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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 FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $791k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$23,338
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT$51,863
MAINEGENERAL$45,144
BREAD OF LIFE MINISTRIES$44,479
ALFOND YOUTH & COMM CENTER$44,308
SPECTRUM GENERATIONS$44,191
SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS & SUPPORT$40,210
211 MAINE$38,010
KENNEBEC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$37,841
CHILDREN'S CENTER$37,041
KV COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM$35,654
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS KENNEBEC VALLEY$31,396
SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT$30,368
STATE YMCA OF MAINE$28,500
KENNEBEC VALLEY YMCA$27,889
VASSALBORO MTHLY MEETING OF FRIENDS$27,578
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 (FY17–24, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%American Red Cross of Central and Midcoast Maine: $27k → 13%RED CROSS OF CENTRAL & MIDCOAST ME: $20k → 13%American Red Cross of Central and Midcoast Maine: $20k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL AND: $19k → 13%American Red Cross of Central and Midcoast Maine: $18k → 13%RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION MINISTRY: $28k → 13%RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION MINISTRY: $24k → 13%RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION MINISTRY: $24k → 13%RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION MINISTRY: $24k → 13%RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION MINISTRY: $23k → 13%Rural Community Action Ministry Emergency Shelter: $23k → 13%Independence Association: $10k → 7%Rural Community Action Ministry Emergency Shelter: $20k → 13%Rural Community Action Ministry Emergency Shelter: $19k → 13%STATE YMCA OF MAINE: $29k → 12%STATE YMCA OF MAINE: $29k → 12%Winthrop Area YMCA: $19k → 12%WINTHROP AREA YMCA: $18k → 12%WINTHROP AREA YMCA: $18k → 12%Winthrop Area YMCA: $18k → 12%WINTHROP AREA YMCA: $17k → 12%Winthrop Area YMCA: $17k → 12%KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PR: $21k → 12%KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PR: $15k → 12%KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION PR: $12k → 12%Kennebec Valley Community Action Program: $12k → 12%Kennebec Valley Community Action Program: $10k → 12%SPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $79k → 12%SPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $60k → 12%FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $60k → 12%FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $56k → 12%FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $52k → 12%FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $52k → 12%FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $50k → 12%Family Violence Project: $50k → 12%Family Violence Project: $50k → 12%SPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $50k → 12%Spectrum Generations: $50k → 12%Spectrum Generations: $50k → 12%Spectrum Generations: $50k → 12%Family Violence Project: $46k → 12%SPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $44k → 12%KV COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $44k → 12%SPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $42k → 12%KV COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $36k → 12%Families Matter: $16k → 12%Families Matter: $16k → 12%Families Matter: $14k → 12%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.2M · 45 repeat orgs$84k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
7

Total granted

$7.2M
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+9%

Still filing today

80%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • BO
    BREAD OF LIFE MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $530k · revenue +62%
  • CC
    CHILDREN'S CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $489k · revenue +149%
  • SG
    SPECTRUM GENERATIONS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $426k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • IA
    Independence Association
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • PC
    PENQUIS CAP
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -26%
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
MaineHealth

MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

Health
2
Penobscot Community Health Center

Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1997 that is governed by a Board of community volunteers and is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine. PCHC is driven by its mission…

Health
3
The Opportunity Alliance

To build better lives and stronger communities across Maine, The Opportunity Alliance supports people with the programs and resources they need to improve their health, safety, and stability.

Human Services
4
Community Care

To provide quality community-based services that are timely and effective in promoting the health and well being of individuals and their families.

Human Services
5
Maine Behavioral Health Organization

The mission of maine behavioral health organization is to provide evidence based services leading to increased quality of life; through research, advocacy, education, operated services, and participation in public mental health policy…

Health
6
Eastern Area Agency on Aging

It is the mission of Eastern Area Agency on Aging to be the best source of information, options, and services for seniors, adults with disabilities, and caregivers.

Human Services
7
Maine Council on Aging

A broad multi-disciplinary network that works to ensure we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and communities. With the voices of people with lived experience, we work on policy issues related to…

Unclassified
8
Kids Corner Inc

To provide affordable, yet high quality, developmentally appropriate day care services to local communities in a safe, responsive environment for children.

Human Services
9
Lakewood Northern Light Continuing Care Lakewood

Lakewood d/b/a Northern Light Continuing Care Lakewood is a 105 bed long-term care facility that provides skilled, dementia and long-term nursing care.

Health
10
Bangor Young Men's Christian Association

The bangor region ymca is a community leader in supporting children, adults, and families in their lifelong quest for physical, emotional, and social wellness.

