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United Way of Fairfield County

"improving lives through the caring power of our community" - we will focus our resources to achieve the greatest impact on community needs.

$990k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$91k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Human Services$2.1MHealth$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.2MEducation$907kYouth Development$641kHousing & Shelter$498kPublic Safety & Disaster$278k
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $877,094, the rows itemized in this filing. The $989,760 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $112,666 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $626k
$51,209
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAIRFIELD CENTER FOR DISABILITIES$90,931
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL$82,316
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES$67,001
SALVATION ARMY$57,430
LIGHTHOUSE$57,430
BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS$57,430
MAYWOOD MISSION$57,430
PICKERINGTON FOOD PANTRY$52,644
ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y$51,688
PICKERINGTON SCHOOLSWISE$51,209
NEW HORIZONS$49,773
LANCASTER FAIRFIELD COMM ACTION$47,858
HARCUM HOUSE$38,287
VICTORY CENTER FOOD PANTRY$30,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO HEARTLAND$23,929
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 (FY17–25, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LIGHTHOUSE: $89k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE: $89k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE: $89k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE: $80k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $78k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $76k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $75k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $75k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $66k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $61k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $61k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $60k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $60k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $60k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $57k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $54k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $54k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $52k → 9%HARCUM HOUSE: $40k → 9%HARCUM HOUSE: $38k → 9%LIGHTHOUSE: $36k → 9%HARCUM HOUSECHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $35k → 9%HARCUM HOUSE: $31k → 9%HARCUM HOUSECHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $28k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $24k → 9%ROBERT K FOX FAMILY Y: $23k → 9%HARCUM HOUSECHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $20k → 9%HARCUM HOUSECHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $17k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $12k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $11k → 9%HARCUM HOUSECHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $10k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 9%MID-OHIO PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES: $10k → 9%MID-OHIO PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES: $10k → 9%MID-OHIO PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES: $10k → 9%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.0M · 26 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
0

Total granted

$7.0M
$0

Still filing today

73%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • IR
    INFORMATION & REFERRAL OF FAIRFIELD
    8× · 2017–2025 · $606k · revenue +270% · 31% of their budget
  • FC
    FAIRFIELD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $587k · revenue +16%
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO
    8× · 2017–2025 · $517k · revenue +38%

Funded once

    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
    Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence

    To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

    Human Services
    2
    Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

    Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

    —
    3
    Jefferson Community Counseling Cent Dba Discovery Behavioral Healthcare

    Discovery behavioral healthcare is a community based health treatment center dedicated to providing state of the art services to foster recovery and resilience in an accessible, respective and caring environment.

    Youth Development
    4
    Community Support Services Inc

    Serves as a safety net for those summit county residents who are most in need of behavioral health services as a result of severe and persistent mental illness the agency proveides comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective treatment,…

    Health
    5
    Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers

    Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers, Inc. serves the community behavioral health needs of nine counties of Southern Oklahoma. Lighthouse offers integrated care through their outpatient and Health Home programs to adults and children.…

    Health
    6
    New Choices Inc

    The mission of new choices, inc. is to provide shelby county, ohio with the immediate care needs for individuals of domestic violence.

    Human Services
    7
    The Open Shelter Inc

    The open shelter provides, directly or by referral emergency shelter and assistance for homeless and marginally housed persons in central ohio, especially the most vulnerable among them; and to provide directly or by referral, coordinated,…

    Housing & Shelter
    8
    Cornerstone Montgomery

    Empowering people living with mental health and substance use disorders to thrive in their community through collaboration, treatment, education and advocacy.

    —
    9
    Scioto Paint Valley Mental Health Center

    To provide mental health, substance abuse, and integrated care services to residents of ross, pike, pickaway, fayette, and highland counties in ohio.

    Health
    10
    Fairfield Food Pantry

    To provide a balanced and nutritious emergency food supply to those with special needs in a loving, caring, and supportive manner.

    Human Services
    11
    Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc

    Provide people opportunity to experience transformative change with programs that focus on eliminating hunger & homelessness, addressing complex needs & encouraging independence. help people solve their crises & build stability in an…

    Housing & Shelter
    12
    Medina County Food Pantry

    Provide emergency food for those in need.

