Illinois · Public charity
United Way of Illinois Valley
To improve the quality of life of all people by gathering and distributing, in an efficient and accountable manner, community resources which respond to priority health and human service needs.
- $163k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $134k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $9,800
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $26,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $594k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations United Way of Illinois Valley funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $134k | 8% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $115k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $111k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $81k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $90k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $152k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon House of Illinois Valley Inc | $150,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Illinois Valley Food Pantry | $142,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Lighted Way Association Inc | $93,137 | 6 | 1% |
| Prairie State Legal Services Inc | $61,240 | 8 | 0% |
| Safe Journeys | $56,073 | 8 | 1% |
| Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley | $38,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Mendota Area Senior Service Inc | $34,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Casa of the Illinois Valley | $17,600 | 3 | 3% |
| The Center for Youth and Family Services | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Valley YMCA | $12,100 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon House of Illinois Valley Inc | $150,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Illinois Valley Food Pantry | $142,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Lighted Way Association Inc | $93,137 | 6 | 1% |
| Prairie State Legal Services Inc | $61,240 | 8 | 0% |
| Safe Journeys | $56,073 | 8 | 1% |
| Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley | $38,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Mendota Area Senior Service Inc | $34,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Casa of the Illinois Valley | $17,600 | 3 | 3% |
| The Center for Youth and Family Services | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Valley YMCA | $12,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living | $10,775 | 1 | 2% |
| Voluntary Action Center of Northern Illinois | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($230k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Illinois Valley supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Bradley Fedorow Perpetual Charitable Trust · The Covia Foundation · United Way of Eastern la Salle County Inc · Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging · The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to United Way of Illinois Valley?
Find your warmest path to United Way of Illinois Valley 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.
About United Way of Illinois Valley
- How much does United Way of Illinois Valley give?
- United Way of Illinois Valley reported 12 itemized grants totaling $134,371, out of $163,421 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does United Way of Illinois Valley fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (25%), Youth Development (23%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are United Way of Illinois Valley's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Horizon House of Illinois Valley Inc ($150k), Illinois Valley Food Pantry ($142k), Lighted Way Association Inc ($93k).
- Does United Way of Illinois Valley fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Illinois Valley?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bradley Fedorow Perpetual Charitable Trust, The Covia Foundation, United Way of Eastern la Salle County Inc.
- Where is United Way of Illinois Valley based?
- United Way of Illinois Valley is based in IL.
Play a game based on United Way of Illinois Valley’s filings →