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United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc

United way of knox county assesses the needs of knox county and strategically invests donor contributions into programs that target community needs.

$662k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$135k
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$1.9MHuman Services$1.3MEducation$1.1MHousing & Shelter$448kYouth Development$375kCrime & Legal$188kPublic Safety & Disaster$152kScience & Tech$116kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $646,189, the rows itemized in this filing. The $661,739 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,550 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $395k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KNOX COUNTY HEADSTART INC$135,035
NEW DIRECTIONS DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELTER OF KNOX COUNTY INC$82,000
INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY$60,000
THE WINTER SANCTUARY INC$60,000
THE FREEDOM CENTER$58,000
YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON$47,500
SALVATION ARMY$39,500
PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP OF KNOX COUNTY$37,500
KNOX COUNTY FOUNDATION$30,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$18,000
KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION$16,500
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA- MUSKINGUM VALLEY COUNCIL$14,000
HOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC$12,000
ADVOCATES FOR FAMILIES OF KNOX COUNTY$10,154
AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $75k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $60k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $54k → 12%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $50k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $50k → 12%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $50k → 12%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $48k → 12%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $45k → 12%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $45k → 12%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $45k → 12%YMCA OF MOUNT VERNON: $45k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $30k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $26k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $25k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $25k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $25k → 12%INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX COUNTY: $25k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $23k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $22k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $22k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $22k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $22k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $22k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $22k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $17k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $16k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $15k → 12%KNO-HO-CO- ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $15k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $15k → 12%HOPE NOW FURNITURE: $14k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $13k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $10k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS EAST-CENTAL OHIO CHAPTER: $10k → 12%HOPE NOW FURNITURE: $8k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 21 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
8

Total granted

$5.4M
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-20%

Still filing today

95%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • KC
    Knox County Head Start Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +25%
  • AA
    ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREEDOM CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $663k · revenue +126%
  • ND
    NEW DIRECTIONS THE DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELT AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $630k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • KC
    KNOX COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +18%
  • KC
    KNOX COUNTY 4-H PLANNING COMMITTEE
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
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
Knox Winamac Community Health Centers Inc

It is the mission of knox-winamac community health centers to provide quality, primary health care services, accessible to persons in our community including the medically underinsured and uninsured.

Health
2
Knox Housing Partnership Inc

To provide affordable housing to low and moderate income persons in east tennessee through first-time homebuyer education; assist with mortgage loans, downpayments, and closing costs; build new single family housing; develop multi-family…

Housing & Shelter
3
Kenosha Community Health Center Inc

Kenosha community health center, inc.'s purpose is to provide primary care and referral health services to disadvantaged and underserved populations and promote and ensure that basic primary health services are accessible to uninsured and…

Health
4
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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5
Knox County Association for Remarkable Citizens Inc

To advocate and provide opportunities in a dignified and respectful manner for the total well-being of individuals and families with special needs.

Human Services
6
The Knox Community Hospital Foundation

The mission of the foundation for knox community hospital is to establish and maintain relationships that generate philanthropic support for the hospital and to provide education and support for effective hospital advocacy and governance…

Public Safety & Disaster
7
United Way of Knox County Indiana Inc

The mission of the organization is to develop teamwork among the social service agencies serving knox county and their constituencies in the interest of the financial support of such agencies, and the effective planning and execution of…

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8
Kenosha Human Development Services Inc

To provide public, individual, and group care for anyone living in the greater kenosha area. care shall be in the least restrictive manner and will include group type treatment facilities, as well as other services to help people in need…

Human Services
9
Muskingum Valley Health Center

To provide affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare.

Health
10
Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services Inc

Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of northeast ohio residents by providing comprehensive and excellent health care services in a sensitive and caring environment.

