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United Way of Greater Cincinnati

United Way leads and mobilizes the caring power of individuals and organizations to help people measurably improve their lives.

$35M
Granted FY2025still arriving
224
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$1.6M
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$82MHealth$39MEducation$21MPublic Safety & Disaster$20MYouth Development$19MCommunity Improvement$17MHousing & Shelter$11MEmployment$10MOther$0
02FY2025 · 224 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 224 grants below total $33,134,231, the rows itemized in this filing. The $35,135,294 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,001,063 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 $10k7 grants · $61k
  • $10k–50k79 grants · $2.2M
  • $50k–250k103 grants · $11M
  • $250k+35 grants · $20M
$65,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$87M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Learning Grove$1,550,000
Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio (ULGSO)$1,398,472
Brighton Center Inc$1,283,595
Every Child Succeeds$1,100,000
Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services$1,050,000
Santa Maria Community Services$987,008
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati$850,000
LISC$750,000
4C for Children$700,000
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation$650,000
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass$600,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$600,000
Catholic Charities SouthWestern Ohio$550,000
Best Point Education & Behavioral Health$550,000
Child Focus Inc$550,000
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 (FY17–25, $88.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Life Learning Center: $485k → 11%Child Focus Inc: $550k → 16%American Red Cross Gtr Cinti-Dayton: $4.2M → 16%American Red Cross Grtr Cinti-Dayton: $3.3M → 16%Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $1.1M → 16%The Children's Home of Cinti: $1.0M → 16%The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $896k → 16%Children's Home of Cincinnati: $896k → 16%The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $828k → 16%Best Point Behavioral (Children's Home): $799k → 16%Best Point Behavioral (Children's Home): $616k → 16%Best Point Education & Behavioral Health: $550k → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $2.2M → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $1.8M → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $1.8M → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $1.6M → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $1.6M → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $1.4M → 16%Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio (ULGSO): $1.4M → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $1.1M → 16%Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio: $983k → 16%Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio: $793k → 16%Every Child Succeeds: $668k → 16%Urban League of Gtr SW OH: $658k → 16%Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio: $532k → 16%Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio: $522k → 16%Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio: $484k → 16%Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio (ULGSO): $467k → 16%Santa Maria Community Services: $1.3M → 16%Santa Maria Community Services: $987k → 16%Santa Maria Community Svcs: $972k → 16%Santa Maria Community Services: $966k → 16%Santa Maria Community Services: $885k → 16%Santa Maria Community Services: $878k → 16%Santa Maria Community Services Inc: $778k → 16%Santa Maria Community Services: $746k → 16%Cath Charities SouthWestern OH: $652k → 16%Catholic Charities SouthWestern Ohio: $550k → 16%Catholic Charities SouthWestern Ohio: $483k → 16%Catholic Charities SouthWestern Ohio: $480k → 16%Catholic Charities of SouthWestern Ohio: $477k → 16%Catholic Charities SouthWestern Ohio: $471k → 16%4C for Children: $733k → 16%4C for Children: $700k → 16%4C for Children: $542k → 16%YWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $831k → 16%YWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $631k → 16%Cinti Works: $535k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 19% of United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 73% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 61%.

United Way of Greater Cincinnatilessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$237M · 355 repeat orgs$7.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

355 repeat relationships: 171 still active in FY2025, 184 since wound down; 49 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

355
156

Total granted

$237M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+2%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.8M 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 ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2017–2022 · $20M · revenue +46%
  • EC
    Every Child Succeeds
    9× · 2017–2025 · $13M · revenue +22% · 29% of their budget
  • BC
    Brighton Center Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $10M · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • VN
    VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CINCINNATI & NORTHERN KENTUCKY
    one grant, 2019 · $431k
  • BC
    Boone County Fiscal Court
    one grant, 2019 · $268k
  • KA
    KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -2%
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
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
2
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

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3
The Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati in

The home ownership center is a non-profit that has been serving the cincinnati metro area since 1973, and is a member of the neighbor works network.

Housing & Shelter
4
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
5
The Cincinnati Health Network Inc

The cincnnati health network (chn) is a grantee for the health care for the homeless program in the greater cincinnati area and operates as a federally qualified health center. the chn is also the ryan white part c grantee and provides…

Health
6
Citylink Center

To show god's love to those in need by providing an integrated path to holistic life change.

Community Improvement
7
Cincinnati's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

Residential & Habilitative Svs. Provide residential and habilitative services to adults with developmental disabilities

Health
8
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
9
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

—
10
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
11
United Way of Cleveland County Inc

The United Way of Cleveland County helps people by uniting resources and programs to responsibly meet the needs of our community.

Philanthropy
12
Ohio Community Action Training Organization

Training for community action.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Covington Inc; the most unlike its peers is Letters 2 Literacy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

378 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. 378 of the 567 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.

