· Public charity
United Way of Jackson County
UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY (uwjc) is dedicated to creating a community rich in opportunities to eliminate poverty and allow all people to achieve financial stability and success.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k3 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $284k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FAMILY SERVICES AND FAMILY AID | $48,188 |
| LEGAL SERVICES OF SOUTH EAST MICHIG | $48,019 |
| AWARE | $40,912 |
| LILLY MISSIONS CENTER | $36,938 |
| NONPROFIT NETWORK | $18,750 |
| CHILD CARE NETWORK | $16,500 |
| JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT | $15,000 |
| JACKSON HOUSING COMMISSION | $10,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| DOCHASS II | $10,000 |
| JACKSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| JOHN GEORGE HOME | $10,000 |
| FELICIAN CHILDRENS CENTER | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY | $7,988 |
| FOOD BANK OF SC MICHIGAN | $5,063 |
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 (FY17–22, $585k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down.
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 FY2022, 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
Backed again, and grew
- MAMichigan Advocacy Program6× · 2017–2022 · $293k · revenue +194%
- AIAware Inc6× · 2017–2022 · $286k · revenue +48%
- CCChild Care Network6× · 2017–2022 · $230k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- CCCatholic Charities of Jacksongraduatedone grant, 2017 · $47k · revenue +57%
- JCJACKSON COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICTone grant, 2017 · $32k
- GSGIRL SCOUTS - IRISH HILLSone grant, 2017 · $13k
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.
Seeking to put Gods love into action, Jackson Interfaith Shelter provides temporary shelter and other essential resources to people experiencing homelessness and poverty.
To be a multifaceted housing organization devoted to catalyzing intentional on and off site collaborative partnerships that reduces homelessness and creates sustainable communities through affordable quality housing continued education job…
Casa is a unique non-profit helping abused and neglected children in the jackson county family court system. our team of trained volunteers,staff case supervisors, and staff attorneys allow each child to be represented in a court of law…
The mission of jackson community ambulance is to provide high-quality out-of-hospital care and transportation services to the communities we serve.
To provide high quality, comprehensive child development and after school care to ensure that children can reach their highest potential
to provide food and shelter for the homeless of Detroit
Our vision is to seek the wholistic wellbeing of the Jackson neighborhood, where residents are known, valued, and empowered to collaborate for the thriving of its people and place.
Enhance delivery of quality, integrated, accessible services
The primary function of the Jackson Council on the Aging, Inc. is to improve the quality of life for the parish's elderly and to provide services to the elderly as well as coordinate and monitor the services of other local agencies serving…
Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.
To meet the needs of children and famlies in our community by providing a community-based, child-focused center that facilitates a compassionate, multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, treatment, identification, investigation, and…
To be a leading driver and advocate for community and economic development in jackson county.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 22 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 Michigan Advocacy Program ↗
- Who funds Aware Inc ↗
- Who funds Child Care Network ↗
- Who funds LILY MISSIONS CENTER ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF JACKSON COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
- Who funds NONPROFIT NETWORK ↗
- Who funds SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds Jackson Community Foundation ↗
- Who funds DO'CHAS II ↗
- Who funds JOHN GEORGE HOME INC ↗
- Who funds Catholic Charities of Jackson ↗
- Who funds THE JACKSON FRIENDLY HOME ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH HOME FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds Jackson School of the Arts Assoc ↗
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: Jackson Community Foundation · United Way of South Central Michigan · Consumers Energy Foundation · The Alvin L Glick Foundation · Lavery Foundation · John George Jr Paragraph X Trust · Louis Glick Memorial & Charitable Trust · The Hurst Foundation · Speckhard-Knight Charitable Foundation · Lenawee Community Foundation · Flagstar Foundation Inc · Macchia Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Jackson County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Jackson County. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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