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United Way of Laramie County

Vision: UNITED WAY OF LARAMIE COUNTY envisions a community where all individuals and families have the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

$474k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$101k
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$1.2MYouth Development$890kHuman Services$775kHousing & Shelter$711kCrime & Legal$469kEmployment$223kFood & Nutrition$161kPhilanthropy$70kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $341k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $101k
$18,928
Median grant
1
States reached
$557k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEALTHWORKS$101,132
COMEA INC$41,189
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE$40,000
NEEDS INC$39,468
FOSTER GRANDPARENTS$38,000
SPECIAL FRIENDS OF CHEYENNE$32,000
UNACCOMPANIED STUDENT INITIATIVES$24,016
WYOMING 2-1-1 INITIATIVE$20,020
MEALS ON WHEELS OF CHEYENNE$18,928
CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY$15,403
SAFEHOUSE$15,041
CLIMB WYOMING$15,015
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF WYOMING$15,000
AFTER SCHOOL FOR KIDS$14,294
FAMILY PROMISE$12,713
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, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GREEN PATH: $8k → 8%GREEN PATH: $10k → 11%GREEN PATH: $6k → 8%GREEN PATH: $10k → 11%GREEN PATH: $8k → 11%NEEDS INC: $110k → 10%NEEDS INC: $110k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $55k → 10%NEEDS INC: $42k → 10%NEEDS INC: $42k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $40k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $40k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $40k → 10%NEEDS INC: $39k → 10%NEEDS INC: $39k → 10%NEEDS INC: $39k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $39k → 10%NEEDS INC: $30k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE: $13k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE: $13k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $70k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $70k → 10%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CHEYENNE: $55k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $41k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $41k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $35k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $35k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $25k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $25k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $25k → 10%LCCP - HOMELESS YOUTH SHELTER: $25k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE: $25k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE: $25k → 10%WYOMING 2-1-1 INITIATIVE: $20k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $16k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $16k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $15k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $15k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $15k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $15k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $15k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $15k → 10%WYOMING 2-1-1 INITIATIVE: $15k → 10%WYOMING 2-1-1 INITIATIVE: $15k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE: $13k → 10%CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $11k → 10%WYOMING SENIOR COMPANION: $7k → 10%WYOMING SENIOR COMPANION: $7k → 10%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.
$4.5M · 26 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against -83% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
1

Total granted

$4.5M
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
-83%

Still filing today

85%
0%

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
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • CH
    CHEYENNE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER
    8× · 2017–2024 · $774k · revenue +60%
  • CI
    COMEA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $482k · revenue +361%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $409k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • LC
    LARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -83%
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
Better Wyoming

Better wyoming works to educate, organize and mobilize wyoming residents on behalf of statewide change.

Public Benefit
2
Cares Inc

To serve victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and other crimes committted in big horn county, wyoming

Human Services
3
Yellowstone County Assistance Network

To empower people living in the big horn basin of wyoming to enhance health and employment status, overcome obsticales, and end economic hardship.

Human Services
4
Laramie Chamber Business Alliance

To lead the community in the improvement of the local business environment, creation of jobs and growth of the local tax base in laramie, wyoming.

Community Improvement
5
Caring Foundation of Wyoming
Human Services
6
Youth Crisis Center

Crisis mission: to provide temporary care and shelter for abused, abandoned or neglected children long term mission: to provide a residency program for children without a stable home.

Housing & Shelter
7
Youth Alternative Home Association

The group home and shelter is for the long and short term care, guidance and education of troubled youth age 10 to 17 in southwest wyoming. we arrange for them to be in counseling but do not provide this service.

Human Services
8
United Way of Albany County

To help the people of albany county achieve satisfactory fulfillment and to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another.

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9
Wyoming Food Coalition Wy Food Matters
Food & Nutrition
10
Wyoming Citizen Review Panel

WYCRP is committed to supporting the safety, permanence, and well-being of children through systematic reviews, education, prevention, and early intervention efforts. As a federally mandated entity, the Citizen Review Panel evaluates the…

Human Services
11
Wyoming County Special Needs Association
Human Services
12
Wyoming Cares Inc

None

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Laramie County; the most unlike its peers is Peak Wellness Center. 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

