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United Way of Greater Toledo

UNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO unites the caring power of people to improve lives.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
66
Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$545k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its 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.

Philanthropy$11MHuman Services$6.9MHealth$4.6MCommunity Improvement$4.2MEducation$3.2MHousing & Shelter$3.0MYouth Development$2.9MCrime & Legal$2.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $119k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $985k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $663k
  • $250k+2 grants · $933k
$19,250
Median grant
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States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO AGENCIES - UNDER 5000$544,612
LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION$388,751
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH ASSOCIATION$141,527
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN$97,977
YWCA NORTHWEST OHIO$86,818
YMCAJCC OF GREATER TOLEDO$82,618
BEACH HOUSE FAMILY SHELTER INC$75,419
FAMILY AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER$71,821
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO$53,303
HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO$53,251
CHERRY STREET MISSION$41,823
OTTAWA COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC$41,063
ZEPF CENTER$40,254
THE COCOON$39,695
HARBOR$39,202
02Its 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.
$43M · 134 repeat orgs$381k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

134 repeat relationships: 65 still active in FY2025, 69 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

134
45

Total granted

$43M
$381k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+12%

Still filing today

82%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.9M · revenue +135%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +182%
  • YO
    YWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • PF
    PROMEDICA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $23k · revenue -50%
  • GG
    GREATER GRACE CHRISTIAN CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $18k
  • PF
    POLLY FOX ACADEMY
    one grant, 2017 · $17k
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.

03Its 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 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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2
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
4
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
5
Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs. the organization focuses on the most important human service needs facing the community and uses a variety of methods to communicate with community members in order to priortize the issues…

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6
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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7
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

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8
Orrville United Way Inc

The orrville united way improves lives by unitiing people and resources to advance the common good in orrville, dalton and marshallville in eastern wayne county ohio. our goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent future problems…

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9
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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10
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
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
Lake Area United Way Inc

Uniting people and resources to advance the health, education, and financial stability of our communities.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Toledo Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brown Bag Food Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

152 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. 152 of the 182 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
143/152
Grantees still filing
90/152
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DONOR DESIGNATIONS TO AGENCIES - UNDER 5000: $7,248,214 · OtherDONOR DESIGNATIONS TO AGENCIES - UNDER 5000BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION: $1,921,912 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATIO…Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $1,528,767 · OtherYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater ToledoFAMILY AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER: $1,229,402 · OtherCATHOLIC CLUB: $979,252 · Other+91 more: $11,558,871 · Other+91 moreYWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $1,620,237 · Human ServicesYWCA OF NORTHWEST O…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,081,350 · Human ServicesAmerican National R…TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $1,073,917 · Human ServicesTOLEDO DAY NURSERYST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $915,710 · Human ServicesST PAUL'S COMMUNITY…OTTAWA COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING: $833,556 · Human ServicesOTTAWA COUNTY TRANS…BEACH HOUSE INC: $487,777 · Human ServicesBEACH HOUSE INCTHE COCOON SHELTER: $452,840 · Human ServicesTHE COCOON SHELTERMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $286,949 · Human Services+14 more: $867,843 · Human Services+14 moreLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $3,918,762 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INIT…+1 more: $25,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF TOLEDO INC: $723,503 · HealthNEIGHBORH…HARBOR INC: $690,308 · HealthHARBOR IN…HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $658,790 · HealthHOSPITAL …OTTAWA COUNTY FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $548,186 · HealthOTTAWA CO…TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY CARENET INC: $434,310 · HealthTOLEDO LU…WOOD COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $268,248 · HealthWOOD COUN…Equitas Health Inc: $218,470 · HealthEquitas H…PROMEDICA HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $145,399 · Health+9 more: $133,253 · HealthUNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $388,642 · PhilanthropyTOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,137 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF LICKING COUNTY INC: $264,490 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEINC STARKS: $254,991 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WAYNE AND HOLMES CO: $193,060 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette: $88,336 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MONROELENAWEE COUNTIES INC: $79,668 · Philanthropy+23 more: $614,944 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $449,379 · EducationLIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $217,328 · EducationTUTORSMART: $206,129 · EducationPARTNERS IN EDUCATION OF TOLEDO: $153,060 · EducationLearning Club of Toledo: $140,639 · EducationSunbridge Schools: $90,280 · Education+5 more: $87,560 · EducationAURORA PROJECT INC: $248,697 · Housing & ShelterCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES: $165,157 · Housing & ShelterLUCAS HOUSING SERVICES CORPORATION: $87,886 · Housing & ShelterFAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC: $52,605 · Housing & Shelter
Other$24,466,418Human Services$7,620,179Community Improvement$3,943,762Health$3,820,467Philanthropy$2,184,268Education$1,344,375Housing & Shelter$554,345

