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United Way of Franklin County

United way of franklin co. Raises funds and distributes them to non-profit organizations that provide health and human services and meet eligibility requirements.

$139k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
14
Itemized grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
14%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$115k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$7,695
Largest grant, FY2024
$12,083
Organizations funded a year
11 to 14
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$375k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 14% of the organizations United Way of Franklin County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Youth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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
FY2024still arriving14$115k0%
FY202314$133k14%
FY202213$99k23%
FY202111$80k0%
FY202013$100kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$160kRecreation & Sports$101kCrime & Legal$101kFood & Nutrition$57kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kHealth$31kYouth Development$26kHousing & Shelter$15k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 18 grantees
All grantees of United Way of Franklin County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Good Samaritan Ministries of Franklin County Inc$56,80158%
Horse Play Inc$55,177516%
Recovery Support and Personal Growth Alliance Inc$55,123510%
Casa Works Inc$45,23455%
Community Development Center$41,42450%
Haven of Hope Inc$38,87751%
American Red Cross$37,8205n/a
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$34,48650%
Rain Unlimited Inc$25,79439%
Franklin County Senior Citizens Inc$23,23047%
Grace Center of Hope Inc$19,433326%
Franklin County School District$18,8593n/a
The Salvation Army$17,7153n/a
Almost Home Transitional Housing$14,705210%
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands$12,83820%
New Life Tn$12,44220%
Family Counseling Center of Middle Tennessee Inc$11,70922%
Life Choices Pregnancy & Family Resource Center$6,31113%

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Franklin County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGood Samaritan Ministries of Franklin County Inc: $56,801 over 5y, 8.0% of budgetHorse Play Inc: $55,177 over 5y, 16% of budgetRecovery Support and Personal Growth Alliance Inc: $55,123 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetCasa Works Inc: $45,234 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetCommunity Development Center: $41,424 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHaven of Hope Inc: $38,877 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $34,486 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRain Unlimited Inc: $25,794 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetFranklin County Senior Citizens Inc: $23,230 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetGrace Center of Hope Inc: $19,433 over 3y, 26% of budgetAlmost Home Transitional Housing: $14,705 over 2y, 10% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands: $12,838 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew Life Tn: $12,442 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Counseling Center of Middle Tennessee Inc: $11,709 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLife Choices Pregnancy & Family Resource Center: $6,311 over 1y, 2.5% 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 15.

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 Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · United Way of South Central Tennessee · 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.

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About United Way of Franklin County

How much does United Way of Franklin County give?
United Way of Franklin County reported 14 itemized grants totaling $115,068, out of $139,231 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does United Way of Franklin County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Crime & Legal (19%).
Who are United Way of Franklin County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Good Samaritan Ministries of Franklin County Inc ($57k), Horse Play Inc ($55k), Recovery Support and Personal Growth Alliance Inc ($55k).
Does United Way of Franklin County fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Franklin County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, United Way of South Central Tennessee, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is United Way of Franklin County based?
United Way of Franklin County is based in TN.

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 18 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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