Human Services
11
Community Health and Counseling Services

Providing Adult, children, and family mental health and social services. Providing home health and hospice services.

Health
12
The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

The brien center provides a continuum of care for children, adolescents, adults and families living with significant and persistent mental health and substance use disorders. we are guided by the belief that everyone in berkshire county…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Kennebec Child Development; the most unlike its peers is Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kennebec Valley. 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

42 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. 42 of the 54 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
35/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KENNEBEC VALLEY YMCA: $331,149 · OtherKENNEBEC VALLEY YMCAAUGUSTA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $277,977 · OtherAUGUSTA BOYS & GIRLS CLUBSOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT: $253,578 · OtherSOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMEN…MAINE GENERAL: $223,145 · OtherMAINE GENERALBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $132,610 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSEMMANUEL LUTHERAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $120,665 · OtherEMMANUEL LUTHERAN EPISCOPAL CHURCHMAINE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER: $107,162 · OtherALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER: $79,700 · OtherFAITH FOOD PANTRY: $75,858 · OtherLITERACY VOLUNTEERS: $157,264 · OtherLITERACY VOLUNTEERSLEGAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY: $104,737 · OtherCAPITAL AREA NEW MAINERS PROJECT: $76,584 · Other+13 more: $300,212 · Other+13 moreCHILDREN'S CENTER: $489,060 · HealthCHILDREN'S CENTERSEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS & SUPPORT: $288,496 · HealthSEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS & SUP…2-1-1 MAINE: $241,929 · Health2-1-1 MAINECRISIS & COUNSELING CENTERS INC: $212,539 · HealthCRISIS & COUNSELING CENTERS…MOTIVATIONAL SERVICES: $192,719 · HealthMOTIVATIONAL SERVICESKENNEBEC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $164,097 · HealthKENNEBEC BEHAVIORAL HEALTHKENNEBEC VALLEY DENTAL COALITION: $133,272 · HealthKENNEBEC VALLEY DENTAL COAL…KENNEBEC VALLEY FAMILY DENTISTRY: $60,331 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthSPECTRUM GENERATIONS: $425,744 · Human ServicesSPECTRUM GENERATIONSFAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $415,470 · Human ServicesFAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECTRURAL COMMUNITY ACTION MINISTRY: $184,124 · Human ServicesRURAL COMMUNITY ACTION M…STATE YMCA OF MAINE: $164,915 · Human ServicesSTATE YMCA OF MAINEKV COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $159,682 · Human ServicesKV COMMUNITY ACTION PROG…American Red Cross of Central and Midcoast Maine: $103,329 · Human ServicesAmerican Red Cross of Ce…+4 more: $112,082 · Human Services+4 moreBREAD OF LIFE MINISTRIES: $530,203 · Housing & ShelterBREAD OF …MID-MAINE HOMELESS SHELTER & SVS: $72,372 · Housing & ShelterMID-MAINE…Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley: $277,453 · Youth DevelopmentALFOND YOUTH & COMM CENTER: $88,908 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS KENNEBEC VALLEY: $76,396 · Youth DevelopmentAUGUSTA BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: $60,813 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,220 · Youth DevelopmentAUGUSTA FOOD BANK: $273,447 · Food & NutritionWinthrop Food Bank: $111,136 · Food & NutritionGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN NE: $209,351 · Employment
Other$2,240,641Health$1,783,443Human Services$1,565,346Housing & Shelter$602,575Youth Development$504,790Food & Nutrition$384,583Employment$209,351

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

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
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 BREAD OF LIFE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM GENERATIONS ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds KENNEBEC VALLEY YMCA ↗
  • Who funds SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS & SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN KENNEBEC CHILD DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds 2-1-1 MAINE ↗
  • Who funds MAINE GENERAL ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS & COUNSELING CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTHERN NE ↗
  • Who funds MOTIVATIONAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds RURAL COMMUNITY ACTION MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds STATE YMCA OF MAINE ↗
  • Who funds KENNEBEC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds KV COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY VOLUNTEERS ↗
  • Who funds KENNEBEC VALLEY DENTAL COALITION ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ↗
  • Who funds Winthrop Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY ↗
  • Who funds American Red Cross of Central and Midcoast Maine ↗
  • Who funds ALFOND YOUTH & COMM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL AREA NEW MAINERS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS KENNEBEC VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds MID-MAINE HOMELESS SHELTER & SVS ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS ↗
  • Who funds KENNEBEC VALLEY FAMILY DENTISTRY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MAINE ↗
  • Who funds Families Matter ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Kennebec Valley funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Kennebec Valley. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    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 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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