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United Way of Freeborn County Inc

The mission of the united way of freeborn county is: uniting people and resources to improve lives.

$50k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
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.

Human Services$794kHealth$307kPublic Safety & Disaster$74kEmployment$73kEducation$55kHousing & Shelter$43kReligion$38kYouth Development$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $48,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $50,377 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,377 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.
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$954k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC$8,000
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH OF ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA$8,000
ALBERT LEA FAMILY YMCA$8,000
ALBERT LEA CHAMBER FOUNDATION$8,000
ISD #241$8,000
SEMCAC$8,000
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 (FY17–24, $281k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SEMCAC: $16k → 8%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $9k → 14%SEMCAC: $10k → 8%SEMCAC: $10k → 8%PARENTING RESOURCE CENTER: $22k → 10%SEMCAC: $9k → 8%SEMCAC: $8k → 8%PARENTING RESOURCE CENTER: $7k → 10%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $43k → 12%THE CHILDRENS CENTER: $41k → 12%THE CHILDRENS CENTER: $32k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $28k → 12%ALBERT LEA FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 12%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $10k → 12%SEMCAC: $9k → 12%SEMCAC: $9k → 12%ALBERT LEA FAMILY YMCA: $8k → 12%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 17 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$1.4M
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+55%

Still filing today

47%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesSocial ScienceYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • CV
    CEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $166k · revenue +32%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S CENTER
    5× · 2017–2022 · $154k · revenue +18%
  • AL
    ALBERT LEA FAMILY Y HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2021 · $97k · revenue +12% · 62% of their budget

Funded once

  • CV
    CRIME VICTIMS CRISIS CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $19k
  • GL
    GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • GL
    GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Albert Lea Education Association

Negotiates teacher contracts with albert lea, mn school district. advocates teachers rights,provides a forum for teachers to discuss job related issues and awards scholarships.

Employment
2
Alex Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce

Promote commerce & industry in alexandria, mn.

Community Improvement
3
Prairie Pines Childcare Center

Provide quality childcare services at a central facility in the fosston, mn community. childcare is desperately needed in our area.

Human Services
4
Mille Lacs Cty Area Dac

Education and care of mentally handicapped adults

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5
Dearborn Adult Center Inc

To give fellowship and fun to active senior citizens of dearborn county and surrounding areas, activities, recreation, health services and other community services are available to the over 50 population

Recreation & Sports
6
Pepin County Child Care Services in

Provide educational child care services to children ages one month through seventeen years of age in our rual community.

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7
Aledo Civic Center Authority

Community service activity center

Community Improvement
8
Fayette County Commission On Aging Incorporated

The fayette county commission on aging serves and represents those adults 60 years of age and older in fayette county. the emphasis is on improving the quality of life of those fayette county citizens, 60 and above, and providing the…

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9
Bob Freesen Ymca

The mission of the bob freesen ymca is to develop the total person - spirit, mind, and body - through character development programs that build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities. the bob freesen ymca strives to put…

Human Services
10
Winona County Development Achievement Center Inc

Provide training and habilitation services for developmentally disabled adults.

Employment
11
Youth and Family Center of McHENRY Cty

Charitable and educational purposes;serve at-risk youth

Youth Development
12
Altadena Children's Center

None

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Men's Christian Association of Albert Lea Minnesota Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Children's Center. 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

13 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. 13 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $180,470 · OtherSALVATION ARMYCEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC: $166,480 · OtherCEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INCLIFE CENTER OF FREEBORN COUNTY INC: $158,480 · OtherLIFE CENTER OF FREEBORN COUNTY INCFAMILY Y: $102,155 · OtherFAMILY YALBERT LEA FAMILY Y HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $97,237 · OtherALBERT LEA FAMILY Y HERITAGE FOUNDATIONSENIOR RESOURCES: $81,835 · OtherSENIOR RESOURCESIndividual grant recipient: $58,397 · OtherALBERT LEA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $51,042 · OtherHEALTHY FAMILIES: $46,925 · OtherHEALTHY FAMILIESFREEBORN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH: $36,625 · Other+9 more: $118,630 · Other+9 moreTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $153,530 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S CENTERSEMCAC: $71,468 · Human ServicesSEMCACPARENTING RESOURCE CENTER INC: $28,957 · Human ServicesPARENTING RESOURCE CE…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN…+1 more: $8,570 · Human ServicesSENIOR RESOURCES OF FREEBORN COUNTY: $90,070 · Social ScienceALBERT LEA ART CENTER: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSUCCESS THROUGH ADULTS REACHING STU: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,098,276Human Services$280,525Social Science$90,070Arts & Culture$6,000Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC: $166,480 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLIFE CENTER OF FREEBORN COUNTY INC: $158,480 over 6y, 27% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $153,530 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetALBERT LEA FAMILY Y HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $97,237 over 3y, 62% of budgetSENIOR RESOURCES OF FREEBORN COUNTY: $90,070 over 4y, 11% of budgetSEMCAC: $71,468 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPARENTING RESOURCE CENTER INC: $28,957 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA INC: $18,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFREEBORN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WINONA-ROCHESTER: $8,570 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALBERT LEA FREEBORN COUNTY CHAMBER COMMERCE: $8,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetALBERT LEA ART CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSUCCESS THROUGH ADULTS REACHING STU: $5,000 over 1y, 11% 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 CEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE CENTER OF FREEBORN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALBERT LEA FAMILY Y HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR RESOURCES OF FREEBORN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SEMCAC ↗
  • Who funds PARENTING RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEBORN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WINONA-ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds ALBERT LEA FREEBORN COUNTY CHAMBER COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds ALBERT LEA ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SUCCESS THROUGH ADULTS REACHING STU ↗

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Minnesota Community F…Southern Minnesota In…Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Otto Bremer TrustThrivent Financial fo…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN29.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Otto Bremer Trust · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · 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 Freeborn County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Freeborn County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    3report 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.
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    How do I get to United Way of Freeborn County Inc?

    Find your warmest path to United Way of Freeborn 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 27 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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