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United Way of Greater Stark County

We build our community's capacity to alleviate the impact of poverty and empower families to unleash their potential.

$3.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
55
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$458k
Largest
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$11MHealth$7.6MEducation$5.5MEmployment$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.2MYouth Development$1.2MPhilanthropy$448kCrime & Legal$421kOther$0
02FY2025 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 55 grants below total $2,973,614, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,665,657 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $692,043 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 $10k9 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k28 grants · $535k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.9M
  • $250k+1 grant · $458k
$22,770
Median grant
1
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STARK COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER$457,898
YWCA- Canton$219,855
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER$219,417
Canton For All People$196,236
CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$181,165
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT$149,225
JR COLEMAN Family Services Corp$143,220
ACCESS HEALTH STARK COUNTY$127,279
Alliance for Children & Families Inc$92,788
AHEAD$75,840
MARGARET B SHIPLEY CHILD HEALTH CLINIC INC$74,034
COLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC$73,783
COMMQUEST SERVICES INC$69,447
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ALLIANCE$69,120
Access Health Stark County Inc$65,729
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 (FY17–25, $7.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Alliance for Children & Families Inc: $119k → 13%Vantage Aging: $36k → 13%Vantage Aging: $12k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $425k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $326k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $326k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $268k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $200k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $161k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $148k → 13%AHEAD: $76k → 13%AHEAD: $76k → 13%AHEAD: $76k → 13%AHEAD: $72k → 13%AHEAD: $72k → 13%AHEAD: $72k → 13%AHEAD: $54k → 13%AHEAD: $52k → 13%AHEAD: $51k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $75k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $61k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $85k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $60k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $60k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $60k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $23k → 13%Bridge Point Community Services: $15k → 13%Bridge Point Community Services: $15k → 13%Bridge Point Community Services: $12k → 13%Bridge Point Community Services: $11k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $443k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $434k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $434k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $428k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $428k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $398k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $398k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $341k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $313k → 13%YWCA- Canton: $220k → 13%Canton For All People: $196k → 13%Canton For All People: $157k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $69k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $42k → 13%Lighthouse Ministries of Canton: $29k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 13%Bridge Point Community Services: $14k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $11k → 13%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30M · 70 repeat orgs$194k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

70 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
11

Total granted

$30M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+14%

Still filing today

71%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k 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 ServicesHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & 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

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CANTON OHIO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.4M · revenue +33%
  • JR
    J R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +72%
  • DV
    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • BA
    BE A BETTER ME FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $11k
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FAMILY YMCA
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • GI
    Grow Into Greatness
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
United Way of Greater Stark County

We build our community's capacity to alleviate the impact of poverty and empower families to unleash their potential.

Philanthropy
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
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
4
Stark Housing Network Inc

Ending homelessness in stark county ohio.

Human Services
5
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
6
United Way of Bucks County

United way of bucks county creates opportunities for quality education, financial stability, and good health to ensure real, lasting change for individuals and our communities.

Philanthropy
7
West Ohio Community Action Partnership

Organized for the purpose of creating, developing and effecting programs and projects designed to enhance the economic development of Allen, Auglaize, and Mercer Counties and its citizens, particularly to those areas of the community and…

Community Improvement
8
Homeless Outreach Team of Stark Cou

Assist the homeless to rise out of poverty

Housing & Shelter
9
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
10
Stark County Council On Aging

Provide elderly services to allow persons to stay in their own homes

Human Services
11
Associated Neighborhood Centers

Serve the Youngstown area community with social, health, financial, strategic life advice, physical education and well-being services in addition to providing housing advice, food for the needy, program activities, and cultural activities.…

Community Improvement
12
Pathways Counseling Center Inc

Community Mental Health, Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Commquest Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Legacy Project of Stark. 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

