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· Public charity

United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of northwest indiana to advance the common good.

$474k
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Human Services$975kHealth$787kHousing & Shelter$659kFood & Nutrition$611kEducation$458kYouth Development$275kEmployment$116kCrime & Legal$86kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $453,200, the rows itemized in this filing. The $474,400 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,200 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $368k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CARING PLACE INC$50,000
VNA OF PORTER COUNTY$41,600
HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$41,000
OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES$36,000
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES$35,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA$35,000
DUNELAND FAMILY YMCA$33,000
PORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY$30,000
PORTAGE TOWNSHIP YMCA$24,000
PARENTS AS TEACHERS OF PORTER COUNTY$15,000
PORTER COUNTY PACT$15,000
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF NORTHWEST INDIANA$15,000
PC ASSOC FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN & ADULTS INC$12,000
PORTER-STARKE SERVICES$12,000
HEALTHLINC$12,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $65k → 9%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $52k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $357k → 15%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $9k → 15%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $41k → 9%HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $41k → 9%FAMILY HOUSE: $27k → 9%VALPARAISO FAMILY YMCA: $15k → 9%YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: $14k → 9%FAMILY HOUSE: $12k → 9%FAMILY HOUSE: $11k → 9%YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: $10k → 9%FAMILY HOUSE: $10k → 9%VALPARAISO FAMILY YMCA: $9k → 9%VALPARAISO FAMILY YMCA: $9k → 9%VALPARAISO FAMILY YMCA: $9k → 9%DUNELAND FAMILY YMCA: $38k → 9%DUNELAND FAMILY YMCA: $33k → 9%DUNELAND FAMILY YMCA: $33k → 9%DUNELAND FAMILY YMCA - KIDS: $32k → 9%DUNELAND FAMILY YMCA - SENIORS: $5k → 9%PORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY: $130k → 9%PORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY: $35k → 9%PORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY: $30k → 9%PORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY: $30k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 73% of the giving stays in IN; by stated purpose, 62%.

United Way of Northwest Indiana Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 24 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
14

Total granted

$2.9M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+33%

Still filing today

75%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationEmploymentCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • HO
    Housing Opportunities Inc
    5× · 2019–2023 · $251k · revenue +37%
  • PC
    PORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $225k · revenue +28%
  • VN
    VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $216k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • M
    MISCELLANEOUS
    one grant, 2021 · $1.1M
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $322k · revenue +16%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2022 · $282k
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
Family Promise of Porter County Inc

To prevent and end homelessness for families with children, helping them achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.

Human Services
2
Portage County Children's Services Center

To promote the healthy development of children and families through quality behavioral and mental health services, community partnerships and advocacy.

Health
3
Turning Point Inc

Our mission is to provide professional counseling with the highest level of ethical standards to individuals in the community . We believe in health, healing, hope, growth, recovery and transformation as foundational goals for everyone and…

Health
4
Indiana County Community Action Program

Provide resources for low income clients.

Human Services
5
Partnering Together of Portage County Inc

To provide support and services for those struggling with housing and poverty issues in our community.

Housing & Shelter
6
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
7
Hoosier Families Inc

Hoosier Families is a non-profit organization that provides Community Based programs for Indiana children and families. Hoosier Families is committed to utilizing evidence-based practices to strengthen, rebuild and reunite the individuals…

Human Services
8
In-Pact Inc

To provide services designed to adequately meet the needs of all persons with autism and other developmental disabilities residing in northwest indiana.

