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United Way of Northern New Yorkinc

To unite communities, resources, and partners to collaboratively address local needs, foster impactful programming, and enhance quality of life.

$287k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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 2025.

Human Services$1.2MHealth$416kReligion$347kEducation$158kCrime & Legal$117kPublic Safety & Disaster$107kYouth Development$81kFood & Nutrition$80kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $175,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $286,718 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $111,018 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $152k
$11,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION$25,000
VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC$25,000
WATERTOWN FAMILY YMCA INC$25,000
LITERACY OF NORTHERN NEW YORK$20,000
SALVATION ARMY OF WATERTOWN$15,000
SALVATION ARMY OF MASSENA$11,000
POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF MASSENA$11,000
LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES$10,000
ACR HEALTH$10,000
ST LAWRENCE COUNTY CDP$9,000
ST LAWRENCE VALLEY RENEWAL HOUSE$7,700
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF NORTH$7,000
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 (FY17–25, $934k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 14%LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 14%ST LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $11k → 18%LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 14%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $121k → 14%ST LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $11k → 18%LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 14%LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $8k → 14%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $47k → 14%ST LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $10k → 18%LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $8k → 14%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $47k → 14%LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES: $8k → 14%ST LAWRENCE COUNTY CDP: $9k → 18%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $41k → 14%ST LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $8k → 18%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $36k → 14%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $33k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES JEFFLEWIS: $20k → 18%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $32k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES JEFFLEWIS: $19k → 18%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $32k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES JEFFLEWIS: $18k → 18%UNITED HELPERS NURSING HOME - OGDEN: $10k → 18%CATHOLIC CHARITIES JEFFLEWIS: $7k → 18%UNITED HELPERS OF OGDENSBURG: $7k → 18%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $26k → 14%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $25k → 14%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $25k → 14%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $25k → 14%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $25k → 14%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $25k → 14%VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $22k → 14%CHLLDRENS HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $19k → 14%CHLLDRENS HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $19k → 14%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $18k → 14%CHLLDRENS HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $16k → 14%MEALS ON WHEELS OF GREATER WATERTOWN INC: $15k → 14%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $15k → 14%WATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $14k → 14%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NNY: $12k → 14%CHLLDRENS HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $11k → 14%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NNY: $10k → 14%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NNY: $9k → 14%VICTIMS ASSISTANCE CENTER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC: $9k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $6k → 14%FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NNY: $5k → 14%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 28 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
8

Total granted

$2.6M
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+64%

Still filing today

86%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WATERTOWN NY INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $293k · revenue +46%
  • VT
    VOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $267k · revenue +62%
  • TW
    THRIVE WELLNESS AND RECOVERY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $181k · revenue +187%

Funded once

  • HI
    HAND IN HAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $12k · revenue +135%
  • MI
    MOHAWK INDIAN HOUSING CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +64%
  • HW
    HEALTH WORKFORCE NEW YORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +43%
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
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
2
Behavioral Health Services North Inc

The organization provides behavioral health / social support services to residents in clinton, franklin, essex, warren and washington counties in new york state.

Health
3
Lamoille County Mental Health

Lamoille county mental health services is a nonprofit organization providing quality developmental and behavioral health to the lamoille valley area, enhancing independence and quality of life.

Health
4
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
5
Tlc Health Network

Tlc health network's mission is to provide a diverse range of quality healthcare services throughout western new york while adhering to the values upon which we were founded:integrity - compassion - accountability - respect - excellence

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6
Jefferson Community Counseling Cent Dba Discovery Behavioral Healthcare

Discovery behavioral healthcare is a community based health treatment center dedicated to providing state of the art services to foster recovery and resilience in an accessible, respective and caring environment.

Youth Development
7
Jewish Home of Central New York Senior Apartments Inc

Jewish home of central new york senior apartment's mission is to assure maximum independence and dignity offering a broad range of the highest quality of health, residential and community services. jewish home of central new york senior…

Housing & Shelter
8
Chautauqua Adult Day Care Centers Inc

The agency's mission is to provide a program of services for frail or impaired older adults in a secure group setting, enhancing quality of life, delaying institutionalization and providing respite for caregivers.

Human Services
9
New York Therapeutic Communities Inc

To help program participants effect those changes in attitude and behavior that will enable them to make choices associated with a healthy, positive lifestyle free of crime and substance abuse.

