Ohio · Public charity
United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc
To lead measurable community transformation, creating a better life for all, by connecting community partners through collective impact in youth opportunity, health community, financial security, and community resiliency.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $858k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $47,252
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 17 | $858k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $1.2M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.1M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $1.1M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $1.1M | 53% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $1.3M | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Education Centers | $1,461,691 | 8 | 2% |
| Lorain County Board of Elections | $1,437,799 | 9 | n/a |
| Neighborhood Alliance | $1,391,438 | 9 | 5% |
| The Salvation Army | $1,075,315 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $727,724 | 9 | 0% |
| El Centro de Servicios Sociales Inc | $639,661 | 7 | 13% |
| Oberlin Community Services Council | $591,811 | 9 | 10% |
| Kendal at Oberlin | $383,736 | 5 | 0% |
| Oberlin Early Childhood Center | $311,923 | 4 | 21% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Community Foundation of Lorain County · The Nord Family Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Stocker Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Lakeland Community Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Norton Family Foundation · Miraldi Family Pvt Fdn
How this is measured
Compare United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc with peer funders
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About United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc
- How much does United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc give?
- United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $857,966, out of $1,013,319 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (38%), Human Services (32%), Health (16%).
- Who are United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Horizon Education Centers ($1.5M), Lorain County Board of Elections ($1.4M), Neighborhood Alliance ($1.4M).
- Does United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Lorain County, The Nord Family Foundation, The Nordson Corporation Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc based?
- United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc is based in OH.
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