $349,598 | 6 | 7% |
| Douglas County Child Development Assoc DBA Positive Bright Start | $336,340 | 6 | 7% |
| Tenants to Homeowners Inc | $330,725 | 6 | 8% |
| Douglas County Dental Clinic Inc | $280,900 | 4 | 11% |
| The Willow Domestic Violence Center Inc | $224,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies | $201,338 | 4 | 2% |
| Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc | $200,722 | 6 | 4% |
| Heartland Medical Clinic Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Douglas County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Douglas County Community Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · United Way of Kaw Valley Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · Topeka Community Foundation · Ethel & Raymond F Rice Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kriz Charitable Fund Inc · The Shumaker Family Foundation · Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans · The Rotary Club of Lawrence Inc
How this is measured
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About United Way of Douglas County Inc
- How much does United Way of Douglas County Inc give?
- United Way of Douglas County Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $402,000, out of $491,755 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does United Way of Douglas County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (24%), Human Services (20%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
- Who are United Way of Douglas County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Elizabeth Ballard Community Center Inc ($390k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Lawrence Inc ($367k), Lawrence Community Shelter Inc ($350k).
- Does United Way of Douglas County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Douglas County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Douglas County Community Foundation, Midcontinent Foundation, United Way of Kaw Valley Inc.
- Where is United Way of Douglas County Inc based?
- United Way of Douglas County Inc is based in KS.
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