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United Way of McLean County

UNITED WAY OF MCLEAN COUNTY improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community to advance the common good.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.8MEducation$982kHealth$918kCrime & Legal$516kHousing & Shelter$351kYouth Development$308kFood & Nutrition$165kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $7,800 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $12,800 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $5,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$7,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PATH CRISIS CENTER$7,800
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–19, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILY SOL: $74k → 14%CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILY SOL: $35k → 14%PROJECT OZ: $192k → 11%CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILY SOL: $26k → 14%PROJECT OZ: $91k → 11%PROJECT OZ: $68k → 11%THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $38k → 11%THE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $18k → 11%THE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $14k → 11%THE BABY FOLD: $185k → 11%THE BABY FOLD: $89k → 11%MARCFIRST: $76k → 11%THE BABY FOLD: $67k → 11%MARCFIRST: $36k → 11%MARCFIRST: $27k → 11%FAITH-IN-ACTION: $8k → 11%YWCA: $206k → 11%YWCA: $96k → 11%YWCA: $70k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $55k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $26k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $19k → 11%SHOW BUS: $14k → 11%SHOW BUS: $7k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.6M · 28 repeat orgs$584k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +41% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
5

Total granted

$4.6M
$584k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+22%

Still filing today

68%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • YM
    YWCA MCLEAN COUNTY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $372k · revenue +29%
  • PO
    PROJECT OZ
    3× · 2017–2019 · $351k · revenue +71%
  • TB
    THE BABY FOLD
    3× · 2017–2019 · $340k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • RO
    REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 17
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • CH
    CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $38k · revenue +75%
  • DL
    DEWITT LIVINGSTON LOGAN AND MCLEAN COUNTIES REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION
    one grant, 2017 · $26k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Childrens Advocacy Center of East Central Illinois

To assist children who have been victims of abuse

Crime & Legal
2
Child Advocacy Center of Mchenry Co Inc

Provide Counselors in Child Abuse Situations

Crime & Legal
3
Center for Family Services

Administering an array of critical, intensive therapeutic interventions and/or facilitation services to emotionally and behaviorally disturbed clients for whom DCFS is legally responsible in order to stabilize their traditional or home of…

Human Services
4
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

The chicago children's advocacy center unites public, private, and community partners to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of abused children.

Crime & Legal
5
Children's Law Center Inc

Children's law center believes every child should grow up with a strong foundation of family, health and education and live in a world free from poverty, trauma, racism, and other forms of oppression. our more than 100 staff together with…

Crime & Legal
6
Child Link Inc

Child Link provides foster care, family counseling, and therapy services to Chicago area adolescents who are at risk of homelessness. Child Link also refers adolescents to other agencies that are able to provide additional resources and…

Human Services
7
Child Care Resource & Referral Network

The CCRRN is committed to supporting families, child care providers, and employers in their pursuit of quality child care and family support services that are both available and affordable. To this end,the CCRRN strives to assure

Human Services
8
Heartland Community Health Clinic D/B/a Heartland Health Services

Provide affordable, high-quality health services and remove inequities to improve the lives of all.

Health
9
Children's Center

Children's center serves children, youth and families through comprehensive mental health services.

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10
Child Care Answers of Central Indiana

To improve the well-being, care and education for the whole child.

Human Services
11
Family Counseling Services of No Il

To foster stronger communities by providing individuals with accessible, professional counseling and mental health care that empowers them to thrive

Human Services
12
Options and Advocacy for Mchenry County Inc

Empowering individuals with developmental disabilities and their families through advocacy and the coordination of service options

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill and the most unlike its peers is Livingston County Extension Education Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 49 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number14%4%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr15%33%35–55yr22%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value14%7%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%11%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr15%31%35–55yr22%43%55yr+

The field is 14% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
9%
82/902

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 17 — $500,000 · OtherREGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 17CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES — $356,945 · OtherCENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICESMID CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $253,007 · OtherMID CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION INCTHE SALVATION ARMY — $225,100 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYMILESTONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER & PRESCHOOL — $215,297 · OtherMILESTONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER & PRESCHOOLBOYS & GIRLS CLUB — $188,440 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBEastern Illinois Universit — $152,550 · OtherEastern Illinois UniversitCARLE CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPY — $150,000 · OtherCARLE CENTER FOR PHILANTHROPYPATH CRISIS CENTER — $132,600 · OtherPATH CRISIS CENTERWESTERN AVENUE COMMUNITY CENTER — $117,034 · Other+5 more — $191,411 · Other+5 moreYWCA MCLEAN COUNTY — $372,007 · Human ServicesYWCA MCLEAN COUNTYPROJECT OZ — $350,650 · Human ServicesPROJECT OZTHE BABY FOLD — $340,372 · Human ServicesTHE BABY FOLDLIFELONG ACCESS — $139,741 · Human ServicesLIFELONG ACCESSTHE CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY SOLUTIONS — $135,449 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY S…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $100,111 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its…CHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL — $69,074 · Human Services+2 more — $28,395 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC — $251,505 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEA…HEARTLAND HEAD START INC — $207,485 · HealthHEARTLAND HEA…PERSONAL ASSISTANCE TELEPHONE HELP INC — $121,852 · HealthPERSONAL ASSI…CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS INC — $37,684 · HealthCHESTNUT HEAL…PRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $204,334 · Crime & LegalCHILD PROTECTION NETWORK — $58,673 · Crime & LegalYOUTHBUILD MCLEAN COUNTY — $136,983 · EducationBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC — $119,195 · Youth DevelopmentCollaborative Solutions Institute I — $57,487 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,482,384Human Services$1,535,799Health$618,526Crime & Legal$263,007Education$136,983Youth Development$119,195Arts & Culture$57,487

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYWCA MCLEAN COUNTY — $372,007 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetPROJECT OZ — $350,650 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetTHE BABY FOLD — $340,372 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetMID CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION INC — $253,007 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC — $251,505 over 3y, 15% of budgetMILESTONES EARLY LEARNING CENTER & PRESCHOOL — $215,297 over 3y, 11% of budgetHEARTLAND HEAD START INC — $207,485 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPRAIRIE STATE LEGAL SERVICES INC — $204,334 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLIFELONG ACCESS — $139,741 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetYOUTHBUILD MCLEAN COUNTY — $136,983 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY SOLUTIONS — $135,449 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPERSONAL ASSISTANCE TELEPHONE HELP INC — $121,852 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS INC — $119,195 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetWESTERN AVENUE COMMUNITY CENTER — $117,034 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $100,111 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL — $69,074 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD PROTECTION NETWORK — $58,673 over 3y, 11% of budgetCollaborative Solutions Institute I — $57,487 over 3y, 14% of budgetCHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS INC — $37,684 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHOW BUS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NFP — $20,534 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION OF BLOOMINGTON NORMAL — $7,861 over 1y, 3.5% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Illinois Prairie Comm…Parker Kemp FoundationCommerce Bancshares F…United Way of Champai…The Growmark Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…The Owen FoundationSnyder Family Foundat…United Way of Livings…United Workforce Deve…Paul a Funk FoundationRussell and Betty Shi…
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation IncIL28.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc · Parker Kemp Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Champaign County · The Growmark Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Owen Foundation · Snyder Family Foundation Nfp · United Way of Livingston County · United Workforce Development Board Inc · Paul a Funk Foundation · Russell and Betty Shirk Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of McLean County funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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