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United Way of Kennebec Valley

UNITED WAY OF KENNEBEC VALLEY unites people and resources to improve lives in our community.

$889k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$23,338
Largest grant, FY2024
$51,863
Organizations funded a year
30 to 35
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$3.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations United Way of Kennebec Valley funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterHealthInternationalOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving35$884k6%
FY202333$1.1M24%
FY202233$841k9%
FY202134$921k0%
FY202033$1.1M6%
FY201933$901k9%
FY201830$827k3%
FY201735$791kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.2MYouth Development$1.5MFood & Nutrition$994kHuman Services$915kHousing & Shelter$838kEducation$358kEmployment$209kPublic Safety & Disaster$119kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bread of Life Ministries$530,20385%
Children's Center$489,06083%
Spectrum Generations$425,74481%
Family Violence Project$415,47083%
Kennebec Valley YMCA$331,14982%
Sexual Assault Crisis & Support$288,49685%
Augusta Boys & Girls Club$277,9776n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley$277,45364%
Augusta Food Bank$273,44789%
Southern Kennebec Child Development$253,57881%
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All grantees of United Way of Kennebec Valley by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bread of Life Ministries$530,20385%
Children's Center$489,06083%
Spectrum Generations$425,74481%
Family Violence Project$415,47083%
Kennebec Valley YMCA$331,14982%
Sexual Assault Crisis & Support$288,49685%
Augusta Boys & Girls Club$277,9776n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley$277,45364%
Augusta Food Bank$273,44789%
Southern Kennebec Child Development$253,57881%
2-1-1 Maine$241,92983%
Maine General$223,14560%
Crisis & Counseling Centers Inc$212,53981%
Goodwill Industries of Northern Ne$209,35180%
Motivational Services$192,71980%
Rural Community Action Ministry$184,12489%
State YMCA of Maine$164,91585%
Kennebec Behavioral Health$164,09780%
Kv Community Action Program$159,68280%
Literacy Volunteers$157,264833%
Kennebec Valley Dental Coalition$133,27274%
Big Brothers Big Sisters$132,61067%
Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal Church$120,6657n/a
Winthrop Food Bank$111,13659%
Maine General Medical Center$107,1622n/a
Legal Services for the Elderly$104,73781%
American Red Cross of Central and Midcoast Maine$103,32950%
Alfond Youth & Comm Center$88,90822%
Alzheimer's Care Center$79,7005n/a
Capital Area New Mainers Project$76,584514%
Boys & Girls Clubs Kennebec Valley$76,39621%
Faith Food Pantry$75,8587n/a
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Svs$72,37232%
Augusta Boys & Girls Clubs$60,81325%
Kennebec Valley Family Dentistry$60,33141%
Catholic Charities of Maine$50,83280%
Families Matter$46,00031%
Msad 11$40,0002n/a
South Parish Congregational Church$39,3453n/a
Augusta Salvation Army$33,3685n/a
Healthy Comm of the Capital Area$29,66021%
Vassalboro Mthly Meeting of Friends$27,5781n/a
Spurwink Services$26,92520%
Winthrop Hot Meal Kitchen$26,7144n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine$25,0001n/a
Maine Children's Home$22,54521%
Snow Pond Center for the Arts$14,82521%
Independence Association$10,00010%
Waterville United Church$8,0001n/a
Penquis Cap$5,25010%
Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America$3,25210%
Children's Discovery Musuem$3,00012%
Girl Scouts of Maine$1,22010%
Northern New England Poison Center$1,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Kennebec Valley supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBread of Life Ministries: $530,203 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetChildren's Center: $489,060 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetSpectrum Generations: $425,744 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFamily Violence Project: $415,470 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetKennebec Valley YMCA: $331,149 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetSexual Assault Crisis & Support: $288,496 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley: $277,453 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetAugusta Food Bank: $273,447 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetSouthern Kennebec Child Development: $253,578 over 8y, 0.7% of budget2-1-1 Maine: $241,929 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetMaine General: $223,145 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCrisis & Counseling Centers Inc: $212,539 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Northern Ne: $209,351 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMotivational Services: $192,719 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRural Community Action Ministry: $184,124 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetState YMCA of Maine: $164,915 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetKennebec Behavioral Health: $164,097 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKv Community Action Program: $159,682 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers: $157,264 over 8y, 33% of budgetKennebec Valley Dental Coalition: $133,272 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters: $132,610 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetWinthrop Food Bank: $111,136 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetLegal Services for the Elderly: $104,737 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Red Cross of Central and Midcoast Maine: $103,329 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlfond Youth & Comm Center: $88,908 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCapital Area New Mainers Project: $76,584 over 5y, 14% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs Kennebec Valley: $76,396 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Svs: $72,372 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAugusta Boys & Girls Clubs: $60,813 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetKennebec Valley Family Dentistry: $60,331 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of Maine: $50,832 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies Matter: $46,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHealthy Comm of the Capital Area: $29,660 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSpurwink Services: $26,925 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Children's Home: $22,545 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSnow Pond Center for the Arts: $14,825 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIndependence Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPenquis Cap: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America: $3,252 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Discovery Musuem: $3,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGirl Scouts of Maine: $1,220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern New England Poison Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 42.

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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.

Maine Community Found…Kennebec Savings Bank…John T Gorman Foundat…Bangor Savings Bank F…Maine Health Access F…Davis Family Foundati…United Way of Mid-Mai…Stephen & Tabitha Kin…United Way IncSimmons Foundation - …Franklin Savings Bank…Elsie & William Viles…
Maine Community Foundation IncME58× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maine Community Foundation Inc · Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Bangor Savings Bank Foundation · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Davis Family Foundation · United Way of Mid-Maine · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · United Way Inc · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Franklin Savings Bank Community Development Foundation · Elsie & William Viles 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 Kennebec Valley

How much does United Way of Kennebec Valley give?
United Way of Kennebec Valley reported 35 grants totaling $888,661 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way of Kennebec Valley fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (30%), Youth Development (20%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
Who are United Way of Kennebec Valley's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bread of Life Ministries ($530k), Children's Center ($489k), Spectrum Generations ($426k).
Does United Way of Kennebec Valley fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Kennebec Valley?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Kennebec Savings Bank Foundation, John T Gorman Foundation.
Where is United Way of Kennebec Valley based?
United Way of Kennebec Valley is based in ME.

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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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