62 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. 62 of the 89 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/62
Grantees still filing
48/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STARK COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER: $2,657,815 · OtherSTARK COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTERJ R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORP: $2,148,826 · OtherJ R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORPDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT INC: $1,715,509 · OtherDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT INCCHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $1,487,204 · OtherCHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCOLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC: $1,389,509 · OtherCOLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INCUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $1,228,568 · OtherUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCEGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC: $1,001,677 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INCCHILDREN'S NETWORK OF STARK COUNTY: $691,741 · OtherYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALLIANCE OHIO: $638,298 · Other+44 more: $5,061,582 · Other+44 moreYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CANTON OHIO: $3,404,063 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO…COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $2,366,850 · Human ServicesCOMMQUEST SERVICES INCAhead Inc: $602,161 · Human ServicesAhead IncYMCA of Central Stark County: $424,964 · Human ServicesYMCA of Central Stark CountyCANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC: $352,932 · Human Services+8 more: $434,840 · Human Services+8 moreCOMPASS INC: $553,890 · HealthBeacon Charitable Pharmacy Inc: $538,939 · HealthPATHWAY CARING FOR CHILDREN: $243,651 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $182,727 · HealthAlliance Family Health Center Inc: $64,227 · Health+2 more: $18,181 · HealthBOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC: $739,260 · Youth DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education Alliance: $618,495 · Youth DevelopmentTOMTOD IDEAS INC: $104,303 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 436 BUCKEYE COUNCIL: $94,028 · Youth Development+1 more: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $676,213 · Housing & ShelterCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $148,577 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY INC: $104,388 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $82,160 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Stark County: $16,979 · Philanthropy+2 more: $14,101 · PhilanthropySTARK COUNTY DISTRICT LIBRARY: $156,121 · EducationFAMILY EMPOWERMENT MINISTRIES INC: $50,720 · EducationTHE LEGACY PROJECT OF STARK: $45,000 · EducationASPIRE TODAY INC: $20,000 · Education
Other$18,020,729Human Services$7,585,810Health$1,601,615Youth Development$1,576,086Housing & Shelter$676,213Philanthropy$366,205Education$271,841

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 budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CANTON OHIO: $3,404,063 over 9y, 9.6% of budgetCOMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $2,366,850 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetJ R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORP: $2,148,826 over 9y, 17% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT INC: $1,715,509 over 9y, 16% of budgetCHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $1,487,204 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC: $1,001,677 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC: $739,260 over 9y, 13% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: $676,213 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALLIANCE OHIO: $638,298 over 9y, 27% of budgetEarly Childhood Education Alliance: $618,495 over 9y, 41% of budgetAhead Inc: $602,161 over 9y, 50% of budgetCOMPASS INC: $553,890 over 9y, 16% of budgetBeacon Charitable Pharmacy Inc: $538,939 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetYMCA of Central Stark County: $424,964 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION AND RECOVERY CENTER INC: $408,501 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC: $352,932 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPACE DBA ALLIANCE AREA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER: $269,633 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetPATHWAY CARING FOR CHILDREN: $243,651 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetInterfaith Child Development Center of Alliance Ohio: $237,142 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Massillon YMCA Of Western Stark County: $233,796 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $182,727 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES: $179,609 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTRI COUNTY JOBS FOR OHIO'S GRADUATES: $169,334 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetALLIANCE COMMUNITY PANTRY INC: $163,110 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetSTARK COUNTY DISTRICT LIBRARY: $156,121 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $148,577 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetWESTARK FAMILY SERVICES INC: $123,423 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Summit Medina and Stark Counties Inc: $120,456 over 2y, 27% of budgetSTARKFRESH: $112,740 over 4y, 11% of budgetICAN INC: $110,250 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY INC: $104,388 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetTOMTOD IDEAS INC: $104,303 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 436 BUCKEYE COUNCIL: $94,028 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetJ R COLEMAN SENIOR OUTREACH: $90,667 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $84,967 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBridge Point Community Services: $82,350 over 7y, 11% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $82,160 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetStark County Hunger Task Force Inc: $76,372 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetORRVILLE UNITED WAY INC: $70,249 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetAlliance Family Health Center Inc: $64,227 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILY EMPOWERMENT MINISTRIES INC: $50,720 over 2y, 29% of budgetVANTAGE AGING: $48,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LEGACY PROJECT OF STARK: $45,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetEN-RICH-MENT: $42,112 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetLighthouse Ministries of Canton: $34,972 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetHARTVILLE MIGRANT COUNCIL INC: $32,433 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetPregnancy Support Network: $24,651 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetASPIRE TODAY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 19% 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 YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CANTON OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COMMQUEST SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds J R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORP ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER CLEVELAND AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ALLIANCE OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Early Childhood Education Alliance ↗
  • Who funds Ahead Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS INC ↗
  • Who funds Beacon Charitable Pharmacy Inc ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Central Stark County ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS INTERVENTION AND RECOVERY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds PACE DBA ALLIANCE AREA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAY CARING FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Interfaith Child Development Center of Alliance Ohio ↗
  • Who funds Young Mens Christian Association of Massillon YMCA Of Western Stark County ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds TRI COUNTY JOBS FOR OHIO'S GRADUATES ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE COMMUNITY PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds STARK COUNTY DISTRICT LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTARK FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Summit Medina and Stark Counties Inc ↗
  • Who funds STARKFRESH ↗

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.

Stark Community FoundationOH102× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton · Hoover Foundation Income Account · Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness Foundation · Health Foundation of Greater Massillon · Timken Foundation of Canton · Greater Alliance Foundation Inc · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · William & Minnette Goldsmith Foundation · North Canton Medical Foundation · Diebold Employees Charitable Fd Ta · Christ Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%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
    1get no government money at all
    33report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to United Way of Greater Stark County through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 89 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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