How much does United Way of Ne Minnesota give?

United Way of Ne Minnesota reported 27 itemized grants totaling $606,000, out of $2,085,340 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does United Way of Ne Minnesota fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Human Services (22%), Youth Development (15%).

Who are United Way of Ne Minnesota's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Happy Days Learning Center Inc ($532k), Range Transitional Housing Inc ($265k), Sexual Assault Program of Northern St Louis County ($250k).

Does United Way of Ne Minnesota fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Ne Minnesota?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northland Foundation, Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Smdc Medical Center.

Where is United Way of Ne Minnesota based?

United Way of Ne Minnesota is based in MN.

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Minnesota · Public charity

United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

$2.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 27
Itemized grants FY2025: 24
Organizations funded FY2024: 8%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $606k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 21 to 28; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $4.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations United Way of Ne Minnesota funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $542k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther

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	25	$606k	12%
FY2024	24	$1.1M	8%
FY2023	22	$512k	14%
FY2022	23	$403k	9%
FY2021	22	$389k	14%
FY2020	21	$404k	10%
FY2019	26	$449k	8%
FY2018	28	$419k	14%

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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.

Health$1.2MHuman Services$1.1MYouth Development$716kHousing & Shelter$599kPublic Safety & Disaster$480kEducation$201kCrime & Legal$106kCommunity Improvement$81kOther$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
Happy Days Learning Center Inc	$532,045	1	n/a
Range Transitional Housing Inc	$265,000	9	4%
Sexual Assault Program of Northern St Louis County	$250,000	9	13%
Northwoods Partners	$248,600	9	13%
Second Harvest Northland	$225,000	9	0%
Project Care Free Clinic	$214,500	9	22%
Care Partners	$210,200	9	36%
The Salvation Army	$207,846	8	n/a
Salvation Army	$174,818	6	n/a
Boys' Club of Duluth	$170,000	3	5%

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All grantees of United Way of Ne Minnesota by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Happy Days Learning Center Inc	$532,045	1	n/a
Range Transitional Housing Inc	$265,000	9	4%
Sexual Assault Program of Northern St Louis County	$250,000	9	13%
Northwoods Partners	$248,600	9	13%
Second Harvest Northland	$225,000	9	0%
Project Care Free Clinic	$214,500	9	22%
Care Partners	$210,200	9	36%
The Salvation Army	$207,846	8	n/a
Salvation Army	$174,818	6	n/a
Boys' Club of Duluth	$170,000	3	5%
Nslc Habitat for Humanity	$165,000	5	n/a
Advocates for Family Peace	$162,850	9	4%
Chicagami	$157,000	8	33%
Volunteers in Education	$149,680	9	69%
Together For Life Northland	$140,000	3	11%
Ely Community Health Center	$120,400	9	18%
The Ely Community Resource Inc	$112,200	9	5%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$107,500	3	0%
Children's Dental Services Inc	$93,037	4	0%
Brandie Folkkenbrandie's Little Bear Learning Center	$90,000	1	n/a
Serveminnesota	$81,110	9	0%
Friends Against Abuse	$75,500	9	3%
Arrowhead Center Inc	$70,400	7	4%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc	$64,000	3	2%
Iron Range Tykes	$63,000	1	n/a
St Louis County Schools Independent School District 2142	$51,400	4	n/a
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa	$50,000	1	n/a
Little Mariners Child Care Isd 381	$45,000	1	n/a
Voyageurs Area Council	$41,000	3	4%
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin Lakes and Pines Council	$39,100	5	0%
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency Incorporated	$37,500	4	0%
Hibbing Kinship Mentoring Program	$34,950	4	n/a
Range Mental Health Center Inc	$34,000	2	0%
Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota	$30,000	2	0%
Floodwood Services and Training Inc	$28,000	3	1%
Angel Fund	$27,000	4	5%
Arc Range Chapter	$22,500	3	n/a
Koochiching County Food Access	$22,500	4	4%
Mesabi Family Young Mens Christian Assn	$22,000	3	1%
East Range Developmental Achievement Center	$20,000	2	1%
Support Within Reach	$18,500	3	1%
CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc	$12,000	2	1%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$10,000	2	0%
Northern Star Council	$10,000	1	n/a
Mesabi Fit Coalition	$7,500	1	n/a
Catholic Charities Bureau Inc	$5,000	1	0%

United Way of Ne Minnesota supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 33.

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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.

Northland FoundationMN54× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Northland Foundation · Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · Smdc Medical Center · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Minnesota Power Foundation · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Arsher Charitable Trust · Owens Family Charitable Foundation · Initiative Foundation · Security State Bank 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 Ne Minnesota

How much does United Way of Ne Minnesota give?: United Way of Ne Minnesota reported 27 itemized grants totaling $606,000, out of $2,085,340 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Ne Minnesota fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Human Services (22%), Youth Development (15%).
Who are United Way of Ne Minnesota's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Happy Days Learning Center Inc ($532k), Range Transitional Housing Inc ($265k), Sexual Assault Program of Northern St Louis County ($250k).
Does United Way of Ne Minnesota fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Ne Minnesota?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northland Foundation, Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Smdc Medical Center.
Where is United Way of Ne Minnesota based?: United Way of Ne Minnesota is based in MN.