· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k7 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $81k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ILLINOIS VALLEY FOOD PANTRY | $26,700 |
| HORIZON HOUSE OF IL VALLEY | $21,500 |
| LIGHTED WAY ASSOCIATION | $11,000 |
| YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU OF IV | $11,000 |
| CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILY SOL | $10,900 |
| IVICL | $9,800 |
| PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES | $9,240 |
| MENDOTA AREA SENIOR SERVICES | $8,500 |
| SAFE JOURNEYS | $7,531 |
| ILLINOIS VALLEY YMCA | $7,100 |
| LASALLE COUNTY CASA | $5,600 |
| VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $169k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HHHORIZON HOUSE OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC8× · 2017–2026 · $150k · revenue +62%
- IVILLINOIS VALLEY FOOD PANTRY8× · 2017–2026 · $142k · revenue +101%
- LWLIGHTED WAY ASSOCIATION INC6× · 2017–2026 · $93k · revenue +195%
Funded once
- YSYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ILLINOIS VALLEYgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $39k · revenue +118%
- TCTHE CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICESone grant, 2017 · $18k
- IVILLINOIS VALLEY CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVINGgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +41%
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.
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.
Court appointed special advocates for children
Provide emergency food and shelter
The trained volunteers of CASA of South Central Illinois will work with legal and child welfare professionals, educators, and service providers to advocate for the best interests of children that have experienced abuse and/or neglect that…
Providing Social Services to Families including Child Care
Riding therapy for disabled
The Illinois Self-Advocacy Alliance is a statewide network of self-advocates, self-advocacy groups, and allies in Illinois. We support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to develop self-advocacy skills so they…
To foster low income housing, develop and promote affordable homeownership and rental opportunities, support community develpment, social services, and educational opportunities for individuals and families throughout menard county and the…
Our central Illinois organization provides programs and services to adults with disabilities; enriching their quality of life, promoting social change, and optimizing their potential for independence.
Our mission is to maximize independence for individuals with disabilities through choice, advocacy and service access.
Advocacy for abused and neglected children
To provide support and assistance to community driven programs and services that seek to improve the quality of life for youth, families and communities.
To advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal welfare system.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HORIZON HOUSE OF ILLINOIS VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS VALLEY FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds LIGHTED WAY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE JOURNEYS ↗
- Who funds YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF ILLINOIS VALLEY ↗
- Who funds MENDOTA AREA SENIOR SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds CASA OF THE ILLINOIS VALLEY ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS VALLEY YMCA ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS VALLEY CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING ↗
- Who funds VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Illinois Valley funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Illinois Valley. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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