Texas · Public charity
United Way of Lamar County
The mission of the UNITED WAY OF LAMAR COUNTY is to effectively generate, organize, and distribute resources to help meet our communities' evolving human needs focusing on the areas of education,income and health.
- $791k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $495k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,068
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $77,520
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations United Way of Lamar County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $495k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $493k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $534k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $459k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $474k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $503k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $487k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valle y | $522,053 | 7 | 20% |
| King's Daughters and King's Sons - First Circle | $312,674 | 7 | 21% |
| Lamar County Food Pantry Inc | $268,106 | 7 | 9% |
| Lamar County Child Welfare Board Inc | $179,513 | 7 | 31% |
| New Hope Center of Paris | $104,166 | 2 | 14% |
| CASA For Kids Inc | $103,261 | 5 | 4% |
| Ark-Tex Council of Governments | $101,010 | 4 | 0% |
| Human Resources Council Inc | $96,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lamar County Literacy Council Inc | $67,475 | 7 | n/a |
| Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society | $60,000 | 2 | 13% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valle y | $522,053 | 7 | 20% |
| King's Daughters and King's Sons - First Circle | $312,674 | 7 | 21% |
| Lamar County Food Pantry Inc | $268,106 | 7 | 9% |
| Lamar County Child Welfare Board Inc | $179,513 | 7 | 31% |
| New Hope Center of Paris | $104,166 | 2 | 14% |
| CASA For Kids Inc | $103,261 | 5 | 4% |
| Ark-Tex Council of Governments | $101,010 | 4 | 0% |
| Human Resources Council Inc | $96,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lamar County Literacy Council Inc | $67,475 | 7 | n/a |
| Red River Valley Down Syndrome Society | $60,000 | 2 | 13% |
| The Childrens Center Inc Dba Childrens Advocacy Center of Paris | $50,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas | $46,500 | 2 | 1% |
| American Red Cross | $46,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Paris Kiwanis Imagination Library | $42,030 | 5 | n/a |
| Parislamar County Habitat for Humanity Inc | $37,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Paris Christian Center Inc | $21,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lamar Coalition E B I | $20,600 | 2 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Paris Development Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Keep Paris Beautiful Inc | $14,007 | 2 | n/a |
| Dylans Drivers | $7,500 | 1 | 12% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Lamar County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Ram Foundation · St Joseph's Community Foundation · The Roy and Skeeter Davis Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Lamar County
- How much does United Way of Lamar County give?
- United Way of Lamar County reported 19 itemized grants totaling $495,025, out of $790,530 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Lamar County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Youth Development (15%), Health (10%).
- Who are United Way of Lamar County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valle y ($522k), King's Daughters and King's Sons - First Circle ($313k), Lamar County Food Pantry Inc ($268k).
- Does United Way of Lamar County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Lamar County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ram Foundation, St Joseph's Community Foundation, The Roy and Skeeter Davis Family Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Lamar County based?
- United Way of Lamar County is based in TX.
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