How much does United Way of Grundy County give?

United Way of Grundy County reported 14 itemized grants totaling $164,000, out of $196,300 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.

What does United Way of Grundy County fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Health (23%), Food & Nutrition (12%).

Who are United Way of Grundy County's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: We Care of Grundy County Inc ($203k), Easter Seals of Joliet Region Inc ($178k), Guardian Angel Community Services ($159k).

Does United Way of Grundy County fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Grundy County?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Will County, Community Foundation of Grundy County, Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging.

Where is United Way of Grundy County based?

United Way of Grundy County is based in IL.

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Illinois · Public charity

United Way of Grundy County

To support the activities that facilitate organized solicitations and contributions to approved organizations of a charitable, benevolent, or health related nature by and for the people of grundy county.

$196k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 14
Itemized grants FY2025: 14
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $164k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $9,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $23,000
Organizations funded a year: 14 to 22; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $3.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Grundy County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	14	$164k	14%
FY2024	14	$161k	0%
FY2023	15	$164k	7%
FY2022	14	$167k	0%
FY2020	18	$244k	0%
FY2019	19	$251k	0%
FY2018	21	$301k	0%
FY2017	22	$319k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$695kHealth$414kFood & Nutrition$215kYouth Development$202kCrime & Legal$115kCommunity Improvement$98kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kEducation$12k

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
We Care of Grundy County Inc	$202,850	8	5%
Easter Seals of Joliet Region Inc	$178,400	8	0%
Guardian Angel Community Services	$159,020	8	0%
Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association	$122,240	8	0%
United Cerebral Palsy Center for Disability Services	$114,450	5	1%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$104,360	8	n/a
Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living	$102,232	8	3%
Illinois Valley Industries	$98,171	8	1%
Stepping Stones Inc	$89,200	8	1%
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicag	$76,240	7	n/a

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All grantees of United Way of Grundy County by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
We Care of Grundy County Inc	$202,850	8	5%
Easter Seals of Joliet Region Inc	$178,400	8	0%
Guardian Angel Community Services	$159,020	8	0%
Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association	$122,240	8	0%
United Cerebral Palsy Center for Disability Services	$114,450	5	1%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$104,360	8	n/a
Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living	$102,232	8	3%
Illinois Valley Industries	$98,171	8	1%
Stepping Stones Inc	$89,200	8	1%
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicag	$76,240	7	n/a
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet	$74,760	8	0%
Boy Scouts of America Rainbow Council	$67,040	6	2%
Grundy County Health Department	$62,300	8	n/a
Crisis Line of Will County	$62,000	4	9%
Prairie State Legal Services Inc	$53,080	8	0%
Morris Hospital	$42,778	5	0%
Big Brothers - Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties	$40,000	4	4%
Will Grundy Medical Clinic	$30,540	5	2%
Joliet Area Community Hospice Corp	$22,900	4	0%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$18,900	2	0%
Young Men's Christian Association Joliet	$10,800	2	0%
Grundy Community Lending Closet and Grief Support Ltd	$9,200	1	n/a
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana	$9,200	1	0%
Child Care Resource & Referral	$6,750	1	0%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($12k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Grundy County supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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.

United Way of Will CountyIL36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Will County · Community Foundation of Grundy County · Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging · The Community Foundation of Will County · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Dupage Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase 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.

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About United Way of Grundy County

How much does United Way of Grundy County give?: United Way of Grundy County reported 14 itemized grants totaling $164,000, out of $196,300 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Grundy County fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Health (23%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
Who are United Way of Grundy County's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: We Care of Grundy County Inc ($203k), Easter Seals of Joliet Region Inc ($178k), Guardian Angel Community Services ($159k).
Does United Way of Grundy County fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Grundy County?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Will County, Community Foundation of Grundy County, Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging.
Where is United Way of Grundy County based?: United Way of Grundy County is based in IL.