Texas · Public charity
United Way of Odessa Inc
Improve lives by mobilizing the power of our community to advance the common good through the annual campaign used to allocate funds to 15 partner agencies who provide services in the following areas improving peoples mental and physical health helping people of all ages achieve their potential and promote financial stability and…
- $565k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $41,382
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,514
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations United Way of Odessa Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $565k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $692k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $775k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $786k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $1.0M | 5% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $1.1M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $1.1M | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club of Odessa | $995,212 | 9 | 9% |
| Harmony Home Children's Advocacy Center Inc | $805,269 | 9 | 15% |
| Centers for Children and Families Inc | $740,471 | 9 | 4% |
| Odessa Christmas in Action Inc | $593,949 | 9 | 49% |
| Odessa Family YMCA | $547,813 | 6 | 3% |
| Meals on Wheels of Odessa Inc | $529,609 | 7 | 12% |
| Catholic Charities Community Services Odessa Inc | $498,185 | 9 | 14% |
| Midland Rape Crisis Center Inc | $465,675 | 6 | 9% |
| Odessa Day Nursery | $430,844 | 9 | 8% |
| Casa of the Permian Basin Inc | $423,095 | 9 | 24% |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Odessa Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Permian Basin Area Foundation · Abell-Hanger Foundation · Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust · Junior League of Odessa Inc · United Way of Midland Inc · The Fasken Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Beal Foundation · Yarborough Foundation · Pevehouse Family Foundation · JC Ferguson Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About United Way of Odessa Inc
- How much does United Way of Odessa Inc give?
- United Way of Odessa Inc reported 13 grants totaling $565,108 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Odessa Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (51%), Crime & Legal (20%), Youth Development (16%).
- Who are United Way of Odessa Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Club of Odessa ($995k), Harmony Home Children's Advocacy Center Inc ($805k), Centers for Children and Families Inc ($740k).
- Does United Way of Odessa Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Odessa Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Permian Basin Area Foundation, Abell-Hanger Foundation, Helen Greathouse Charitable Trust.
- Where is United Way of Odessa Inc based?
- United Way of Odessa Inc is based in TX.
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