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United Way Emerald Coast

Our mission is to unite people with resources to improve the quality of life in okaloosa and walton counties.

$619k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$44k
Largest
01What you fund
0177% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY20172025.

Human Services$1.0MHealth$426kEducation$235kHousing & Shelter$123kYouth Development$84kCrime & Legal$70kArts & Culture$39kFood & Nutrition$24kCommunity Improvement$24kOther$634k
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 20 grants below total $422,478 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $618,913 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $196,435 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $408k
$20,514
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MATRIX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER$43,681
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE EEMERALD COAST INC$35,705
WESTERWOOD RANCH$32,103
A BED 4 ME FOUNDATION$30,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - WALTON$30,000
EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF THE EMERALD COAST$26,956
CROSSROADS CENTER INC$22,603
FREEDOM LIFE COMPASS$21,500
OKALOOSA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC$21,288
EMERALD COAST CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY$20,514
CRESTVIEW AREA SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS$20,000
LAKEVIEW CENTER INC$19,066
FEEDING THE GULF COAST$17,645
UNITED METHODIST CHILDRENS HOME$17,500
PEARL PROJECT INC$14,451
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $815k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%WESTERWOOD RANCH: $32k → 8%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY: $6k → 12%PEARL PROJECT INC: $14k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD OF NW FLORIDA: $19k → 16%WALTON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $17k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD OF NW FLORIDA: $14k → 16%WALTON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $13k → 11%UNITED METHODIST CHILDRENS HOME: $18k → 8%RONALD MCDONALD OF NW FLORIDA: $7k → 16%UNITED METHODIST CHILDRENS HOME: $12k → 8%COVENANT HOSPICE: $14k → 16%MATRIX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER: $44k → 11%MATRIX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER: $14k → 11%CHILDREN IN CRISIS: $60k → 8%HORIZONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY: $54k → 8%NORTHWEST FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM: $15k → 16%NORTHWEST FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM: $6k → 16%CHILDREN IN CRISIS: $38k → 8%HORIZONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY: $34k → 8%A BED 4 ME FOUNDATION: $30k → 8%CHILDREN IN CRISIS: $11k → 8%CHILDREN IN CRISIS: $9k → 8%CHILDREN IN CRISIS: $8k → 8%CHILDREN IN CRISIS: $5k → 8%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $12k → 8%SHARING AND CARING OF OKALOOSA: $55k → 8%SHARING AND CARING OF OKALOOSA: $51k → 8%SHARING AND CARING OF OKALOOSA: $35k → 8%SHARING AND CARING OF OKALOOSA: $35k → 8%OKALOOSA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $21k → 8%CATERPILLER BUTTERFLY OUTREACH CENTER: $21k → 8%OKALOOSA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $20k → 8%SHARING AND CARING OF OKALOOSA: $19k → 8%OKALOOSA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $18k → 8%ELDER SERVICES OF OKALOOSA COUNTY: $13k → 8%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $12k → 8%OASIS: $10k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.3M · 34 repeat orgs$369k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +11% since the first grant, against -24% for the ones you funded once.

34 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
12

Total granted

$2.3M
$220k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-24%

Still filing today

94%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’19’20’21’22’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterEducationYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • EL
    EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF OKALOOSA & WALTON COUNTIES INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $198k · revenue +24%
  • SC
    SHARING & CARING INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $194k · revenue +31%
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF OKALOOSA/WALTON COUNTIES INC
    5× · 2017–2023 · $150k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS OF NW FLORIDA
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • PW
    Point Washington Medical Clinic Incgraduated
    2× · 2022–2024 · $33k · revenue +52%
  • UF
    UNITED FOR A GOOD CAUSE INCgraduated
    2× · 2022–2023 · $24k · revenue +407%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Florida Commission On Homelessness Inc

The corporation is organized for the purpose of permanently reducing the number of homeless individuals and families in the central florida region.