25 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. 25 of the 27 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/25
Grantees still filing
15/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEEDS INC: $452,422 · Human ServicesNEEDS INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING INC: $409,309 · Human ServicesBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST WYOM…CLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $222,560 · Human ServicesCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMINGCASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $138,887 · Human ServicesCASA OF LARAMIE COUNTYWYOMING 2-1-1 INC: $90,060 · Human ServicesWYOMING 2-1-1 INCFAMILY PROMISE OF CHEYENNE: $88,139 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF CHEYENNE+3 more: $80,318 · Human Services+3 morePEAK WELLNESS CENTER: $440,902 · OtherPEAK WELLNESS CENTERTHE FRIENDS OF YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $313,168 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF YOUTH ALTERNATI…SAFEHOUSE SERVICES: $192,420 · OtherSAFEHOUSE SERVICESHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LARAMIE COUNTY INC: $94,079 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LARAMI…UNITED WAY OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $70,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF LARAMIE COUNTYGREATER WYOMING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $45,000 · Other+2 more: $43,090 · OtherCHEYENNE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER: $773,576 · HealthCHEYENNE HEALTH & WEL…Recover Wyoming: $84,562 · HealthRecover WyomingCOMEA INC: $481,539 · Housing & ShelterCOMEA INCUNACCOMPANIED STUDENTS INITIATIVE: $72,048 · Housing & ShelterUNACCOMPANIED…MEALS ON WHEELS OF CHEYENNE INC: $161,078 · Food & NutritionBETHEL OUTREACH MINISTRIES BETHEL: $54,670 · Crime & LegalSAFE HARBOR A CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER: $42,432 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID OF WYOMING INC: $40,721 · Crime & LegalASK After School for Kids: $122,176 · EducationFunding the Future: $15,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$1,481,695Other$1,198,659Health$858,138Housing & Shelter$553,587Food & Nutrition$161,078Crime & Legal$137,823Education$122,176Youth Development$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHEYENNE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER: $773,576 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCOMEA INC: $481,539 over 8y, 17% of budgetNEEDS INC: $452,422 over 8y, 12% of budgetPEAK WELLNESS CENTER: $440,902 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING INC: $409,309 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC: $313,168 over 8y, 50% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $222,560 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetSAFEHOUSE SERVICES: $192,420 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CHEYENNE INC: $161,078 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetCASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $138,887 over 8y, 13% of budgetASK After School for Kids: $122,176 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LARAMIE COUNTY INC: $94,079 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetWYOMING 2-1-1 INC: $90,060 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF CHEYENNE: $88,139 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetRecover Wyoming: $84,562 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetUNACCOMPANIED STUDENTS INITIATIVE: $72,048 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LARAMIE COUNTY: $70,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBETHEL OUTREACH MINISTRIES BETHEL: $54,670 over 7y, 14% of budgetGREATER WYOMING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSAFE HARBOR A CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER: $42,432 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetGREENPATH INC: $41,718 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEGAL AID OF WYOMING INC: $40,721 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFunding the Future: $15,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWYOMING SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $13,600 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 CHEYENNE HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMEA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEEDS INC ↗
  • Who funds PEAK WELLNESS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF YOUTH ALTERNATIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING ↗
  • Who funds SAFEHOUSE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF CHEYENNE INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF LARAMIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ASK After School for Kids ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF LARAMIE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING 2-1-1 INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF CHEYENNE ↗
  • Who funds Recover Wyoming ↗
  • Who funds UNACCOMPANIED STUDENTS INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF LARAMIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL OUTREACH MINISTRIES BETHEL ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WYOMING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ↗
  • Who funds SAFE HARBOR A CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GREENPATH INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID OF WYOMING INC ↗
  • Who funds LARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Funding the Future ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗

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.

Wyoming Community Fou…Wyoming Assn of Non P…Cheyenne Kiwanis Club…First Interstate Banc…Taco Johns FoundationJoannides Family Foun…The Andrew Allen Char…Thankful ThursdayMaury and Bonnie Brow…Gatchell Family Found…The John P Ellbogen F…Mary H Storer Foundat…
Wyoming Community FoundationWY29.7× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wyoming Community Foundation · Wyoming Assn of Non Profit Organizations dba Wyoming Nonprofit Network · Cheyenne Kiwanis Club Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Taco Johns Foundation · Joannides Family Foundation · The Andrew Allen Charitable Foundation · Thankful Thursday · Maury and Bonnie Brown Foundation · Gatchell Family Foundation · The John P Ellbogen Foundation · Mary H Storer 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 Laramie County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Laramie County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 27 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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