—
9
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

—
10
Porterville Halfway House

Recovery & rehabilitation of alcohol & drug addiction

Health
11
Opportunity Enterprises Inc

The mission of opportunity enterprises is to create inclusive and equitable opportunites for people of all abilities. the agency provides vocational training, day services, transportation, and residential services to clients in porter…

Employment
12
Healthy & Dwell Inc

Healthy&Dwell Inc is dedicated to being a leading advocate, expert and trusted authority in affordable, permanent supportive housing for our neighbors living with serious mental health challenges living in Hamilton County, IN. Our mission…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Service Bureau of Porter County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Porter County Association for Handicapped Children and Adults in. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 39 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/31
Grantees still filing
19/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MISCELLANEOUS: $1,115,466 · OtherMISCELLANEOUSTHE SALVATION ARMY: $282,023 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHousing Opportunities Inc: $250,553 · OtherHousing Opportunities IncTHE CARING PLACE INC: $233,018 · OtherTHE CARING PLACE INCHEALTHLINC INC: $210,346 · OtherHEALTHLINC INCMEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $166,383 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PORTER COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $139,330 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PORTAGE TOWNSHIP INC: $103,000 · Other+15 more: $518,205 · Other+15 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $365,770 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOC…PORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesPORTER COUNTY AGING & C…HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $199,556 · Human ServicesHILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HO…DUNELAND YMCA INC: $141,000 · Human ServicesDUNELAND YMCA INCFAMILY HOUSE INC: $59,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY HOUSE INCVALPARAISO YMCA: $41,600 · Human Services+1 more: $23,650 · Human ServicesVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC: $216,400 · HealthVISITING …TRADEWINDS SERVICES INC: $126,000 · HealthTRADEWIND…PORTER-STARKE SERVICES INC: $61,000 · HealthPORTER-ST…SOUTHLAKETRI-CITY MANAGEMENT CORPORATIO DBA GEMINUS CORPORATION: $40,000 · HealthSOUTHLAKE…FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $322,023 · Food & NutritionOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC: $187,600 · EmploymentPRISONER AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER PACT INC: $68,000 · Crime & LegalPARENTS AS TEACHERS OF PORTER COUNTY INC: $30,000 · EducationNEIGHBORS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: $7,500 · Education
Other$3,018,324Human Services$1,056,076Health$443,400Food & Nutrition$322,023Employment$187,600Crime & Legal$68,000Education$37,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF GARY: $365,770 over 2y, 47% of budgetFOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $322,023 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHousing Opportunities Inc: $250,553 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTHE CARING PLACE INC: $233,018 over 5y, 10% of budgetPORTER COUNTY AGING & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $225,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetVISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION OF PORTER COUNTY INDIANA INC: $216,400 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHEALTHLINC INC: $210,346 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $199,556 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetOPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC: $187,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA INC: $166,383 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetDUNELAND YMCA INC: $141,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PORTER COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $139,330 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetTRADEWINDS SERVICES INC: $126,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PORTAGE TOWNSHIP INC: $103,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF LAKE COUNTY INC: $75,218 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPRISONER AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER PACT INC: $68,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN PORTER COUNTY INC: $61,997 over 4y, 29% of budgetPORTER-STARKE SERVICES INC: $61,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC: $59,500 over 5y, 15% of budgetVALPARAISO YMCA: $41,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHLAKETRI-CITY MANAGEMENT CORPORATIO DBA GEMINUS CORPORATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARENTS AS TEACHERS OF PORTER COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetGABRIEL'S HORN INC: $29,160 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF PORTER COUNTY INC: $23,650 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFRONTLINE FOUNDATIONS INC: $22,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetDUNEBROOK INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNEWTON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMORAINE HOUSE INC: $14,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNORTHWEST INDIANA REINVESTMENT ALLIANCE: $13,750 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetNEIGHBORS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Porter County Communi…John W Anderson Found…Nisource Charitable F…Legacy Foundation IncLake Area United Way …Early Learning Indian…Forszt Brothers Chari…Crown Point Community…1st Source Bank Found…The Cleveland-Cliffs …Central Indiana Commu…Porter County Substan…
Porter County Community Foundation IncIN55.5× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Porter County Community Foundation Inc · John W Anderson Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Legacy Foundation Inc · Lake Area United Way Inc · Early Learning Indiana Inc · Forszt Brothers Charitable Foundation In · Crown Point Community Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Porter County Substance Abuse Council D/B/A Hub Coalition Porter County In

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 39 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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