· Public charity
United Way of Lee County Inc
The mission of the united way of lee county, inc.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $402k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALABAMA SHERIFF'S GIRLS RANCH | $42,000 |
| EAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS | $42,000 |
| COMMUNITY MARKET OF THE EAST ALABAMA FOOD BANK | $40,000 |
| LEE COUNTY LITERACY COALITION INC | $40,000 |
| JOYLAND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER | $40,000 |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER | $30,000 |
| UNITY WELLNESS CENTER OF EAMC | $25,000 |
| TWIN CEDARS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER | $25,000 |
| PROJECT UPLIFT | $20,000 |
| EAST ALABAMA SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY | $20,000 |
| EAST ALABAMA FOOD BANK | $20,000 |
| LEE COUNTY AMERICAN RED CROSS | $17,500 |
| CASA OF LEE COUNTY | $15,000 |
| KEEPING FAMILY CONNECTIONS | $15,000 |
| DOLLY PARTONS IMAGINATION LIBRARY | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LEE CO6× · 2017–2023 · $494k
- LCLEE COUNTY AMERICAN RED CROSS8× · 2017–2025 · $271k
- EAEAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS7× · 2018–2025 · $253k
Funded once
- EAEAST ALABAMA MENTAL HEALTHone grant, 2017 · $40k
- ESEASTER SEALS ACHIEVEMENT CENTERone grant, 2023 · $39k
- ADAUBURN DAY CARE CENTERS INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $34k · revenue +43%
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.
4 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. 4 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Lee County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Lee County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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