Illinois · Public charity
United Way of Lee County Inc
To optimize collective resources supporting human service programs -focusing on education, health, financial stability, and basic needs -that improve the quality of life in lee county
- $393k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $315k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,431
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $28,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $639k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations United Way of Lee County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $315k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $358k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $227k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $89k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $272k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $259k | 19% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $263k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County Council on Aging | $181,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Sinnissippi Centers Inc | $177,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Dixon Family YMCA | $154,070 | 8 | 2% |
| Teen Turf Inc | $132,500 | 8 | 18% |
| Kreider Services Inc | $106,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Open Sesame Child Care Center Inc | $98,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $96,681 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of the Sauk Valley | $59,370 | 7 | 1% |
| Lifescape Community Services Inc | $56,687 | 7 | 0% |
| Casa - 15th Judicial Circuit | $54,025 | 4 | 9% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County Council on Aging | $181,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Sinnissippi Centers Inc | $177,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Dixon Family YMCA | $154,070 | 8 | 2% |
| Teen Turf Inc | $132,500 | 8 | 18% |
| Kreider Services Inc | $106,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Open Sesame Child Care Center Inc | $98,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $96,681 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of the Sauk Valley | $59,370 | 7 | 1% |
| Lifescape Community Services Inc | $56,687 | 7 | 0% |
| Casa - 15th Judicial Circuit | $54,025 | 4 | 9% |
| Dixon Pads Shelter | $49,000 | 4 | 29% |
| Hope of Ogle County | $47,250 | 2 | 2% |
| Shining Star Children's Advocacy Center | $44,875 | 3 | n/a |
| Village of Progress Inc | $37,725 | 2 | 1% |
| Rock River Center Inc | $29,050 | 2 | 2% |
| Dixon Habitat for Humanity Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Foundation for Focus House | $23,751 | 2 | 16% |
| Hope Cancer Wellness Centers | $21,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Hub City Senior Citizens Inc | $18,225 | 2 | 4% |
| Goodfellows Of Lee County | $17,860 | 3 | 8% |
| Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling Inc | $15,524 | 2 | 1% |
| Serenity Hospice and Home | $8,074 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($306k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Lee County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: United Way of Rock River Valley · William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp · Rochelle Area Community Foundation · United Way of Whiteside County · The Etnyre Foundation · Dillon Foundation · Do It Best Foundation Inc · The Covia Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Lee County Inc
- How much does United Way of Lee County Inc give?
- United Way of Lee County Inc reported 21 itemized grants totaling $314,767, out of $393,448 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Lee County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (49%), Youth Development (16%), Health (16%).
- Who are United Way of Lee County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lee County Council on Aging ($182k), Sinnissippi Centers Inc ($178k), Dixon Family YMCA ($154k).
- Does United Way of Lee County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Lee County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Rock River Valley, William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp, Rochelle Area Community Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Lee County Inc based?
- United Way of Lee County Inc is based in IL.
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