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United Way of Missoula County

UNITED WAY OF MISSOULA COUNTY builds a better community for all, especially in the areas of education, financial stability, and health.

$95k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$8k
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 2022.

Human Services$133kHousing & Shelter$119kYouth Development$44kFood & Nutrition$36kEducation$20kHealth$18kCommunity Improvement$10kCrime & Legal$7kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $8,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $95,431 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $87,431 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YWCA MISSOULA$8,000
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 (FY17–22, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $7k → 9%YWCA: $12k → 9%EMPOWER MT: $11k → 9%YWCA: $6k → 9%MISSOULA AGING SERVICES: $30k → 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $11k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $8k → 9%EMPOWER MT: $6k → 9%MISSOULA AGING SERVICES: $6k → 9%CHILDCARE RESOURCES: $6k → 9%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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$226k · 7 repeat orgs$165k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
16

Total granted

$226k
$165k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+11%

Still filing today

86%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterReligionHealthInternationalOther
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

  • PC
    POVERELLO CENTER INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $69k · revenue +122%
  • MA
    MISSOULA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC
    2× · 2017–2020 · $35k · revenue +60%
  • DX
    DISTRICT XI HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • RM
    RAISE MONTANA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • MC
    MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • CF
    CHILD & FAMILY RESOURCE COUNCIL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue +148%
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
Habitat for Humanity Missoula Inc

Habitat for humanity of missoula is a nonprofit, ecumenical, christian housing ministry dedicated to the elimination of poverty housing in our community and throughout the world.

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2
Partnership Health Center Inc

Partnership health center ensures that accessible, comprehensive primary healthcare is provided to the medically underserved population in our region, through a partnership of community resources.

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3
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Montana

Keeping families with a sick child/children close to the care and resources they need, when it matters the most.

Health
4
Center for Mental Health

The center for mental health partners with people and communities to produce exceptional mental health and substance abuse services.

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5
Missoula Developmental Service Corp

Mdsc, doing business as the arc western montana, provides people with developmental disabilities and their families with the skills, tools, and supports that foster self-determination and inclusion, so they thrive as integrated members in…

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6
Missoula Community Foundation

To enhance community vitality by inspiring community giving and strengthening nonprofits

Community Improvement
7
Morgan County Child Advocacy Center

To provide a safe caring place to evaluate any child who may have been abused

Crime & Legal
8
Montana Food Bank Network Inc

Our mission: to end hunger in montana through food acquisition and distribution, education, and advocacy. we are the only statewide hunger organization, providing emergency food and increasing food access among needy children, seniors and…

Food & Nutrition
9
Friends of the Children - Montana

Friends of the children montana has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Youth Development
10
Children's Home Society of Idaho Inc

Our mission is to improve the lives of children in our community.

Health
11
Montana Fair Housing Inc

To assist victims of housing discrimination in the state of montana.

Housing & Shelter
12
Central Montana Head Start

Central montana head start is an early learning center that empowers the whole child and family through health, education, and self-sufficiency.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca Missoula; the most unlike its peers is Tamarack Grief Resource Center Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORP: $31,869 · OtherSALVATION ARMY NATIONAL CORPDISTRICT XI HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $29,519 · OtherDISTRICT XI HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL INCRAISE MONTANA INC: $20,000 · OtherRAISE MONTANA INCMISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20,000 · OtherMISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSCHILD & FAMILY RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $18,238 · OtherCHILD & FAMILY RESOURCE COUNCIL INCWESTERN MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER: $12,180 · OtherWESTERN MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH CENTERWOMENS OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INC: $9,666 · OtherWOMENS OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN…COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MISSOULA: $6,713 · OtherBIG BROTHERS & SISTERS OF MISSOULA INC: $5,598 · Other+1 more: $5,119 · OtherMISSOULA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $35,437 · Human ServicesMISSOULA AREA AGENCY ON AGING IN…YWCA MISSOULA: $25,362 · Human ServicesYWCA MISSOULAEMPOWER MT: $16,794 · Human ServicesEMPOWER MTMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $11,119 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INCYOUTH HOMES: $10,519 · Human ServicesYOUTH HOMESWATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $6,629 · Human ServicesWATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER INCCHILD CARE RESOURCES: $5,500 · Human ServicesPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $69,319 · Housing & ShelterPOVERELLO CENTER INCMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $18,141 · Food & NutritionGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $6,218 · Food & NutritionOUTREACH INC: $11,250 · InternationalMISSOULA INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE: $9,809 · ReligionTAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INC: $6,227 · Health
Other$158,902Human Services$111,360Housing & Shelter$69,319Food & Nutrition$24,359International$11,250Religion$9,809Health$6,227

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPOVERELLO CENTER INC: $69,319 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMISSOULA AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $35,437 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDISTRICT XI HUMAN RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $29,519 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA MISSOULA: $25,362 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHILD & FAMILY RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $18,238 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetMISSOULA FOOD BANK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $18,141 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEMPOWER MT: $16,794 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWESTERN MONTANA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER: $12,180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH INC: $11,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $11,119 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYOUTH HOMES: $10,519 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISSOULA INTERFAITH COLLABORATIVE: $9,809 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetWOMENS OPPORTUNITY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INC: $9,666 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MISSOULA: $6,713 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetWATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER INC: $6,629 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INC: $6,227 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC: $6,218 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIG BROTHERS & SISTERS OF MISSOULA INC: $5,598 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCES: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Headwaters Health Fou…Otto Bremer TrustDennis & Phyllis Wash…The Bill & Rosemary G…Town Pump Charitable …Providence Health & S…Missoula Community Fo…The Llewellyn Foundat…Montana Community Fou…Sample Foundation IncCross Charitable Foun…First Interstate Banc…
Headwaters Health Foundation of Western MontanaMT30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Otto Bremer Trust · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Providence Health & Services - Montana · Missoula Community Foundation · The Llewellyn Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Sample Foundation Inc · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc

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 Missoula County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Missoula County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 23 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $9k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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