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United Way of Howard County Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

United Way of Howard County Inc

United way mobilizes communities to action so all can thrive.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$2.5MCrime & Legal$1.0MYouth Development$481kHealth$413kFood & Nutrition$391kEducation$288kPublic Safety & Disaster$231kHousing & Shelter$117kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $262,006, the rows itemized in this filing. The $280,306 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,300 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.
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$942k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION$45,000
FOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK$41,000
KOKOMO URBAN OUTREACH$20,000
CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER INC$20,000
SCOUTING AMERICA$20,000
BRIDGES OUTREACH$20,000
KOKOMO FAMILY YMCA$20,000
NARROW GATE HORSE RANCH$15,000
KOKOMO RESCUE MISSION$15,000
COORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES$14,000
SAMARITAN CAREGIVERS$11,281
REFRESHING SPRING CHURCH INC$10,725
TURNABOUT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER$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 (FY17–25, $701k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%AREA FIVE AGENCY ON AGING: $6k → 13%COORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRY: $94k → 15%Encore Lifestyle and Enrichment Center: $17k → 10%CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $15k → 16%COORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $21k → 15%Young Hearts Academy: $15k → 15%COORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $14k → 15%Coordinated Assistance Ministries: $8k → 15%CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $136k → 15%CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $85k → 15%CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $65k → 15%CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $41k → 15%TURNING POINT: $40k → 15%TURNING POINT SYSTEMS OF CARE: $37k → 15%CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 15%Turning Point: $21k → 15%CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20k → 15%KOKOMO RESCUE MISSION: $15k → 15%TURNING POINT SYSTEMS OF CARE: $12k → 15%Turning Point: $9k → 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.
$5.8M · 18 repeat orgs$320k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
15

Total granted

$5.8M
$269k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
0%

Still filing today

72%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthCrime & LegalCivil RightsOther
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

  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF HOWARD COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +19%
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KOKOMO INDIANA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $436k · revenue +74%
  • FF
    FOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $424k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • DM
    DREAM MAKER LEARNING MINISTRY
    one grant, 2021 · $54k
  • TC
    TAYLOR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2019 · $36k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPTON COUNTY
    one grant, 2024 · $35k · revenue 0%
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
Family & Children Services Inc

Family & children services strengthens the safety and well being of children, individuals and families; accomplished by providing a comprehensive array of critical human services.

Human Services
2
Robertson County Child Advocacy Cen

Effective prosecution of child abuses, providing therapy and education for the abused, and providing a safe haven for the abused.

Crime & Legal
3
Combined Community Services

Combined community services, inc. is an information and referral agency whose mission is to offer assistance to the poor, elderly, and unemployed of kosciusko county, indiana. giving support through information and referral, emergency…

Human Services
4
Cardinal Services Inc of Indiana

The mission of cardinal services, inc. of indiana is to assist and advocate for people with disabilities and challenges to live lives full of dignity, growth, and opportunity.

Education
5
Southern Indiana Mentoring Academy 100 Inc

Provide mentoring activities to empower at-risk youth in our community to make positive life choices, enabling them to maximize their personal potential.

Youth Development
6
Family Service Agency of Dekalb County Inc

Family service agency exists to strengthen individuals and communities through healing, mentoring, and social engagement.

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7
Cottonwood Community Alternatives

Cottonwood's mission is to provide a variety of community-based supports and services to adults with developmental disabilities, empowering them to live as independently and productively as possible while promoting individual choice,…

Human Services
8
Community Center of Hope Inc

Identify, organize and facilitate programs and services for improving the quality of life of hope, indiana and the surrounding area.

Recreation & Sports
9
Indiana Guardianship Services

At indiana guardianship services, inc., we are dedicated to providing our clients with the same compassion, attention, and patience as our own family. through competence, service, and dignity, we uphold the values of the national…

Human Services
10
Cornerstone Montgomery

Empowering people living with mental health and substance use disorders to thrive in their community through collaboration, treatment, education and advocacy.

