How much does United Way of Lane County give?

United Way of Lane County reported 50 itemized grants totaling $1,262,015, out of $3,361,707 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 87 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does United Way of Lane County fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Human Services (18%), Health (13%).

Who are United Way of Lane County's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: South Lane School District ($2.2M), The Early Education Program Inc ($2.1M), Oslc Developments Inc ($2.0M).

Does United Way of Lane County fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Lane County?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chambers Family Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, Lane Community Health Council.

Where is United Way of Lane County based?

United Way of Lane County is based in OR.

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Oregon · Public charity

United Way of Lane County

We do this by investing in local organizations and coalitions who serve our most vulnerable communities, bringing leaders together across sectors to identify and implement solutions, and engaging people across lane county to take action through volunteering and donating, making a bigger impact together.

$3.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 50
Itemized grants FY2025: 56
Organizations funded FY2024: 18%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.3M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $18,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $134,143
Organizations funded a year: 50 to 87; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $7.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations United Way of Lane County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $190k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentArts & CultureCivil RightsOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	49	$1.3M	10%
FY2024	56	$1.6M	18%
FY2023	59	$2.1M	15%
FY2022	50	$2.8M	22%
FY2021	87	$3.5M	45%
FY2020	71	$5.7M	6%
FY2019	76	$6.2M	7%
FY2018	79	$6.3M	15%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$15MHuman Services$6.3MHealth$4.6MFood & Nutrition$1.8MHousing & Shelter$1.0MRecreation & Sports$925kCrime & Legal$644kYouth Development$560kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
South Lane School District	$2,197,249	8	n/a
The Early Education Program Inc	$2,057,939	5	24%
Oslc Developments Inc	$1,990,336	8	12%
Lane Education Foundation	$1,703,280	4	n/a
Food for Lane County	$1,220,766	9	1%
Relief Nursery Inc	$1,159,250	9	5%
Bethel Education Foundation	$1,091,557	8	n/a
Springfield School District	$969,009	8	n/a
Lane County Public Health	$670,922	2	n/a
Little Wonders Childcare	$663,199	4	n/a

