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United Way of Pennsylvania

To champion united way as a leader and partner in building more financially resilient families and thriving communities throughout pennsylvania

$859k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$189k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$772kPhilanthropy$733kHuman Services$291kCommunity Improvement$192kReligion$140kYouth Development$50kAnimals$37kPublic Benefit$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $299k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $560k
$37,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION MISSION$188,610
CARLISLE CARES$100,000
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION$71,736
UNION SNYDER COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY$50,000
VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE$50,000
THIRD STREET ALLIANCE OF WOMEN & CHILDREN$50,000
SERVANTS TO ALL$50,000
CENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA OPPORTUNITIES INC$49,620
CAPFSC - TABLELAND SERVICES INC$40,000
HOUSING TRANSITIONS INC$37,800
BRADFORD COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES$36,750
MIFFLIN JUNIATA CNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPT$27,894
UNITED WAY OF BUCKS COUNTY$25,000
UNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY$20,000
UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY$17,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $278k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THIRD STREET ALLIANCE OF WOMEN & CHILDREN: $50k → 11%LYCOMING-CLINTON CO COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY ACTION (STEP) INC: $15k → 12%BLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $28k → 13%CAPFSC - TABLELAND SERVICES INC: $40k → 14%MIFFLIN JUNIATA CNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPT: $28k → 15%FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF NORTHEASTERN PA: $12k → 15%LYCOMING CLINTON COUNTIES COMM FOR COMMUNITY ACTION (STEP) INC: $12k → 12%FAMILY PROMISE OF THE POCONOS: $18k → 12%BLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $16k → 13%THE NEXT STEP CENTER: $28k → 14%RESOURCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $12k → 22%BLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $12k → 13%RHD CROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7k → 12%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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 17 repeat orgs$729k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
13

Total granted

$1.5M
$283k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

94%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $446k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterHealthAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • PM
    POCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $230k · revenue +6%
  • CC
    CARLISLE CARES
    3× · 2019–2025 · $156k · revenue +183%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $142k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • CC
    Clinton County Housing Coalition
    one grant, 2024 · $70k · revenue 0%
  • WH
    WOMEN'S HELP CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $59k · revenue +80%
  • TN
    THE NEXT STEP CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $28k · revenue -67%
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
Shelter Service Inc

Shelter services inc provides temporary shelter to the homeless from multiple counties and facilitates programs to prevent homelessness through various housing/rent/utility assistance services.

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2
Union County Community Shelter

Provide food, shelter and instruction to those individuals and families in need within the community. Promote a pathway to self sufficiency which includes income stabilization and permanent housing.

Human Services
3
Family Promise of Carbon County

Services to homeless families

Human Services
4
Pocono Area Transitional Housing Inc

Our organization provides temporary housing and conselling for families who are experiencing a housing crisis. these services were provided to individuals from our county according to their needs.

Housing & Shelter
5
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
6
Center for Community Resources Inc

To coordinate services among private and government agencies for specialized populations to ensure service continuity, reduce duplication, and assist individuals and families in accessing appropriate mental health, intellectual…

Health
7
The Cornerstone of Beaver County

To coordinate local housing resources to prevent and end homelessness.

Human Services
8
Armstrong County Community Action Agency

Provide service and assistance to low income residents of armstrong county.

Human Services
9
United Way of the Capital Region

United Way of the Capital Region (United Way) is governed by a volunteer board of directors and works year-round to improve lives in counties of Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry, Pennsylvania. United Way accomplishes this by identifying the…

Philanthropy
10
Union Aid Society

The Union Aid Society exists to serve those in need who reside within the eleven municipalities of the Quaker Valley School District.