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11
Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc

The community action council of howard county (cac) seeks to diminish poverty and enable self-sufficiency for all howard county individuals, families, and children in need through housing assistance, food assistance, energy assistance,…

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12
Hoosier Families Inc

Hoosier Families is a non-profit organization that provides Community Based programs for Indiana children and families. Hoosier Families is committed to utilizing evidence-based practices to strengthen, rebuild and reunite the individuals…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kokomo Rescue Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is Literacy Coalition of Kokomo Howard 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

23 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. 23 of the 37 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
9/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF HOWARD COUNTY: $1,362,675 · OtherFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF HOWARD COUNTYTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KOKOMO INDIANA: $435,943 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KOKOMO INDIANABOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAGAMORE COUNCIL 162: $294,466 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAGAMORE COUNCIL 162MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $293,976 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCPROJECT ACCESS: $293,660 · OtherPROJECT ACCESSAMERICAN RED CROSS: $230,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSSALVATION ARMY: $133,583 · OtherSAMARITAN CAREGIVERS INC: $164,542 · Other+13 more: $245,589 · Other+13 moreBONA VISTA PROGRAMS INC: $777,782 · Crime & LegalBONA VISTA PRO…CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $376,995 · Human ServicesCARVER COMMU…COORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $136,860 · Human ServicesCOORDINATED …TURNING POINT - SYSTEMS OF CARE: $118,833 · Human ServicesTURNING POIN…+5 more: $68,407 · Human Services+5 moreFOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC: $424,176 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $8,000 · Food & NutritionGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $139,442 · Youth DevelopmentBRIDGES OUTREACH INC: $137,033 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPTON COUNTY: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentCASA PROGRAM OF HOWARD COUNTY: $241,287 · Civil RightsLiteracy Coalition of Kokomo Howard County Inc: $199,833 · Education
Other$3,454,934Crime & Legal$777,782Human Services$701,095Food & Nutrition$432,176Youth Development$311,475Civil Rights$241,287Education$199,833

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF HOWARD COUNTY: $1,362,675 over 9y, 16% of budgetBONA VISTA PROGRAMS INC: $777,782 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KOKOMO INDIANA: $435,943 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetFOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC: $424,176 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCARVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $376,995 over 6y, 27% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAGAMORE COUNCIL 162: $294,466 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $293,976 over 5y, 85% of budgetCASA PROGRAM OF HOWARD COUNTY: $241,287 over 7y, 37% of budgetLiteracy Coalition of Kokomo Howard County Inc: $199,833 over 5y, 73% of budgetSAMARITAN CAREGIVERS INC: $164,542 over 5y, 34% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $139,442 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGES OUTREACH INC: $137,033 over 6y, 15% of budgetCOORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $136,860 over 4y, 15% of budgetTURNING POINT - SYSTEMS OF CARE: $118,833 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetKOKOMO URBAN OUTREACH INC: $37,188 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPTON COUNTY: $35,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTIPTON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $17,407 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S BUREAU INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOKOMO RESCUE MISSION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHELPING ACHIEVE REALITY TOGETHER HART TO HEART PRO: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTURNABOUT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY FOOD ACCESS ALLIANCE: $8,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAREA FIVE AGENCY ON AGING & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF HOWARD COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BONA VISTA PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KOKOMO INDIANA ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA SAGAMORE COUNCIL 162 ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA PROGRAM OF HOWARD COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Literacy Coalition of Kokomo Howard County Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN CAREGIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds COORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT - SYSTEMS OF CARE ↗
  • Who funds KOKOMO URBAN OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TIPTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds TIPTON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds KOKOMO RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds HELPING ACHIEVE REALITY TOGETHER HART TO HEART PRO ↗
  • Who funds TURNABOUT COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HOWARD COUNTY FOOD ACCESS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds AREA FIVE AGENCY ON AGING & COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Tipton County Foundat…Lilly Endowment IncNisource Charitable F…Duke Energy FoundationEarly Learning Indian…United Way of Greater…Smith - Fuqua Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Community Foundation of Howard CountyIN36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Howard County · Tipton County Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Early Learning Indiana Inc · United Way of Greater Lafayette · Smith - Fuqua Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Howard County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Howard County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    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
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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 37 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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