Illinois · Public charity
United Way of Pekin
The mission of both the national united way and the UNITED WAY OF PEKIN is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another.
- $248k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $23,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $466k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Pekin funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 11 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $240k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $356k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $336k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $339k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $351k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $351k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $340k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $391,026 | 8 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Pekin | $367,367 | 8 | 16% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Pekin | $364,301 | 8 | 5% |
| The Center for Prevention of Abuse | $352,367 | 8 | 1% |
| St Francis Community Clinic | $210,143 | 8 | n/a |
| Pekin Park District | $157,791 | 8 | n/a |
| Counseling and Family Services Inc Dba Familycore | $141,717 | 8 | 0% |
| Pekin Outreach Initiative | $109,057 | 7 | 20% |
| Casa of the Tenth Judicial Circuit | $99,996 | 4 | 4% |
| Friends of Tazewell County Cac | $82,996 | 7 | 85% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $391,026 | 8 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Pekin | $367,367 | 8 | 16% |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Pekin | $364,301 | 8 | 5% |
| The Center for Prevention of Abuse | $352,367 | 8 | 1% |
| St Francis Community Clinic | $210,143 | 8 | n/a |
| Pekin Park District | $157,791 | 8 | n/a |
| Counseling and Family Services Inc Dba Familycore | $141,717 | 8 | 0% |
| Pekin Outreach Initiative | $109,057 | 7 | 20% |
| Casa of the Tenth Judicial Circuit | $99,996 | 4 | 4% |
| Friends of Tazewell County Cac | $82,996 | 7 | 85% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $73,206 | 5 | 0% |
| Pekin Mobile Diner Inc | $65,831 | 7 | 21% |
| Prairie State Legal Services Inc | $54,129 | 6 | 0% |
| The Center for Youth and Family Solutions | $35,332 | 5 | 0% |
| Christian Civic Outreach for the Pekin Area Church | $18,778 | 2 | n/a |
| Wd Boyce Council Boy Scouts of America Inc | $17,823 | 3 | 0% |
| Neighborhood House Association | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Pekin supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 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: Heart of Illinois United Way Inc · Peoria Area Community Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Cakora Family Charitable Trust · Barton Family Foundation Dtd 4242013 · Edward Jones Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Pekin
- How much does United Way of Pekin give?
- United Way of Pekin reported 11 grants totaling $248,002 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Pekin fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (57%), Youth Development (15%), Crime & Legal (9%).
- Who are United Way of Pekin's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Salvation Army ($391k), Boys and Girls Club of Pekin ($367k), Young Women's Christian Association of Pekin ($364k).
- Does United Way of Pekin fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Pekin?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Heart of Illinois United Way Inc, Peoria Area Community Foundation, Commerce Bancshares Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Pekin based?
- United Way of Pekin is based in IL.
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