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· Public charity

United Way of Franklin County

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of franklin county

$224k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$19k
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$1.1MCrime & Legal$233kEducation$168kPublic Safety & Disaster$167kHealth$162kEmployment$127kYouth Development$78kFood & Nutrition$47k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $141,518, the rows itemized in this filing. The $224,108 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $82,590 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 · $13k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $129k
$12,266
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAYNESBORO YMCA$19,436
LITTLE DAISY'S CLOSET$14,564
WOMEN IN NEED$14,500
FRANKLIN COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES$13,500
WAYNESBORO EARLY LEARNING CENTER$12,697
LINCOLN AREA INTERMEDIATE UNIT NO 12$12,266
CHAMBERSBURG MEMORIAL YMCA$11,025
WAYNESBORO COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES$11,000
SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC (THE GLEANING PROJECT)$10,000
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP$10,000
SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC$7,148
FRANKLIN COUNTY 4H THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$5,382
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $234k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $24k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $22k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $21k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $21k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $13k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $10k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC (THE GLEANING PROJECT): $10k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $9k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $7k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC (THE GLEANING PROJECT): $7k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $7k → 9%SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC (CIRCLES OF SUPPORT PROGRAMS): $6k → 9%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY SOUTHERN DISTRICT: $10k → 9%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY SOUTHERN DISTRICT: $8k → 9%LITTLE DAISY'S CLOSET: $15k → 9%LITTLE DAISY'S CLOSET: $13k → 9%LITTLE DAISY'S CLOSET: $12k → 9%ARC OF FRANKLIN-FULTON COUNTIES: $10k → 9%ARC OF FRANKLIN-FULTON COUNTIES: $6k → 9%FRANCES LEITER CENTER: $5k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 21 repeat orgs$24k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
3

Total granted

$2.1M
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-3%

Still filing today

95%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalHealthEmploymentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WI
    WOMEN IN NEED INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $282k · revenue +30%
  • YM
    Young Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro
    9× · 2017–2025 · $281k · revenue +36%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERSBURG PA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $178k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • FC
    FRANKLIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue -3%
  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
  • WA
    Waynesboro Area ALS Unit Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -97%
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
Wayne County Community Services Organization

Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv

Community Improvement
2
South Central Emergency Medical Services Inc

Provide emergency medical services.

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3
Children's Aid Society of Mercer County

To provide information, counseling, and such services as may be appropriate to families or others in raising and nuturing children.

—
4
Family & Children Services Inc

Family & children services strengthens the safety and well being of children, individuals and families; accomplished by providing a comprehensive program of critical human services.

Human Services
5
Franklin Area Community Services Inc

To provide assistance to people in need.

Food & Nutrition
6
Concerned Citizens Child Care Inc

Programs to benefit proper development of children including operation of child day care center.

Human Services
7
The Learning Community of Pennsylvania

To provide companion services to individuals with special needs.

Human Services
8
Early Connections Inc

The organization is a leading organization in northwestern pennsylvania for quality early care and education. the organization provides direct service as well as training and planning leadership for a wide georaphic region.

—
9
Connections Work

Connections work changes lives and improves communities by providing services and supports to individuals seeking pathways to success.

—
10
The Caring Center

Early education and child care services

Human Services
11
Fayette County Community Action Agency Inc

To provide programs that will enable low income individuals to attain the necessary skills, knowledge, and motivation needed to become self-sufficient.

Human Services
12
The Winchester Learning Center

To provide affordable, quality childcare, preschool, & family resources. a united way agency.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Aid Society Southern Pa District - Church of the Brethren; the most unlike its peers is Franklin County Extension & 4-H Support Committee. 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

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOMEN IN NEED INC: $282,477 · OtherWOMEN IN NEED INCYoung Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro: $281,465 · OtherYoung Mens Christian Association of WaynesboroYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERSBURG PA: $177,509 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERSBURG PAWAYNESBORO EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $159,636 · OtherWAYNESBORO EARLY LEARNING CENTERFIRST START PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $155,924 · OtherFIRST START PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INCWAYNESBORO COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES IN: $145,752 · OtherWAYNESBORO COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES INLINCOLN INTERMEDIATE UNIT: $115,251 · OtherLINCOLN INTERMEDIATE UNITSPIRITRUST LUTHERAN HOME CARE & HOSPICE FKA LUTHERAN HOME CARE & HOSPICE INC: $64,630 · Other+2 more: $12,416 · OtherSOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $156,469 · Human ServicesSOUTH CENTRA…LITTLE DAISY'S CLOSET: $39,064 · Human ServicesLITTLE DAISY…CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY SOUTHERN PA DISTRICT - CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN: $22,579 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S A…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $16,065 · Human ServicesAmerican Nat…OCCUPATIONAL SERVICES INC: $127,202 · EmploymentFRANKLIN COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES: $93,491 · Crime & LegalMIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES: $24,656 · Crime & LegalHEALTHY COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP OF GREATER FRANKLIN COUNTY INC: $66,863 · HealthPENNCARES: $30,727 · HealthTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMBERSBURG AND SHIPPENSBURG INC: $55,610 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $12,367 · Youth DevelopmentFRANKLIN COUNTY EXTENSION & 4-H SUPPORT COMMITTEE: $10,495 · Youth DevelopmentB O P I C INC: $39,862 · Food & NutritionFRANKLIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $12,000 · Education
Other$1,395,060Human Services$234,177Employment$127,202Crime & Legal$118,147Health$97,590Youth Development$78,472Food & Nutrition$39,862Education$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $282,477 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro: $281,465 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CHAMBERSBURG PA: $177,509 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetWAYNESBORO EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $159,636 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS INC: $156,469 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST START PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC: $155,924 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetWAYNESBORO COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES IN: $145,752 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetOCCUPATIONAL SERVICES INC: $127,202 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES: $93,491 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetHEALTHY COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP OF GREATER FRANKLIN COUNTY INC: $66,863 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetSPIRITRUST LUTHERAN HOME CARE & HOSPICE FKA LUTHERAN HOME CARE & HOSPICE INC: $64,630 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CHAMBERSBURG AND SHIPPENSBURG INC: $55,610 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetB O P I C INC: $39,862 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetLITTLE DAISY'S CLOSET: $39,064 over 3y, 13% of budgetPENNCARES: $30,727 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES: $24,656 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY SOUTHERN PA DISTRICT - CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN: $22,579 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $16,065 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS IN THE HEART OF PA: $12,367 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY EXTENSION & 4-H SUPPORT COMMITTEE: $10,495 over 2y, 41% of budgetWaynesboro Area ALS Unit Inc: $5,416 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

The Foundation for En…Chambersburg HospitalThe Manitowoc Company…McCleary Family Found…Stewart Alexander Md …Rice Family FoundationAdams County Communit…The Donald B and Doro…York County Community…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Foundation for Enhancing CommunitiesPA27.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities · Chambersburg Hospital · The Manitowoc Company Foundation · McCleary Family Foundation · Stewart Alexander Md Fdn Tr Udeed · Rice Family Foundation · Adams County Community Foundation Inc · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · York County Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Franklin County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Franklin County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 24 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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