49
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
113
Early backer (in before they grew)
353/378
Grantees still filing
248/378
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,208,457 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Cha…Every Child Succeeds: $12,782,240 · Human ServicesEvery Child SucceedsSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7,918,588 · Human ServicesSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INCThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $6,843,623 · Human ServicesThe Children's Home of Cincinnati OhioURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $6,004,233 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INCCatholic Charities Southwestern Ohio: $4,390,009 · Human ServicesCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC: $4,201,464 · Human ServicesYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $3,651,360 · Human Services+43 more: $34,962,861 · Human Services+43 moreBrighton Center Inc: $10,257,367 · OtherBrighton Center IncLEARNING GROVE INC: $8,898,359 · OtherLEARNING GROVE INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $4,896,337 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNAT…Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati: $3,460,992 · OtherCENTRAL CLINIC - GROUP: $3,019,095 · OtherFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $3,174,020 · Other+84 more: $47,727,765 · Other+84 moreGreater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services: $5,778,778 · HealthRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $2,554,753 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,088,065 · HealthCancer Family Care Inc: $1,043,435 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF COVINGTON INC: $1,022,733 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $964,691 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NKY & SW OH: $724,039 · HealthIKRON CORPORATION: $580,213 · Health+10 more: $3,393,336 · HealthLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $7,909,906 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC: $1,097,781 · Community ImprovementGreater Cincinnati Microenterprise: $572,297 · Community ImprovementADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES: $554,083 · Community Improvement+10 more: $2,717,854 · Community ImprovementYoung Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati: $3,598,352 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $2,944,858 · PhilanthropyCenter for Great Neighborhoods of Covington: $1,048,231 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $952,429 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $621,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $292,248 · PhilanthropyCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $1,360,889 · EducationCOVINGTON PARTNERS INC: $1,038,436 · EducationGRAD CINCINNATI INC: $796,534 · EducationEDUCATE NKY INC: $500,000 · EducationCINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $483,502 · EducationPRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC: $428,000 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $323,000 · EducationSuperSeeds: $281,175 · EducationSOUTHEASTERN INDIANA ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CORPORATION: $278,568 · EducationAdopt A Class Foundation Inc: $259,400 · EducationEARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING EDUCA ASSESSMENT RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $225,000 · Education+4 more: $699,926 · EducationWELCOME HOUSE INC: $1,299,187 · Housing & ShelterBethany House Services Inc: $974,691 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING OPPORTUNITIES MADE EQUAL OF GREATER: $860,117 · Housing & ShelterCARACOLE INC: $788,605 · Housing & ShelterPEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC: $746,062 · Housing & ShelterPRICE HILL WILL: $222,300 · Housing & Shelter
Human Services$100,962,835Other$81,433,935Health$17,150,043Community Improvement$12,851,921Philanthropy$9,457,618Education$6,674,430Housing & Shelter$4,890,962

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,208,457 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEvery Child Succeeds: $12,782,240 over 9y, 29% of budgetBrighton Center Inc: $10,257,367 over 9y, 13% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC: $8,898,359 over 9y, 12% of budgetSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $7,918,588 over 9y, 26% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $7,909,906 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $6,843,623 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $6,004,233 over 9y, 11% of budgetGreater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services: $5,778,778 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $4,896,337 over 9y, 20% of budgetCatholic Charities Southwestern Ohio: $4,390,009 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC: $4,201,464 over 9y, 8.3% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $3,651,360 over 9y, 12% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati: $3,598,352 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati: $3,460,992 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $3,174,020 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS: $3,134,693 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetLife Learning Center Inc: $3,098,317 over 9y, 50% of budgetCENTRAL CLINIC - GROUP: $3,019,095 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $2,944,858 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetChild Focus: $2,838,930 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICE OF THE OHIO HUMANE SOCIETY DBA FAMILIESFORWARD: $2,557,090 over 7y, 39% of budgetRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $2,554,753 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetTALBERT HOUSE: $2,373,701 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetEaster Seals Tristate: $2,184,092 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetBUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY: $2,094,522 over 7y, 59% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD: $2,086,623 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $1,952,849 over 9y, 20% of budgetNorthern Kentucky Legal Aid Society: $1,896,507 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetJewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area: $1,753,949 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $1,750,237 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetIon Center for Violence Prevention Inc: $1,742,127 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $1,715,959 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetStrategies to End Homelessness Inc: $1,634,651 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetNorthern Kentucky Community Action Commission Inc: $1,489,825 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetCincinnati Union Bethel: $1,474,865 over 9y, 12% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $1,360,889 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetWELCOME HOUSE INC: $1,299,187 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetCLERMONT CO COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1,288,179 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetFamily Nurturing Center of Kentucky: $1,207,991 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetCINCINNATI-HAMILTON COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $1,125,483 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetCincinnati Area Senior Services Inc: $1,115,931 over 5y, 13% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $1,115,884 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY BUILDING INSTITUTE MIDDLETOWN INC: $1,097,781 over 6y, 26% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $1,093,027 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $1,088,065 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Great Neighborhoods of Covington: $1,048,231 over 9y, 12% of budgetMADISONVILLE EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $1,043,660 over 9y, 88% 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 American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Every Child Succeeds ↗
  • Who funds Brighton Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING GROVE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio ↗
  • Who funds COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI WORKS ↗
  • Who funds Life Learning Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CLINIC - GROUP ↗
  • Who funds THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Child Focus ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S PROTECTIVE SERVICE OF THE OHIO HUMANE SOCIETY DBA FAMILIESFORWARD ↗
  • Who funds Redwood School & Rehabilitation Inc ↗
  • Who funds TALBERT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Easter Seals Tristate ↗
  • Who funds BUTLER COUNTY UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC ↗
  • Who funds Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Ion Center for Violence Prevention Inc ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Western Ohio ↗
  • Who funds Strategies to End Homelessness Inc ↗
  • Who funds Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Union Bethel ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds WELCOME HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CLERMONT CO COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗

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.

Carol Ann and Ralph V…The Greater Cincinnat…John a Schroth Family…Interact for HealthAndrew Jergens Founda…Millstone FundPfau Charitable Found…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Sutphin Family Founda…Spaulding FoundationThe Thomas J Emery Me…Charles H Dater Found…
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH160.3× affinity101 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Interact for Health · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Millstone Fund · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Spaulding Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%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
    2get no government money at all
    85report 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 567 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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