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11
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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12
Healthcare Services of the Ozarks Inc

To provide high quality care and set the standards of excellence for those we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Knox Community Hospital; the most unlike its peers is HopeNow. 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

24 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. 24 of the 30 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREEDOM CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY: $663,300 · HealthALCOHOL AND DRUG FREEDOM CENTER…BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PARTNERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $397,500 · HealthBEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PARTNERS …PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP OF KNOX COUNTY: $333,098 · HealthPUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP OF KN…PATHWAYS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $165,000 · HealthPATHWAYS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC+2 more: $22,000 · HealthKnox County Head Start Inc: $1,095,337 · EducationKnox County Head Start I…SCIENCE PLAY-SPACE INITIATIVE SPI: $115,500 · EducationSCIENCE PLAY-SPACE INITI…NEW DIRECTIONS THE DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELT AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY: $629,853 · OtherNEW DIRECTIONS THE DOMEST…SALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP: $167,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMY NATIONAL C…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MUSKINGUM VALLEY COUNCIL INC: $147,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MUS…HOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC: $95,400 · OtherHOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL …GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $45,000 · Other+9 more: $162,789 · Other+9 moreYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MOUNT VERNON OHIO: $402,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIA…INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX: $293,600 · Human ServicesINTERCHURCH SOCIAL S…KNO-HO-CO-ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $165,804 · Human ServicesKNO-HO-CO-ASHLAND CO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $127,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Re…+1 more: $21,250 · Human ServicesTHE WINTER SANCTUARY INC: $420,000 · Housing & ShelterKnox County Foundation: $87,500 · PhilanthropyLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL OHIO: $86,000 · Crime & Legal
Health$1,580,898Education$1,210,837Other$1,247,542Human Services$1,010,154Housing & Shelter$420,000Philanthropy$87,500Crime & Legal$86,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKnox County Head Start Inc: $1,095,337 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetALCOHOL AND DRUG FREEDOM CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY: $663,300 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS THE DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELT AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY: $629,853 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetTHE WINTER SANCTUARY INC: $420,000 over 8y, 48% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MOUNT VERNON OHIO: $402,500 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetBEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PARTNERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $397,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP OF KNOX COUNTY: $333,098 over 8y, 82% of budgetINTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX: $293,600 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetKNO-HO-CO-ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $165,804 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPATHWAYS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $165,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MUSKINGUM VALLEY COUNCIL INC: $147,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $127,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE PLAY-SPACE INITIATIVE SPI: $115,500 over 8y, 9.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC: $95,400 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetKnox County Foundation: $87,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL OHIO: $86,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCENTERBURG SENIOR SERVICES INC: $30,300 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KNOX COUNTY: $28,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetHopeNow: $21,250 over 2y, 13% of budgetASHLAND PARENTING PLUS: $20,154 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetKNOX COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MID-OHIO: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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 Knox County Head Start Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALCOHOL AND DRUG FREEDOM CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds NEW DIRECTIONS THE DOMESTIC ABUSE SHELT AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF KNOX COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE WINTER SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MOUNT VERNON OHIO ↗
  • Who funds BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE PARTNERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP OF KNOX COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds INTERCHURCH SOCIAL SERVICES OF KNOX ↗
  • Who funds KNO-HO-CO-ASHLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds PATHWAYS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MUSKINGUM VALLEY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE PLAY-SPACE INITIATIVE SPI ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds Knox County Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTERBURG SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KNOX COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HopeNow ↗
  • Who funds ASHLAND PARENTING PLUS ↗
  • Who funds KNOX COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC ↗
  • Who funds VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF MID-OHIO ↗

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.

Knox County FoundationThe Ariel FoundationEnergy Cooperative Ro…Columbus FoundationElizabeth Ring Mather…Licking County Founda…Ohio Child Care Resou…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Knox County FoundationOH36.8× affinity15 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Knox County Foundation · The Ariel Foundation · Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc · Columbus Foundation · Elizabeth Ring Mather William Gwinn Mather Fund · Licking County Foundation Inc · Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Knox County Ohio Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Knox County Ohio Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 30 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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