    Human Services
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation Shelters. 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

    20 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. 20 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

    2
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    5
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    19/20
    Grantees still filing
    17/20
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    FAIRFIELD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $586,819 · OtherFAIRFIELD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INCLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO: $516,667 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIOTHE SALVATION ARMY: $444,030 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYPICKERINGTON SCHOOLSWISE: $407,009 · OtherPICKERINGTON SCHOOLSWISEBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: $384,935 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIOAMERICAN RED CROSS: $244,700 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSLIGHTHOUSE: $177,430 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE+6 more: $457,106 · Other+6 moreTHE FAMILY YMCA OF LANCASTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $499,493 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY YMCA OF LANCAST…MAYWOOD MISSION: $437,035 · Human ServicesMAYWOOD MISSIONTHE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $381,790 · Human ServicesTHE LIGHTHOUSE INCHARCUM HOUSE: $248,509 · Human ServicesHARCUM HOUSE+1 more: $33,486 · Human ServicesINFORMATION & REFERRAL OF FAIRFIELD: $606,314 · HealthINFORMATION & REFE…NEW HORIZONS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $458,662 · HealthNEW HORIZONS MENTA…THE RECOVERY CENTER INC: $61,298 · HealthTHE RECOVERY CENTE…COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM COMMISSION OF THE LANCASTER-FAIRFIELD COUNTY AREA INC: $452,631 · Community ImprovementPICKERINGTON FOOD PANTRY: $281,062 · Food & NutritionFOUNDATION DINNERS: $97,000 · Food & NutritionGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $150,155 · Youth DevelopmentThe Foundation Shelters: $39,143 · Housing & Shelter
    Other$3,218,696Human Services$1,600,313Health$1,126,274Community Improvement$452,631Food & Nutrition$378,062Youth Development$150,155Housing & Shelter$39,143

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

    25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINFORMATION & REFERRAL OF FAIRFIELD: $606,314 over 8y, 31% of budgetFAIRFIELD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $586,819 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO: $516,667 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FAMILY YMCA OF LANCASTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $499,493 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetNEW HORIZONS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC: $458,662 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM COMMISSION OF THE LANCASTER-FAIRFIELD COUNTY AREA INC: $452,631 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMAYWOOD MISSION: $437,035 over 8y, 12% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: $384,935 over 8y, 27% of budgetTHE LIGHTHOUSE INC: $381,790 over 5y, 14% of budgetPICKERINGTON FOOD PANTRY: $281,062 over 8y, 16% of budgetHARCUM HOUSE: $248,509 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $150,155 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSIMON KENTON COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $105,905 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCanal Winchester Human Services Corp: $103,659 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetFOUNDATION DINNERS: $97,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetLIFE CENTER ADULT DAYCARE: $86,702 over 4y, 11% of budgetMID-OHIO PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN: $61,840 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RECOVERY CENTER INC: $61,298 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe Foundation Shelters: $39,143 over 2y, 13% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $33,486 over 3y, 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.

    • Who funds INFORMATION & REFERRAL OF FAIRFIELD ↗
    • Who funds FAIRFIELD CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
    • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
    • Who funds THE FAMILY YMCA OF LANCASTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY ↗
    • Who funds NEW HORIZONS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
    • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM COMMISSION OF THE LANCASTER-FAIRFIELD COUNTY AREA INC ↗
    • Who funds MAYWOOD MISSION ↗
    • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO ↗
    • Who funds THE LIGHTHOUSE INC ↗
    • Who funds PICKERINGTON FOOD PANTRY ↗
    • Who funds HARCUM HOUSE ↗
    • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC ↗
    • Who funds SIMON KENTON COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
    • Who funds Canal Winchester Human Services Corp ↗
    • Who funds FOUNDATION DINNERS ↗
    • Who funds LIFE CENTER ADULT DAYCARE ↗
    • Who funds MID-OHIO PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN ↗
    • Who funds THE RECOVERY CENTER INC ↗
    • Who funds The Foundation Shelters ↗
    • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗

    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 Foun…Columbus FoundationNisource Charitable F…Don & Jo Ann Bainter …The Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
    Fairfield County FoundationOH34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: Fairfield County Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Don & Jo Ann Bainter Fdn Tr · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Fairfield County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Fairfield County. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
      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.

      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 26 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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