2
Gulf Coast Partnership Inc

Gulf coast partnership, inc. (the organization) mission is to prevent homelessness in charlotte county. the organization is a department of hud lead agency on homelessness in the state of florida. the organization is funded through a…

Housing & Shelter
3
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

4
Family Care Center of Catawba Valley Inc

The organization serves homeless families with dependent children through an emergency and transitional residential program. the center offers physical, emotional, social and educational services to assist families in the transition to…

Human Services
5
Life Crisis Center Inc

To improve the quality of life in our community through crisis intervention and violence prevention.

Human Services
6
Westcare Florida Inc

To provide substance abuse treatment and prevention.

Health
7
Pathway Homes of Florida Inc

The organization is dedicated to providing case management and housing location services for homeless and other adults with mental illness and co-occurring disabilities.

Health
8
Recovery Connections of Central Florida

Through empathetic compassion, we ae committed to connecting individuals and families to resources that offer multiple pathways to long-term, sustainable recovery.

Human Services
9
Family Promise of Baldwin County

To provide temporary shelter, related services and nuturing support to housing insecure families with children in baldwin county.

Human Services
10
Volusiaflagler County Coalition for the Homeless Inc

Charitable or educational purposes related to services for persons experiencing homelessness and persons at risk of homelessness in the service area. in pursuance of the foregoing purposes, vfcch shall facilitate and coordinate the…

Human Services
11
Homeless Services Network of Central Florida Inc

The homeless services network of central florida is the lead agency for the hud continuum of care supportive housing program, shelter, and care funding for osceola, seminole, and orange counties including the city of orlando. it…

Human Services
12
Family Nurturing Center of Florida Inc

To provide a nurturing environment for families impacted by divorce, custody battles, and domestic violence, by keeping children safe during these challenging times and helping parents foster positive relationships with their children.

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Emerald Coast Childrens Advocacy Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is United for a Good Cause Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number27%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr17%20%10–20yr15%30%20–35yr10%26%35–55yr17%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value27%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr17%20%10–20yr15%35%20–35yr10%26%35–55yr17%14%55yr+

The field is 27% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/55
the rest of the field
13%
401/3,060

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/50
Grantees still filing
28/50
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SHARING & CARING INC — $194,363 · Human ServicesSHARING & CARING INCCHILDREN IN CRISIS INC — $130,932 · Human ServicesCHILDREN IN CRISIS INCSHELTER HOUSE INC — $124,043 · Human ServicesSHELTER HOUSE INCHORIZONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY INC — $88,152 · Human ServicesHORIZONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY INCOKALOOSA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING — $59,288 · Human ServicesOKALOOSA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGINGMATRIX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENT — $57,681 · Human ServicesMATRIX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTS4P SYNERGY INC — $55,034 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $39,610 · Human Services+14 more — $284,806 · Human Services+14 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA — $135,835 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWES…AMIKIDS INC — $124,434 · OtherAMIKIDS INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE EMERALD COAST INC — $90,800 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE EM…FRESH START FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $50,431 · OtherFRESH START FOR CHILDREN AND F…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $44,216 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NO…AMERICAN RED CROSS OF NW FLORIDA — $40,407 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS OF NW FLORI…GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH — $39,000 · OtherGRACE LUTHERAN CHURCHHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WALTON COUNTY INC — $35,635 · OtherEMERALD COAST SCIENCE CENTER INC — $39,100 · OtherEMERALD COAST SCIENCE CENTER I…Feeding the Gulf Coast — $24,377 · Other+6 more — $96,757 · Other+6 moreMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF OKALOOSA/WALTON COUNTIES INC — $150,107 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASS…CROSSROADS CENTER INC — $113,628 · HealthCROSSROADS CENTER…Lifeview Group Inc — $45,014 · HealthLifeview Group In…CHILDRENS VOLUNTEER HEALTH NETWORK INC — $44,057 · HealthCHILDRENS VOLUNTE…Point Washington Medical Clinic Inc — $33,000 · HealthPoint Washington …Freedom Life Compass Inc — $21,500 · HealthLakeview Center Inc — $19,066 · HealthEARLY LEARNING COALITION OF OKALOOSA & WALTON COUNTIES INC — $197,565 · EducationEARLY LEA…WALTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN — $37,091 · EducationWALTON ED…OPPORTUNITY PLACE INC — $64,312 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OKALOOSA COUNTY INC — $21,335 · Housing & ShelterCRESTVIEW AREA SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterOkaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care Opportunity Inc — $17,500 · Housing & ShelterELEANOR JOHNSON YOUTH CENTER INC — $83,565 · Youth DevelopmentEMERALD COAST CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC — $70,469 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$1,033,909Other$720,992Health$426,372Education$234,656Housing & Shelter$123,147Youth Development$83,565Crime & Legal$70,469

