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United Way of Greater Laporte County Inc

To serve as a catalyst for collaboration and innovation in la porte county to achieve equity, financial stability, educational advancement and personal well-being for our youth, families and neighbors.

$300k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$374kHuman Services$236kHealth$169kYouth Development$140kCrime & Legal$116kFood & Nutrition$100kEducation$79kPublic Benefit$27kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$705k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEPPING STONE SHELTER FOR WOMEN$35,000
CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS$35,000
OPEN DOOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH CENTER$30,000
LAPORTE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS -MC$30,000
IMAGINATION STATION$20,000
DUNEBROOK$20,000
MICHIGAN CITY AREA SCHOOLS$20,000
FAMILY ADVOCATES$20,000
YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF LAPORTE COUNTY$20,000
SALVATION ARMY OF MICHIGAN CITY$15,000
SALVATION ARMY OF LAPORTE$15,000
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS$10,000
NORTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$10,000
LAPORTE FAMILY YMCA$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $159k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 15%PALADIN: $19k → 15%PALADIN: $19k → 15%PALADIN: $19k → 15%FAMILY ADVOCATES: $20k → 15%PALADIN: $12k → 15%INTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS: $10k → 15%FAMILY ADVOCATES: $15k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION: $10k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $7k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 15%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 14 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
1

Total granted

$1.2M
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+0%

Still filing today

79%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthArts & CultureYouth 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

  • SS
    STEPPING STONE SHELTER FOR WOMEN INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $189k · revenue +114%
  • CC
    CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $174k · revenue +79%
  • YS
    YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $122k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE CHILD CARE CONSORTIUM INC
    one grant, 2019 · $16k
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
Indiana County Community Action Program

Provide resources for low income clients.

Human Services
2
Family Service Inc

To provide family and individual counseling

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3
Family Crisis Shelter Inc

Emergency shelter for victims of domestic abuse and supportive services to all victims of abuse

Human Services
4
Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide

Child advocacy organization that focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and youth suicide.

Youth Development
5
Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County

To prevent child abuse and strengthen families.

Crime & Legal
6
Family Crisis Shelter Inc

To provide safe shelter, advocacy, counseling, referrals and support to all victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Civil Rights
7
Life Crisis Center Inc

To improve the quality of life in our community through crisis intervention and violence prevention.

Human Services
8
Healthy Communities of Laporte County Inc
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9
Family and Children's Service Inc of Monmouth County

Family and children's services provides compassionate care, intervention and education to support people during challenging times in their lives.

Human Services
10
Help of Door County Inc

The mission of help of door county, inc. is to eliminate domestic abuse through prevention and intervention services and to advocate for social change.

Health
11
Citizens Foster Care Review Board
Human Services
12
Catholic Charities Counseling & Adoption Services of the Diocese of Erie Inc

Provide adoption, counseling services, and refugee assistance

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Central Community Action Agencies Inc; the most unlike its peers is Youth Service Bureau of La Porte County Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $121,700 · OtherYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF LA PORTE COUNTY INCSALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTY: $104,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SERVICES OF KENT COUNTYLAPORTE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $99,725 · OtherLAPORTE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INCLA PORTE FAMILY YMCA: $96,050 · OtherLA PORTE FAMILY YMCADUNEBROOK INC: $81,150 · OtherDUNEBROOK INCREAD LAPORTE COUNTY: $27,250 · OtherIMAGINATION STATION: $20,000 · Other+1 more: $16,292 · OtherSTEPPING STONE SHELTER FOR WOMEN INC: $189,090 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONE SHELTER FOR WOM…PALADIN INC: $68,200 · Human ServicesPALADIN INCFAMILY ADVOCATES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY ADVOCATES INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $26,100 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & …+3 more: $30,000 · Human Services+3 moreCITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $174,415 · Housing & ShelterCITIZENS CONCER…OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $100,800 · HealthMICHIGAN CITY AREA SCHOOLS GRANT ACCEPTANCE FUND INC: $79,070 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $18,500 · Youth Development
Other$566,167Human Services$348,390Housing & Shelter$174,415Health$100,800Arts & Culture$79,070Youth Development$18,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTEPPING STONE SHELTER FOR WOMEN INC: $189,090 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetCITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $174,415 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $121,700 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetOPEN DOOR COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC: $100,800 over 6y, 10% of budgetLAPORTE COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $99,725 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetDUNEBROOK INC: $81,150 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMICHIGAN CITY AREA SCHOOLS GRANT ACCEPTANCE FUND INC: $79,070 over 6y, 80% of budgetPALADIN INC: $68,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY ADVOCATES INC: $35,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $26,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $18,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH COMMUNITY PADS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

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.

Unity Foundation of l…Michigan City Communi…Healthcare Foundation…The Barker Welfare Fo…John W Anderson Found…Nisource Charitable F…Duneland Health Counc…Leonard J and Irene B…Howmet Aerospace Foun…Early Learning Indian…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…
Unity Foundation of la Porte CountyIN34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Unity Foundation of la Porte County · Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation · Healthcare Foundation of la Porte Inc · The Barker Welfare Foundation · John W Anderson Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Duneland Health Council · Leonard J and Irene Brown Foundation Inc · Howmet Aerospace Foundation · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving 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 Laporte County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater Laporte County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 19 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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