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 budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $3,918,762 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION: $1,921,912 over 9y, 18% of budgetYWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $1,620,237 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $1,528,767 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER: $1,229,402 over 9y, 13% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,081,350 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $1,073,917 over 9y, 14% of budgetST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $915,710 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetOTTAWA COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING: $833,556 over 9y, 44% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF TOLEDO INC: $723,503 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetHARBOR INC: $690,308 over 9y, 46% of budgetHOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $658,790 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetDENTAL CENTER OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $575,088 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetOTTAWA COUNTY FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $548,186 over 9y, 27% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $533,311 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY INC: $530,912 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetBEACH HOUSE INC: $487,777 over 6y, 4.2% of budgetTHE COCOON SHELTER: $452,840 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $449,379 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY CARENET INC: $434,310 over 9y, 13% of budgetLEGAL AID OF WESTERN OHIO INC: $434,270 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO: $393,690 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $388,642 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetSOFIA QUINTERO ART AND CULTURAL CENTER: $372,712 over 9y, 24% of budgetTOLEDO COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER: $358,553 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetToledo GROWs Inc: $356,037 over 8y, 18% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $313,669 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMOBILE MEALS OF TOLEDO INC: $309,117 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetTOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $300,137 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF TOLEDO INC: $291,115 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetZEPF CENTER: $289,983 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $286,949 over 9y, 9.4% of budgetWOOD COUNTY CHILDREN'S SERVICES ASSOCIATION: $268,248 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LICKING COUNTY INC: $264,490 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEINC STARKS: $254,991 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetERIE SHORES COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $251,501 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetAURORA PROJECT INC: $248,697 over 5y, 16% of budgetCONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC: $220,361 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetEquitas Health Inc: $218,470 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLIBRARY LEGACY FOUNDATION OF THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY: $217,328 over 2y, 88% of budgetTLC HOMELESSNESS BOARD: $217,301 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetGRACE COMMUNITY CENTER: $214,756 over 5y, 25% of budgetTUTORSMART: $206,129 over 5y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WAYNE AND HOLMES CO: $193,060 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetADELANTE INC: $186,484 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES: $165,157 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetHOSPICE OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $160,147 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPARTNERS IN EDUCATION OF TOLEDO: $153,060 over 5y, 8.3% 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.

  • Who funds LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO DAY NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OTTAWA COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF TOLEDO INC ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITAL COUNCIL OF NORTHWEST OHIO ↗
  • Who funds DENTAL CENTER OF NORTHWEST OHIO ↗
  • Who funds OTTAWA COUNTY FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEACH HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COCOON SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY CARENET INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF WESTERN OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOFIA QUINTERO ART AND CULTURAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Toledo GROWs Inc ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Western Ohio ↗
  • Who funds MOBILE MEALS OF TOLEDO INC ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF TOLEDO INC ↗
  • Who funds ZEPF CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO ↗

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.

Toledo Community Foun…The O-I Charities Fou…John Henry Eldred Jr …The Stranahan Support…Toledo Classic IncThe Andersons Fund Su…Promedica Health Syst…Bon Secours Mercy Hea…The Oswald Supporting…Robert C and Susan M …Andersons FoundationToledo Community Foun…
Toledo Community Foundation IncOH159.4× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · Toledo Classic Inc · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · Promedica Health System Inc · Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation · The Oswald Supporting Organization · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Andersons Foundation · Toledo Community Foundation Inc Seneca Fund

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 Toledo funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater Toledo. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: 25% of income from government
  • United Way of Palm Beach County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
50report 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 182 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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