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United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States

To connect people and resources to advance the health, education, and income of those in need in our community.

$866k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
33
Organizations funded FY2024
3%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$73,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 33
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$2.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 3% of the organizations United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPublic BenefitHealthYouth DevelopmentEmploymentCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2025still arriving36$865k25%
FY202433$896k3%
FY202332$875k9%
FY202230$833k7%
FY202131$850k39%
FY202022$1.0Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Youth Development$1.2MCrime & Legal$841kHuman Services$802kHealth$554kHousing & Shelter$548kEmployment$404kFood & Nutrition$316kPublic Safety & Disaster$291kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catholic Charities of Dubuque$504,6076n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque$490,07569%
Dubuque Community Y$466,51764%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$290,75160%
Riverview Center Inc$258,70362%
Hillcrest Family Services Inc$219,04731%
Iowa Legal Aid$191,91960%
Opening Doors$180,74367%
The Workshop$162,94061%
The Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association$153,62151%
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All grantees of United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catholic Charities of Dubuque$504,6076n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque$490,07569%
Dubuque Community Y$466,51764%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$290,75160%
Riverview Center Inc$258,70362%
Hillcrest Family Services Inc$219,04731%
Iowa Legal Aid$191,91960%
Opening Doors$180,74367%
The Workshop$162,94061%
The Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association$153,62151%
St Mark Youth Enrichment$149,56163%
Community Solutions of Eastern Iowa$144,50346%
The Fountain of Youth Program$142,97459%
Crescent Community Health Center$140,88650%
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc$126,00050%
Two By Two Character Development$121,00056%
The Salvation Army$120,6865n/a
Dubuque Dream Center Inc$118,65562%
Friends of Iowa Casa & Icfcrb$114,996415%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc$105,13260%
Substance Abuse Services Center$102,33262%
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc$90,00030%
Delaware Dubuque and Jackson County Regional Transit Authority$82,03551%
East Central Development Corp$81,792210%
Marita Theisen Childcare Center$66,525334%
Mindful Minutes$64,330529%
St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church$61,8935n/a
Dubuque Areas Labor Harvest$59,736613%
Northeast Iowa Council Boy Scouts$51,13817%
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc$49,45150%
Helping Services for Youth and Families Inc$47,20651%
Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging Inc$35,00020%
Convivium Urban Farmstead$34,40036%
Dubuque Area Labor-Management Council$32,05054%
United Way of Central Iowa$30,39620%
Rosecrance Inc$30,00010%
Duride$29,44745%
Other Various Agencies Special Projects$27,2001n/a
Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools$25,68428%
Operation Enpower$21,0001n/a
Four Mounds Foundation$20,0001n/a
Dubuque Regional Humane Society$17,00021%
Northeast Iowa Community Action Corp$13,00010%
Nami Dubuque$13,0001n/a
Friends of St Mary's$12,32512%
Red Basket Project$6,0001n/a

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque: $490,075 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetDubuque Community Y: $466,517 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $290,751 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRiverview Center Inc: $258,703 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetHillcrest Family Services Inc: $219,047 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetIowa Legal Aid: $191,919 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetOpening Doors: $180,743 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetThe Workshop: $162,940 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetThe Dubuque Visiting Nurse Association: $153,621 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSt Mark Youth Enrichment: $149,561 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetCommunity Solutions of Eastern Iowa: $144,503 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetThe Fountain of Youth Program: $142,974 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetCrescent Community Health Center: $140,886 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc: $126,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTwo By Two Character Development: $121,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetDubuque Dream Center Inc: $118,655 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFriends of Iowa Casa & Icfcrb: $114,996 over 4y, 15% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Inc: $105,132 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSubstance Abuse Services Center: $102,332 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetIowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDelaware Dubuque and Jackson County Regional Transit Authority: $82,035 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetEast Central Development Corp: $81,792 over 2y, 9.5% of budgetMarita Theisen Childcare Center: $66,525 over 3y, 34% of budgetMindful Minutes: $64,330 over 5y, 29% of budgetDubuque Areas Labor Harvest: $59,736 over 6y, 13% of budgetNortheast Iowa Council Boy Scouts: $51,138 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetCedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc: $49,451 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHelping Services for Youth and Families Inc: $47,206 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNortheast Iowa Area Agency on Aging Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetConvivium Urban Farmstead: $34,400 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetDubuque Area Labor-Management Council: $32,050 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetUnited Way of Central Iowa: $30,396 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRosecrance Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDuride: $29,447 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetFoundation for Dubuque Public Schools: $25,684 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetDubuque Regional Humane Society: $17,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNortheast Iowa Community Action Corp: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of St Mary's: $12,325 over 1y, 2.1% 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 38.

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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.

Community Foundation of Greater DubuqueIA64.6× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Dubuque Racing Association Ltd · James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Heartland Charitable Trust · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Spahn & Rose Lumber Co Charitable Fdtn · Falb Family Charitable Foundation · Schoen Family Charitable Trust · Sirk Family Foundation · Ay McDonald Charitable Foundation · Mathis Pfohl 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 Dubuque Area Tri-States

How much does United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States give?
United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States reported 36 grants totaling $865,595 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 33 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (23%), Crime & Legal (16%), Human Services (15%).
Who are United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Catholic Charities of Dubuque ($505k), Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dubuque ($490k), Dubuque Community Y ($467k).
Does United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Dubuque Racing Association Ltd, James B & Melita a McDonough Foundation.
Where is United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States based?
United Way of Dubuque Area Tri-States is based in IA.

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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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