How much does United Way of McLean County give?

United Way of McLean County reported 1 itemized grants totaling $7,800, out of $12,800 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.

What does United Way of McLean County fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Education (19%), Health (18%).

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

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: YWCA McLean County ($372k), Center for Human Services ($357k), Project Oz ($351k).

Does United Way of McLean County fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

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

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc, Parker Kemp Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.

Where is United Way of McLean County based?

United Way of McLean County is based in IL.

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Illinois · Public charity

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. Together, we will: connect and engage all sectors of our community, leverage community resources, and hold ourselves and others accountable.

$13k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 1
Itemized grants FY2025: 1
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $8k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $7,800
Largest grant, FY2025: $7,800
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 29; FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $1.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of McLean County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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	1	$8k	0%
FY2024	1	$31k	0%
FY2023	1	$31k	0%
FY2022	3	$581k	33%
FY2021	2	$131k	100%
FY2019	24	$840k	0%
FY2018	27	$1.1M	4%
FY2017	29	$2.4M	n/a

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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.

Human Services$1.8MEducation$982kHealth$918kCrime & Legal$516kHousing & Shelter$351kYouth Development$308kFood & Nutrition$165kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kOther$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
YWCA McLean County	$372,007	3	5%
Center for Human Services	$356,945	3	n/a
Project Oz	$350,650	3	10%
The Baby Fold	$340,372	3	1%
Mid Central Community Action Inc	$253,007	3	3%
Community Health Care Clinic	$251,505	3	15%
The Salvation Army	$225,100	3	n/a
Milestones Early Learning Center & Preschool	$215,297	3	11%
Heartland Head Start Inc	$207,485	3	2%
Prairie State Legal Services Inc	$204,334	3	1%

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All grantees of United Way of McLean County by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
YWCA McLean County	$372,007	3	5%
Center for Human Services	$356,945	3	n/a
Project Oz	$350,650	3	10%
The Baby Fold	$340,372	3	1%
Mid Central Community Action Inc	$253,007	3	3%
Community Health Care Clinic	$251,505	3	15%
The Salvation Army	$225,100	3	n/a
Milestones Early Learning Center & Preschool	$215,297	3	11%
Heartland Head Start Inc	$207,485	3	2%
Prairie State Legal Services Inc	$204,334	3	1%
Boys & Girls Club	$188,440	3	n/a
Eastern Illinois Universit	$152,550	3	n/a
Lifelong Access	$139,741	3	1%
Youthbuild McLean County	$136,983	3	5%
The Center for Youth and Family Solutions	$135,449	3	0%
Personal Assistance Telephone Help Inc	$121,852	3	4%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois Inc	$119,195	3	7%
Western Avenue Community Center	$117,034	3	5%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$100,111	3	0%
McLean County USD 5	$69,831	3	n/a
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill	$69,074	3	0%
Child Protection Network	$58,673	3	11%
Collaborative Solutions Institute I	$57,487	3	14%
Bloomington Public Schools District 87	$41,531	3	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$41,422	2	n/a
Chestnut Health Systems Inc	$37,684	1	0%
Dewitt Livingston Logan and McLean Counties Regional Office of Education	$26,476	1	n/a
Show Bus Public Transportation Nfp	$20,534	2	0%
Livingston County Extension Education Association	$12,151	1	n/a
Faith in Action of Bloomington Normal	$7,861	1	3%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($783k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of McLean County supplied at peak.

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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 21.

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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.

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

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 McLean County

How much does United Way of McLean County give?: United Way of McLean County reported 1 itemized grants totaling $7,800, out of $12,800 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does United Way of McLean County fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Education (19%), Health (18%).
Who are United Way of McLean County's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: YWCA McLean County ($372k), Center for Human Services ($357k), Project Oz ($351k).
Does United Way of McLean County fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of McLean County?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Inc, Parker Kemp Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
Where is United Way of McLean County based?: United Way of McLean County is based in IL.