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All grantees of United Way of Lane County by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
South Lane School District	$2,197,249	8	n/a
The Early Education Program Inc	$2,057,939	5	24%
Oslc Developments Inc	$1,990,336	8	12%
Lane Education Foundation	$1,703,280	4	n/a
Food for Lane County	$1,220,766	9	1%
Relief Nursery Inc	$1,159,250	9	5%
Bethel Education Foundation	$1,091,557	8	n/a
Springfield School District	$969,009	8	n/a
Lane County Public Health	$670,922	2	n/a
Little Wonders Childcare	$663,199	4	n/a
Plaza de Nuestra Comunidad	$649,063	7	11%
Picket Fence Preschool	$579,404	8	n/a
Metropolitan Affordable Housing Corporation	$571,728	7	7%
Catholic Community Services of Lane County Inc	$567,593	8	3%
Eugene Education Foundation	$504,944	6	30%
St Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Inc	$472,537	8	0%
Looking Glass Community Services	$446,429	8	0%
Parenting Now	$424,694	9	7%
Womenspace	$353,544	8	3%
Pearl Buck Center Incorporated	$349,774	9	1%
White Bird Clinic	$345,306	8	0%
Mapleton Food Share	$323,539	8	54%
Creswell School District	$316,713	8	n/a
Sheltercare	$310,105	7	1%
Planned Parenthood of Sw Oregon	$258,087	8	1%
Young Men's Christian Association of Eugene	$234,435	5	1%
University of Oregon Foundation	$222,025	9	0%
Springfield Education Foundation	$208,273	4	27%
Community Sharing Program	$199,627	9	4%
Lane Community College Foundation	$192,573	6	2%
South Lane Family Nursery Inc	$190,721	8	3%
Junction City Local Aid	$167,694	9	13%
South Lane Mental Health Services Inc	$162,272	9	0%
The Dollywood Foundation	$157,444	4	0%
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic	$140,664	7	2%
Marcola School District 79j	$133,497	7	n/a
HIV Alliance	$130,821	5	1%
Daisy C H a I N	$130,013	5	10%
Downtown Languages	$124,901	5	43%
Neighborhood Economic Develop Corp	$119,893	5	3%
Ophelia's Place	$114,879	4	4%
Eugene Mission Inc	$107,646	6	0%
Direction Service	$106,482	5	1%
Onward Eugene	$106,000	2	12%
Greenhill Humane Society Spca	$104,292	6	1%
Upper Willamette Community Dev Corp	$97,536	9	27%
Willamette Family Inc	$97,125	6	0%
McKenzie River Trust	$90,652	7	1%
Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation	$86,000	7	0%
Oregon Law Center	$82,759	5	0%
School Based Health Center Council	$82,493	4	n/a
Lane Community Health Council	$75,000	1	0%
Our Children Oregon	$72,225	8	2%
Goodwill Industries of Lane and South Coast Counties Inc	$68,053	3	0%
Laurel Hill Center	$65,860	3	0%
Honey Inc	$61,527	3	6%
211info	$60,597	3	1%
Huerto de la Familia Family Garden	$53,235	3	n/a
Black Cultural Initiative	$52,025	2	4%
Nurturely	$50,000	4	2%
Arc of Lane County	$48,146	7	0%
Options Counseling Services of Oregon Inc	$47,525	3	0%
Eugene Foursquare Church	$45,762	6	n/a
Sunshine Preschool	$42,875	1	n/a
Center for Family Development	$41,850	3	0%
Friends of the Children - Lane County	$40,463	2	2%
Bohemia Food Hub	$40,000	2	4%
OSLC Community Programs dba Oregon Community Programs	$38,000	1	1%
The Trauma Healing Project Inc	$37,650	4	4%
Christians as Family Advocates	$36,828	5	1%
Community Alliance of Lane County	$32,450	2	11%
Environmental Federation of Oregon dba EarthShare Oregon	$32,254	4	2%
Willamalane Swim Club Boosters Inc	$30,787	4	5%
Boys & Girls Club of Western Lane County	$30,620	1	3%
Connected Lane County	$30,450	2	1%
Friends of 90by30	$30,000	3	n/a
Sexual Assault Support Services	$29,242	4	1%
Pacific Crest Council Inc Boy Scouts of America	$26,661	3	1%
Sponsors Inc	$26,537	4	0%
Florence Food Share	$25,758	2	1%
Northwest Youth Corps	$25,222	1	0%
McKenzie Fire and Rescue	$25,077	1	n/a
Siuslaw Pioneer Museum Association LLC	$25,000	1	18%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$25,000	1	0%
O'Brien Memorial Library	$25,000	1	9%
Upper McKenzie Community Center	$25,000	1	20%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$24,549	4	0%
Mid Lane Cares	$23,935	3	2%
Emerald Kidsports	$23,469	3	1%
NAACP Eugene-Springfield Branch 1119	$22,477	2	2%
Springfield Council of Pta's	$21,753	4	n/a
Lane Education Services District	$20,500	2	n/a
McKenzie Valley Wellness	$19,360	1	24%
Friendship With Cambodia	$19,000	2	3%
Transponder	$16,000	1	6%
Our Community Birth Center	$15,685	2	1%
Blacks in Government	$15,370	1	n/a
Catholic Broadcasting Northwest Inc dba Mater Dei Radio	$15,150	1	2%
St Marys Episcopal Church	$15,000	1	n/a
Rural Organizing Project	$15,000	1	1%
Desert Cancer Foundation	$15,000	1	2%
Effective School Practices Rwanda English Project	$14,000	1	n/a
South Willamette Solutions	$14,000	1	2%
Thrive Housing Network	$12,008	1	2%
Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation	$11,960	1	n/a
Nightingale Hosted Shelters	$11,500	1	14%
National Indian Child Welfare Association	$11,482	2	0%
Occupy Medical	$10,153	1	1%
Carry It Forward	$10,000	1	1%
Choosing Kindness Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
McKenzie Watershed Alliance	$10,000	1	n/a
Xcape Dance Company	$10,000	1	n/a
New Hope Christian College	$9,059	1	0%
Center for Community Counseling	$7,236	1	3%
University Fellowship Church	$7,140	1	n/a
Eugene Symphony Association Inc	$6,750	1	0%
Siuslaw Family Connection	$6,173	1	n/a
Every Child Lane County	$5,221	1	2%
Oregon Cancer Foundation	$5,179	1	1%
Peace Harbor Hospital Foundation	$5,085	1	1%

Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.

United Way of Lane County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 95 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 95.

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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.

Chambers Family FoundationOR101.4× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chambers Family Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Lane Community Health Council · The Ford Family Foundation · Pacificsource Foundation for Health Improvement · Food for Lane County · The Woodard Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · PeaceHealth · McKay Family Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen 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 Lane County

How much does United Way of Lane County give?: United Way of Lane County reported 50 itemized grants totaling $1,262,015, out of $3,361,707 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 87 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Lane County fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Human Services (18%), Health (13%).
Who are United Way of Lane County's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: South Lane School District ($2.2M), The Early Education Program Inc ($2.1M), Oslc Developments Inc ($2.0M).
Does United Way of Lane County fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Lane County?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chambers Family Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, Lane Community Health Council.
Where is United Way of Lane County based?: United Way of Lane County is based in OR.