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United Way of Genesee County

Build financial resources that enable investments in education, financial stability, health and basic needs addressing genesee county and surrounding areas most pressing challenges while building community-wide vitality.

$1.2M
Granted FY2023
34
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% 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$1.7MYouth Development$1.6MEducation$842kHousing & Shelter$782kPublic Safety & Disaster$747kCrime & Legal$582kFood & Nutrition$254kCommunity Improvement$211kOther$0
02FY2023 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $933,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,173,294 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $239,794 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $520k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $380k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOICES FOR CHILDREN$85,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE$81,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT$80,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS - EAST CENTRAL$70,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLINT$64,000
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY$40,000
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MICHIGAN$40,000
SHELTER OF FLINT INC$34,000
FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS$29,000
GRAND BLANC PUBLIC SCHOOLS$28,000
VALLEY AREA AGENCY ON AGING$27,000
YWCA OF GREATER FLINT$26,000
GREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION$25,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN$25,000
GENESEE HEALTH PLAN$25,000
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 (FY17–23, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER: $6k → 9%SHIAWASSEE FAMILY YMCA: $8k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS OF MID-MICHIGAN: $9k → 16%RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER: $6k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS OF MID-MICHIGAN: $7k → 16%RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER: $6k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS OF MID-MICHIGAN: $7k → 16%RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER: $6k → 9%RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER: $6k → 9%FENTON CENTER OF HOPE: $15k → 5%FENTON AREA RESOURCE & REFERRAL: $7k → 5%VOCATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM: $8k → 16%FRANKLIN AVENUE MISSION: $8k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $73k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $67k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $64k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $63k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $50k → 16%YWCA: $42k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $26k → 16%GENESEE COUNTY YOUTH CORPORATION: $25k → 16%GENESEE COUNTY YOUTH CORPORATION: $25k → 16%GENESEE COUNTY YOUTH CORP: $25k → 16%GENESEE COUNTY YOUTH CORPORATION: $15k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $131k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $99k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $88k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $85k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS - EAST CENTRAL BAY CHAPTER: $77k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $75k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS - EAST CENTRAL BAY CHAPTER: $73k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS - EAST CENTRAL: $70k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS - EAST CENTRAL: $70k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS - EAST CENTRAL BAY CHAPTER: $65k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $60k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $42k → 16%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY: $40k → 16%AMERICAN RED CROSS - EAST CENTRAL BAY CHAPTER: $10k → 16%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.
$6.6M · 37 repeat orgs$402k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2023, 11 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
18

Total granted

$6.6M
$279k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+24%

Still filing today

70%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHealthFood & 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

  • SO
    SHELTER OF FLINT INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $561k · revenue +8%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF MID MICHIG
    7× · 2017–2023 · $545k · revenue +31%
  • BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT
    7× · 2017–2023 · $513k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $39k · revenue +24%
  • 7J
    7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • LS
    Legal Services of Eastern Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +127%
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
Family & Children Services Inc

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

Human Services
2
Greater Detroit Community Outreach Center inc

Greater Detroit Community Outreach Center is a community based nonprofit organization designed to help prevent teen parenthood among school age youth. The center has a staff of outreach representatives who go into the homes with children…

Human Services
3
Severe Weather Network Livingston County

The Severe Weather Network (SWN) partners with community organizations, agencies, and faith communities to provide emergency, overnight refuge during the winter months for people experiencing homelessness in Livingston County. SWN also…

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4
Fresh Start Outreach Ministry Inc

It is the mission of Fresh Start Ministry to be the hands and feet of God by serving others in need in Monroe County. we have a mens and womans shelter and a program to help people get back on there feet

Human Services
5
Crisis Center Inc

Listening ear crisis center in mt. pleasant, michigan, empowers individuals and families across mid and northern michigan by providing quality services and safe, affordable housing. with a history of serving over 30,000 people annually,…

Human Services
6
Child Welfare Society of Flint
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7
Family Promise of Mid Michigan

We are a Housing Crisis center that provides shelter diversion stabilization and housing loss prevention services to families throughout Genesee and Lapeer County. Our mission is to end homelessness one family at a time. We continue to…

Human Services
8
Christian Community Response Team

Catholic Community Response Team provides direct support and referral services to those in crisis needing emergency assistance to meet their basic needs. We do it in a manner inspired by the Gospel of Jesus. Our focus is to keep families…

Human Services
9
The Serenity House of Flint

Advocate for people in recovery & provides holistic options for those recovering from substance use disorder, codependency & trauma.

Human Services
10
Good Samaritan Mission Inc

To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.

