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United Way of Orange County Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

United Way of Orange County Inc

We unite people and resources to improve the quality of life and build a stronger orange county.

$467k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$79k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$1.7MHealth$897kEmployment$474kYouth Development$448kEducation$158kPublic Safety & Disaster$147kCrime & Legal$106kHousing & Shelter$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $302k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $135k
$15,550
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$79,250
ORANGE COUNTY ACTION ASSOCIATION OCAA$55,970
OCARC$46,465
RECOVERY COUNCIL-RIGHT CHOICE$32,000
RECOVERY COUNCIL-UNITY CENTER$32,000
SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER$32,000
SALVATION ARMY BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$30,000
YMCA$22,450
CASA OF THE SABINE NECHES REG$19,310
STABLE SPIRIT$15,550
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$14,770
GREATER ORANGE LITERACY SERVICE$14,000
VIDOR CHILDRENS FUND$11,700
SHORKEY EDUCATION & REHABILITION CENTER$11,200
JACKSON COMMUNITY CENTER$11,000
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 (FY17–24, $440k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $10k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES OF SE TX: $14k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES OF SE TX: $11k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES OF SE TX: $10k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES OF SE TX: $9k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES OF SE TX: $7k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES OF SE TX: $7k → 19%FAMILY SERVICES OF SE TX: $6k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $34k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $33k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $32k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $29k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $27k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $26k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $24k → 19%SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER: $24k → 19%YMCA: $23k → 19%YMCA: $22k → 19%YMCA: $20k → 19%YMCA: $16k → 19%YMCA: $15k → 19%YMCA: $15k → 19%YMCA: $14k → 19%YMCA: $14k → 19%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.
$4.0M · 21 repeat orgs$122k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
1

Total granted

$4.0M
$112k

Still filing today

71%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterCivil RightsOther
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

  • RC
    Recovery Council of Southeast Texas
    8× · 2017–2024 · $451k · revenue +60%
  • SC
    Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas
    8× · 2017–2024 · $229k · revenue +76%
  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $138k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $112k
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
South Texas Rural Health Services

South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. provides charitable health services, including the recruitment of health care personnel to the rural service area, and primarily serves the low income population.

Health
2
South Community Inc

South community is committed to improving the quality of life and the behavioral health status of children, adults, and families residing in the greater miami valley.

Health
3
How Center

The H.O.W. Center provides a safe and structured living environment for individuals recovering from alcoholism and addiction while they gain the skills they need to live independently and successfully.

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4
Southeast Arkansas Behavioral Healthcare

To create an environment where staff is conscientious to the behavioral health needs of the area in a manner which is client oriented, accessible, affordable, and quality driven.

Health
5
South Central Houston Action Council Inc

The organization provides medical services in the form of primary and preventive care to underserved and underinsured residents of harris county.

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6
Casa of South Texas Inc

Child Advocacy

Human Services
7
Southern Area Behavioral Healthcare Services

To provide quality mental health services to children and adults in north texas, with an emphasis on underserved populations.

Health
8
South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services Inc

The organization operates primarily on the Southern Kenai Peninsula and its operations include the following:Community Mental Health - Counseling, evaluation, consultation and crisis mental health services for Adults and…

Health
9
Southwest Arkansas Counseling & Mental Health Center Inc

Southwest Arkansas Counseling and Mental Health Center, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that provides counseling and mental health services to residents of Southwest Arkansas.

Health
10
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

—
11
Tarry House Inc

Tarry House operates group homes to provide shelter, food and,services to adults with severe mental disorders

Unclassified
12
West Street Recovery

West Street Recovery's mission is to connect communities to the resources they need to rebuild after climate disasters such as Hurricane Harvey and build resilient, secure, and stronger communities.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Services of Southeast Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ocarc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Salvation Army: $924,773 · OtherThe Salvation ArmyOCARC: $473,945 · OtherOCARCRecovery Council of Southeast Texas: $451,010 · OtherRecovery Council of Southeast TexasGREATER ORANGE AREA LITERACY SERVICES: $157,612 · OtherGREATER ORANGE AREA LITERACY SERVICESBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - THREE RIVERS COUNCIL: $152,614 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - THREE RIVERS COUNCILORANGE CAMP FIRE COUNCIL: $147,060 · OtherORANGE CAMP FIRE COUNCILIndividual grant recipient: $112,121 · Other+4 more: $270,087 · Other+4 moreORANGE COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $583,448 · Human ServicesORANGE COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIA…Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas: $228,526 · Human ServicesSamaritan Counseling Center of …YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $138,406 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATI…FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC: $63,024 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TE…+4 more: $109,693 · Human Services+4 moreRICHARD L SHORKEY EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION CENTER: $110,045 · HealthStable-Spirit: $42,715 · HealthADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC CASA OF THE SABINE NECHES REGION: $66,997 · Civil RightsAnayat House Inc: $54,960 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,689,222Human Services$1,123,097Health$152,760Civil Rights$66,997Housing & Shelter$54,960

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetORANGE COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION: $583,448 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetOCARC: $473,945 over 8y, 26% of budgetRecovery Council of Southeast Texas: $451,010 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetSamaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas: $228,526 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - THREE RIVERS COUNCIL: $152,614 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $138,406 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetRICHARD L SHORKEY EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION CENTER: $110,045 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC CASA OF THE SABINE NECHES REGION: $66,997 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC: $63,024 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetRAPE & SUICIDE CRISIS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC: $59,823 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetAnayat House Inc: $54,960 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetStable-Spirit: $42,715 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetSOUTHEAST TEXAS HOSPICE INC: $35,021 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBoys Haven of America Inc: $31,312 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSoutheast Texas Food Bank Inc: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds ORANGE COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OCARC ↗
  • Who funds Recovery Council of Southeast Texas ↗
  • Who funds Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - THREE RIVERS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds RICHARD L SHORKEY EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC CASA OF THE SABINE NECHES REGION ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds RAPE & SUICIDE CRISIS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Anayat House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Stable-Spirit ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST TEXAS HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS HELPING FRIENDS AND BENEFIT THRIFT SHOP ↗
  • Who funds Boys Haven of America Inc ↗
  • Who funds Southeast Texas Food Bank Inc ↗

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.

United Way of Mid & S…United Way of Beaumon…Foundation for Southe…Christus HealthMechia FoundationInternational Paper C…Save The Children Fed…Young Mens Business L…H H and Edna Houseman…He and Kate Dishman C…Mamie McFaddin Ward H…Texas Mutual Insuranc…
United Way of Mid & South Jefferson CoTX28.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Mid & South Jefferson Co · United Way of Beaumont & North Jefferson County · Foundation for Southeast Texas Inc · Christus Health · Mechia Foundation · International Paper Company Foundation · Save The Children Federation Inc · Young Mens Business League of Beaumont · H H and Edna Houseman Charitable Tr · He and Kate Dishman Charitable Trust · Mamie McFaddin Ward Heritage Foundation · Texas Mutual Insurance Company

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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