Human Services
11
Community Action Agency of Delaware County Inc

To assist economically disadvantaged residents of delaware county, pa in achieving self-sufficiency by providing a wide range of services including economic development, housing, emergency services, food distribution, employment and…

Housing & Shelter
12
Community Shelter Services Inc

Provide temporary shelter and food for homeless families and individuals. also to provide living accomodations through a single resident occupancy program

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pocono Mountains United Way; the most unlike its peers is Resources for Human Development Inc. 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

35 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. 35 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
18/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNION MISSION OF LATROBE INC: $188,610 · OtherUNION MISSION OF LATROBE INCTHE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES: $140,114 · OtherTHE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHESUNION SNYDER CAA: $110,000 · OtherUNION SNYDER CAASERVANTS TO ALL: $102,204 · OtherSERVANTS TO ALLUNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY: $83,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTYWOMEN'S HELP CENTER INC: $58,770 · OtherWOMEN'S HELP CENTER INCCENTRE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $52,000 · OtherCENTRE COUNTY UNITED WAYVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE: $50,000 · OtherVALLEY YOUTH HOUSE+7 more: $117,471 · Other+7 morePOCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY: $230,000 · PhilanthropyPOCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED…UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $93,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GREAT…UNITED WAY OF BUCKS COUNTY: $71,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BUCKS COU…THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $28,333 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTH…UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $24,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $24,166 · PhilanthropyCARLISLE CARES: $155,740 · Housing & ShelterCARLISLE CARESCENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $141,736 · Housing & ShelterCENTER FOR COMMUNITY…Clinton County Housing Coalition: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterClinton County Housi…HOUSING TRANSITIONS INC: $37,800 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING TRANSITIONS …BLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $56,564 · Human ServicesBLAIR COUNTY …THIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHIRD STREET …TABLELAND SERVICES INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTABLELAND SER…MIFFLIN-JUNIATA REGIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION: $27,894 · Human ServicesMIFFLIN-JUNIA…THE NEXT STEP CENTER INC: $27,765 · Human ServicesTHE NEXT STEP…LYCOMING-CLINTON COUNTIES COMM FOR COMMUNITY ACTION (STEP) INC: $27,350 · Human ServicesLYCOMING-CLIN…Resources for Human Development Inc: $18,850 · Human ServicesResources for…FAMILY PROMISE OF THE POCONOS INC: $17,764 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMIS…FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $11,667 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $111,167 · Arts & CultureCENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA OPPORTUNITIES INC: $54,870 · EmploymentBRADFORD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $36,750 · Animals
Other$902,669Philanthropy$470,999Housing & Shelter$405,276Human Services$277,854Arts & Culture$111,167Employment$54,870Animals$36,750

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPOCONO MOUNTAINS UNITED WAY: $230,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetCARLISLE CARES: $155,740 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION: $141,736 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE LEHIGH CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES: $140,114 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LANCASTER COUNTY: $111,167 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSERVANTS TO ALL: $102,204 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY: $93,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY: $83,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BUCKS COUNTY: $71,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetClinton County Housing Coalition: $70,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWOMEN'S HELP CENTER INC: $58,770 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetBLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $56,564 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL SUSQUEHANNA OPPORTUNITIES INC: $54,870 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCENTRE COUNTY UNITED WAY: $52,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHIRD STREET ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTABLELAND SERVICES INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOUSING TRANSITIONS INC: $37,800 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNEW BETHANY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $28,333 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIFFLIN-JUNIATA REGIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION: $27,894 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE NEXT STEP CENTER INC: $27,765 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLYCOMING-CLINTON COUNTIES COMM FOR COMMUNITY ACTION (STEP) INC: $27,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetResources for Human Development Inc: $18,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE POCONOS INC: $17,764 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA RESTAURANT AND LODGING ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $15,625 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $11,667 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCONTACT HELPLINE: $11,667 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUnited Way of Erie County: $10,833 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAIN LINK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $8,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYCOMING COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Ppl FoundationFirstenergy FoundationThe Cigna Group Found…United Way of the Cap…United Way of the Gre…The United Way of Sou…Moses Taylor Foundati…John a and Margaret P…Truist Foundation IncThe Donald B and Doro…Lehigh Valley Communi…Community Foundation …
Ppl FoundationPA27.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ppl Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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