How much does United Way of Fairfield County give?

United Way of Fairfield County reported 20 itemized grants totaling $877,094, out of $989,760 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.

What does United Way of Fairfield County fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Health (18%), Food & Nutrition (18%).

Who are United Way of Fairfield County's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Information & Referral of Fairfield ($606k), Fairfield Center for Independence Inc ($587k), Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio ($517k).

Does United Way of Fairfield County fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Fairfield County?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Nisource Charitable Foundation.

Where is United Way of Fairfield County based?

United Way of Fairfield County is based in OH.

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Ohio · Public charity

United Way of Fairfield County

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$990k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 20
Itemized grants FY2025: 19
Organizations funded FY2024: 11%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $877k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $51,209
Largest grant, FY2025: $90,931
Organizations funded a year: 17 to 22; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $2.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations United Way of Fairfield County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	19	$877k	0%
FY2024	19	$915k	11%
FY2023	18	$895k	11%
FY2021	17	$328k	0%
FY2020	22	$880k	0%
FY2019	22	$1.0M	0%
FY2018	22	$1.0M	0%
FY2017	22	$1.0M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$2.1MHealth$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.2MEducation$907kYouth Development$641kHousing & Shelter$498kPublic Safety & Disaster$278k

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
Information & Referral of Fairfield	$606,314	8	31%
Fairfield Center for Independence Inc	$586,819	8	5%
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio	$516,667	8	0%
The Family YMCA of Lancaster & Fairfield County	$499,493	8	3%
New Horizons Mental Health Services Inc	$458,662	8	1%
Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster-Fairfield County Area Inc	$452,631	8	1%
The Salvation Army	$444,030	8	n/a
Maywood Mission	$437,035	8	12%
Pickerington Schoolswise	$407,009	8	n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Ohio	$384,935	8	27%

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All grantees of United Way of Fairfield County by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Information & Referral of Fairfield	$606,314	8	31%
Fairfield Center for Independence Inc	$586,819	8	5%
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio	$516,667	8	0%
The Family YMCA of Lancaster & Fairfield County	$499,493	8	3%
New Horizons Mental Health Services Inc	$458,662	8	1%
Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster-Fairfield County Area Inc	$452,631	8	1%
The Salvation Army	$444,030	8	n/a
Maywood Mission	$437,035	8	12%
Pickerington Schoolswise	$407,009	8	n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern Ohio	$384,935	8	27%
The Lighthouse Inc	$381,790	5	14%
Pickerington Food Pantry	$281,062	8	16%
Harcum House	$248,509	8	5%
American Red Cross	$244,700	4	n/a
Lighthouse	$177,430	3	n/a
Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council Inc	$150,155	8	0%
Simon Kenton Council Boy Scouts of America	$105,905	8	1%
Canal Winchester Human Services Corp	$103,659	7	5%
Foundation Dinners	$97,000	6	17%
Life Center Adult Daycare	$86,702	4	11%
Mid-Ohio Psychological Services In	$61,840	5	0%
The Recovery Center Inc	$61,298	4	1%
Victory Hill Church of God	$60,000	2	n/a
The Foundation Shelters	$39,143	2	13%
By the Way Inc	$39,000	4	n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$33,486	3	0%

United Way of Fairfield County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 20.

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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.

Fairfield County FoundationOH34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Fairfield County

How much does United Way of Fairfield County give?: United Way of Fairfield County reported 20 itemized grants totaling $877,094, out of $989,760 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Fairfield County fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Health (18%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
Who are United Way of Fairfield County's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Information & Referral of Fairfield ($606k), Fairfield Center for Independence Inc ($587k), Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio ($517k).
Does United Way of Fairfield County fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Fairfield County?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Nisource Charitable Foundation.
Where is United Way of Fairfield County based?: United Way of Fairfield County is based in OH.