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United Way of Dunn County Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

United Way of Dunn County Inc

Improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community.

$77k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$77k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Philanthropy$77kHuman Services$72kFood & Nutrition$63kYouth Development$20kEducation$16kHealth$7kCrime & Legal$5k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$76,757
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY ST CROIX & RED CEDAR VA$76,757
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 (FY17–24, $112k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%UNITED WAY ST CROIX & RED CEDAR VA: $77k → 5%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $9k → 12%POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES: $11k → 11%POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES: $10k → 11%Center for Independent Living for Western Wisconsin Inc: $5k → 11%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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$155k · 6 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
5

Total granted

$155k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+77%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SS
    STEPPING STONES OF DUNN COUNTY INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $63k · revenue +52%
  • PA
    POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue +52%
  • WC
    WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +151%

Funded once

  • FR
    FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $9k · revenue +273%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +55%
  • AP
    Arbor Place Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $7k · revenue +86%
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
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
2
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
3
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Wisconsin Inc

To create and support one-on-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

—
4
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
5
Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley Inc

Advocate for and support families who are homeless in our community by providing temporary housing and support services, and by fostering independence.

Human Services
6
Family Promise of Washington County Inc

Provide resources and services to empower homeless families and individuals of washington county wisconsin.

Housing & Shelter
7
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

—
8
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
9
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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10
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership

The mission of great lakes community action partnership is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.

Human Services
11
Racine County Opportunity Center

Our focus is on making shortterm investments which will significantly improve the longterm wellbeing of our clients. we will measure our performance against these standards by continuously communicating with our clients, and will take…

Human Services
12
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency Inc; the most unlike its peers is Arbor Place Inc. 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STEPPING STONES OF DUNN COUNTY INC: $63,030 · OtherSTEPPING STONES OF DUNN COUNTY INCTHE BRIDGE TO HOPE: $22,168 · OtherTHE BRIDGE TO HOPEWEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $19,884 · OtherWEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INCBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $13,292 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN …UNITED WAY ST CROIX AND RED CEDAR VALLEYS INC: $76,757 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY ST CROIX AND RED CEDAR VALLEYS INCPOSITIVE ALTERNATIVES INC: $21,365 · Human ServicesPOSITIVE ALTERNATIVES INCFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $8,710 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INCCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $5,134 · Human ServicesLITERACY CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $14,804 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INC: $1,340 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $7,045 · Youth DevelopmentArbor Place Inc: $6,700 · Health
Other$118,374Human Services$111,966Education$16,144Youth Development$7,045Health$6,700

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY ST CROIX AND RED CEDAR VALLEYS INC: $76,757 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetSTEPPING STONES OF DUNN COUNTY INC: $63,030 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE BRIDGE TO HOPE: $22,168 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetPOSITIVE ALTERNATIVES INC: $21,365 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $19,884 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $14,804 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $13,292 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $8,710 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE GREATER CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $7,045 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArbor Place Inc: $6,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN INC: $5,134 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $1,340 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Otto Bremer TrustXcel Energy FoundationThe Covia FoundationCommunity Foundation …Green Bay Packers Fou…United Way St Croix a…United Way of the Gre…Pablo Foundation IncEau Claire Community …St Croix Valley Found…Andersen Corporate Fo…
Mayo Clinic Group ReturnMN24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mayo Clinic Group Return · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Covia Foundation · Community Foundation of Dunn County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · United Way St Croix and Red Cedar Valleys Inc · United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc · Pablo Foundation Inc · Eau Claire Community Foundation · St Croix Valley Foundation · Andersen Corporate 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 Dunn County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Dunn County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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How do I get to United Way of Dunn County Inc?

Find your warmest path to United Way of Dunn County Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 12 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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