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11
Family Promise of the Great Rivers Inc

Family Promise of the Great Rivers is a family homeless shelter offering food, clothing, life skills, and a community of people who care. Beyond our shelter, we also provide eviction prevention, shelter diversion, and long-term case…

Human Services
12
Saginaw County Youth Protection Council

To empower and support children and families in reaching their full potential and becoming self-sufficient, saving lives and creating futures through educational enrichment and shelter services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee Counties; the most unlike its peers is Genesee County Educational Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 63 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
29/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE COUNTIES: $538,093 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE…SALVATION ARMY: $284,638 · OtherSALVATION ARMYMichigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $213,977 · OtherMichigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts o…FENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $189,000 · OtherFENTON AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLSLINDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $147,976 · OtherLINDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLSGRAND BLANC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $143,225 · OtherValley Area Agency on Aging: $139,860 · OtherGenesee Area Focus Fund: $112,500 · OtherYMCA of Greater Flint: $95,000 · Other+28 more: $886,535 · Other+28 moreFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF MID MICHIG: $544,695 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $462,638 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cro…YWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $384,350 · Human ServicesYWCA OF GREATER FLINTREACH RESOURCE SERVICES: $90,000 · Human ServicesREACH RESOURCE SERVICES+6 more: $75,088 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $513,089 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB …BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLINT AND GENESEE COUNTY: $474,777 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG S…GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $137,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF SOU…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $39,018 · Youth DevelopmentVOICES FOR CHILDREN ADVOCACY: $504,338 · Crime & LegalVOICES FO…Legal Services of Eastern Michigan: $25,000 · Crime & LegalMY BROTHER'S KEEPER OF GENESEE COUNTY INC: $22,725 · Crime & Legal+2 more: $28,000 · Crime & LegalSHELTER OF FLINT INC: $560,575 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER O…LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $140,000 · Community ImprovementMetro Community DevelopmentInc: $106,250 · Community ImprovementTHE MADE INSTITUTE: $56,000 · Community ImprovementCLIO AREA HUMAN SERVICES FUND: $40,000 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $37,000 · Food & NutritionFlushing Christian Outreach Center: $15,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$2,750,804Human Services$1,556,771Youth Development$1,164,384Crime & Legal$580,063Housing & Shelter$560,575Community Improvement$302,250Food & Nutrition$92,000

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 budgetSHELTER OF FLINT INC: $560,575 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF MID MICHIG: $544,695 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE COUNTIES: $538,093 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT: $513,089 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN ADVOCACY: $504,338 over 7y, 11% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLINT AND GENESEE COUNTY: $474,777 over 7y, 11% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $462,638 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA OF GREATER FLINT: $384,350 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetMichigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $213,977 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $140,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetValley Area Agency on Aging: $139,860 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $137,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetGenesee Area Focus Fund: $112,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMetro Community DevelopmentInc: $106,250 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetYMCA of Greater Flint: $95,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetREACH RESOURCE SERVICES: $90,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetGenesee County Habitat for Humanity: $80,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MADE INSTITUTE: $56,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC: $51,625 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCLIO AREA HUMAN SERVICES FUND: $40,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $39,018 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank of Eastern Michigan: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNICATION ACCESS CENTER FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INC: $31,725 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetRELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER: $30,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLegal Services of Eastern Michigan: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGenesee Health Plan: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGENESEE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $24,144 over 1y, 51% of budgetMY BROTHER'S KEEPER OF GENESEE COUNTY INC: $22,725 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFaith Foundation Resources: $20,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetMOTHERLY INTERCESSION: $18,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetFENTON CENTER OF HOPE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGRACE EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFlint Cultural Center Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRe-Connections Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetHURLEY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetShiawassee Family YMCA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVOCATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM INC: $7,838 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRANKLIN AVENUE MISSION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.7% 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 SHELTER OF FLINT INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF MID MICHIG ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SHIAWASSEE AND GENESEE COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds VOICES FOR CHILDREN ADVOCACY ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF FLINT AND GENESEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF GREATER FLINT ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Crossroads Council Inc Boy Scouts of America ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Valley Area Agency on Aging ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Area Focus Fund ↗
  • Who funds Metro Community DevelopmentInc ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Greater Flint ↗
  • Who funds REACH RESOURCE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Genesee County Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds THE CRIM FITNESS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MADE INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIO AREA HUMAN SERVICES FUND ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Food Bank of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNICATION ACCESS CENTER FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING INC ↗
  • Who funds RELIEF AFTER VIOLENT ENCOUNTER ↗
  • Who funds Legal Services of Eastern Michigan ↗
  • Who funds Genesee Health Plan ↗
  • Who funds GREATER FLINT HEALTH COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds GENESEE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Charles Stewart Mott …Ruth Mott FoundationConsumers Energy Foun…Stella & Frederick Lo…Foundation for FlintThe Serra FoundationThe Williamson Founda…Nartel Family Foundat…The Hagerman Foundati…For Inspiration and R…Merkley Charitable Tr…
Community Foundation of Greater FlintMI72.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Flint · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Ruth Mott Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust · Foundation for Flint · The Serra Foundation · The Williamson Foundation Inc · Nartel Family Foundation · The Hagerman Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Merkley Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 63 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.2M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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