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetEARLY LEARNING COALITION OF OKALOOSA & WALTON COUNTIES INC — $197,565 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSHARING & CARING INC — $194,363 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF OKALOOSA/WALTON COUNTIES INC — $150,107 over 5y, 12% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA — $135,835 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN IN CRISIS INC — $130,932 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetSHELTER HOUSE INC — $124,043 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetCROSSROADS CENTER INC — $113,628 over 7y, 23% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE EMERALD COAST INC — $90,800 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHORIZONS OF OKALOOSA COUNTY INC — $88,152 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetELEANOR JOHNSON YOUTH CENTER INC — $83,565 over 3y, 26% of budgetEMERALD COAST CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC — $70,469 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PLACE INC — $64,312 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetOKALOOSA COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING — $59,288 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetMATRIX COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENT — $57,681 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetS4P SYNERGY INC — $55,034 over 2y, 18% of budgetFRESH START FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES INC — $50,431 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetLifeview Group Inc — $45,014 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $44,216 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDRENS VOLUNTEER HEALTH NETWORK INC — $44,057 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $39,610 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetEMERALD COAST SCIENCE CENTER INC — $39,100 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetWALTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN — $37,091 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WALTON COUNTY INC — $35,635 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetPoint Washington Medical Clinic Inc — $33,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetWESTONWOOD RANCH INC — $32,103 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWALTON COUNTY CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AGING INC — $30,607 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetA BED 4 ME FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME — $29,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast — $24,377 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED FOR A GOOD CAUSE INC — $24,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetOKALOOSA AIDS SUPPORT AND INFORMATIONAL SERVICES INC- OASIS — $22,677 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFreedom Life Compass Inc — $21,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetNORTHWEST FLORIDA GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION INC — $21,353 over 2y, 13% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OKALOOSA COUNTY INC — $21,335 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetINDEPENDENCE FOR THE BLIND OF WEST FLORIDA INC — $21,281 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA — $20,630 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRESTVIEW AREA SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS — $20,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetLakeview Center Inc — $19,066 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGULF COAST COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $18,683 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetOkaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care Opportunity Inc — $17,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Pearl Project Inc — $14,451 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCOVENANT HOSPICE INC — $14,101 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALTERNATIVE LIVING INC — $12,781 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHARVEST HOUSE INC — $12,586 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetJUDGE BEN GORDON JR FAMILY VISITATION CENTER INC — $12,336 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetFAMILY LIFE MINISTRIES OF NW FL INC — $8,946 over 1y, 8.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The St Joe Community Foundation IncFL32.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The St Joe Community Foundation Inc · Impact 100 of Northwest Florida Inc · Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc · Big Bend Community Based Care Inc · Gulf Power Foundationinc · The Alys Foundationinc · Dugas Family Foundation Inc · United Way of West Florida Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · International Paper Company Foundation · Okaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care Opportunity Inc · 30a 10k Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way Emerald Coast funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 130%2%8%17%30%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 5%
  • Caterpillar 2 Butterfly Outreach Center59% of income from government
  • Okaloosa Walton Homeless Continuum of Care Opportunity Inc9% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida6% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida5% of income from government
  • The Pearl Project Inc2% of income from government
  • Lakeview Center Inc2% of income from government
  • Harvest House Inc0% of income from government
  • Alternative Living Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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