Michigan · Public charity
United Way of Greater Central Michigan
United way provides leadership and resources to improve the quality of life in our community by generating revenue, creating awareness and engaging volunteers.
- $925k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $818k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,529
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $81,903
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations United Way of Greater Central Michigan funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $818k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $780k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $269k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $321k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $258k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $260k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $326k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gratiot County Child Advocacy Association | $278,067 | 8 | 6% |
| Central Michigan Youth for Christ | $228,160 | 8 | 4% |
| Crisis Center Inc | $216,767 | 7 | 0% |
| The Care Store | $154,653 | 6 | 36% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Gratiot & Montcalm Counties | $143,455 | 8 | n/a |
| Mount Pleasant Discovery Museum | $136,315 | 7 | 10% |
| Clothing Inc | $117,605 | 3 | 38% |
| Life Choices of Central Michigan | $115,765 | 3 | 10% |
| Hopewell Ranch Inc | $98,576 | 6 | 9% |
| Gratiot County Historical and Genealogical Society | $97,997 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 41 grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($283k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Greater Central Michigan supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd · Gratiot County Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Rollin M Gerstacker Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · Midland Area Community Foundation · The We Martin Foundation · The Herbert H & Grace a Dow Foundation · Yeo & Yeo Foundation · Jx Gives Back Family Foundation Inc · The Morey Foundation · The Charles J Strosacker Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of Greater Central Michigan
- How much does United Way of Greater Central Michigan give?
- United Way of Greater Central Michigan reported 32 itemized grants totaling $818,194, out of $925,102 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Greater Central Michigan fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (14%), Health (13%), Housing & Shelter (13%).
- Who are United Way of Greater Central Michigan's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Gratiot County Child Advocacy Association ($278k), Central Michigan Youth for Christ ($228k), Crisis Center Inc ($217k).
- Does United Way of Greater Central Michigan fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Greater Central Michigan?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mt Pleasant Area Community Fnd, Gratiot County Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Greater Central Michigan based?
- United Way of Greater Central Michigan is based in MI.
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