—
10
Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County Inc

The mental health association in chautauqua county commits to radical acceptance, empowerment, and advocacy for our community members who struggle with mental health and substance use.

Health
11
Seneca Health Services Inc

To be the leading provider of behavioral and physical healthcare through compassionate and quality services in our community.

—
12
Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc

Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Ogdensburg; the most unlike its peers is Wilna Champion Transportation Assoc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 37 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)
31/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WATERTOWN NY INC: $292,723 · OtherTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WATER…THE SALVATION ARMY: $164,120 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYLITERACY OF NORTHERN NEW YORK INC: $150,563 · OtherLITERACY OF NORTHERN NEW YORK INCAMERICAN RED CROSS OF NNY: $106,528 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS OF NNYTHE SALVATION ARMY BUFFALO: $100,944 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY BUFFALOST LAWRENCE VALLEY RENEWAL HOUSE FOR VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE INC: $75,348 · OtherST LAWRENCE VALLEY RENEWAL HOUSE FOR VICTIMS O…NEW DAY CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $39,918 · Other+10 more: $142,734 · Other+10 moreWATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $356,043 · Human ServicesWATERTOWN URBAN MISSIONVOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $266,925 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INCCHILDREN'S HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $72,099 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTYCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OGDENSBURG: $64,731 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OGD…LEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $63,322 · Human ServicesLEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INCST LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $49,276 · Human ServicesFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NORTHERN NEW YORK INC: $36,357 · Human Services+2 more: $25,554 · Human ServicesTHRIVE WELLNESS AND RECOVERY INC: $180,854 · HealthTHRIVE WE…NORTH COUNTRY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $22,423 · HealthNORTH COU…HEALTH WORKFORCE NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · HealthALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC: $9,117 · Health+1 more: $6,000 · HealthAIDS COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC D/B/A ACR HEALTH: $124,944 · EducationHAND IN HAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $11,969 · EducationTHE RESOLUTION CENTER INC: $108,139 · Crime & LegalPOLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF MASSENA INC: $61,752 · Youth DevelopmentHOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $35,850 · Youth DevelopmentFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $65,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,072,878Human Services$934,307Health$228,394Education$136,913Crime & Legal$108,139Youth Development$97,602Food & Nutrition$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWATERTOWN URBAN MISSION: $356,043 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WATERTOWN NY INC: $292,723 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetVOLUNTEER TRANSPORTATION CENTER INC: $266,925 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetTHRIVE WELLNESS AND RECOVERY INC: $180,854 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLITERACY OF NORTHERN NEW YORK INC: $150,563 over 9y, 21% of budgetAIDS COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC D/B/A ACR HEALTH: $124,944 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RESOLUTION CENTER INC: $108,139 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetST LAWRENCE VALLEY RENEWAL HOUSE FOR VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE INC: $75,348 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $72,099 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL NEW YORK: $65,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OGDENSBURG: $64,731 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLEWIS COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INC: $63,322 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPOLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF MASSENA INC: $61,752 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetST LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $49,276 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW DAY CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $39,918 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetFAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE OF NORTHERN NEW YORK INC: $36,357 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetHOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $35,850 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER INC: $22,423 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNTAIN VIEW PREVENTION SERVICES INC: $19,755 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NYPENN PATHWAYS INC: $19,384 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC THOUSAND ISLANDS AREA: $19,228 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $18,062 over 2y, 12% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOC IN JEFFERSON COUNTY INC: $17,555 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetUNITED HELPERS CANTON NURSING HOME INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAND IN HAND EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $11,969 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMOHAWK INDIAN HOUSING CORPORATION: $10,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHEALTH WORKFORCE NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNCIL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC: $9,117 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVICTIMS ASSISTANCE CENTER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC: $8,554 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY LIBRARY SYSTEM: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Northern New York Com…Jane E Deline Foundat…The Delaney Bay Fund …Kinney Drugs Foundati…Mother Cabrini Health…Capital District Phys…Amazonsmile Foundation
Northern New York Community Foundation IncNY44.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Northern New York Community Foundation Inc · Jane E Deline Foundation · The Delaney Bay Fund Inc · Kinney Drugs Foundation Inc · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Northern New Yorkinc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Northern New Yorkinc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Holistic Life Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
16report 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
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 37 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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