Skip to content

Massachusetts · Public charity

United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc

The united way of pioneer valley mobilizes people and resources to strengthen our communities. The organization targets the community's most pressing needs and focuses resources, community partnerships, and the energy of volunteers to create measurable results.

$907k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
7
Itemized grants FY2024
2
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
Read the full brief
Itemized, FY2024
$123k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$5.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving7$123k100%
FY20232$62k100%
FY20227$91k14%
FY20217$308k29%
FY202021$429k0%
FY201924$700k17%
FY201824$700k0%
FY201725$753kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$987kHuman Services$924kEducation$360kCivil Rights$233kHousing & Shelter$233kFood & Nutrition$154kEmployment$113kCommunity Improvement$91kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Salvation Army$246,2954n/a
Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc$208,21264%
YMCA of Greater Springfield Inc$190,13860%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke Inc$180,00044%
South End Community Center of Spfld Inc$169,000513%
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield Inc$150,00041%
Ludlow Boys and Girls Club Inc$145,00042%
West Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc$135,00033%
Boys & Girls Club Family Center Inc$122,17653%
Homework House Inc$112,500414%
Collaborative for Educational Services Inc$112,5004n/a
Masshire Hampden County Workforce Board Inc$112,50040%
Young Women's Christian Association of Western Massachusetts Inc$108,50041%
Clinical and Support Options Inc$86,6694n/a
Springfield Rescue Mission$78,50040%
Home City Development Inc$63,00041%
Providence Ministries for the Needy Inc$63,00042%
Our Community Food Pantry Inc$62,00046%
Catholic Charities Agency of the Diocese of Springfield Massachusetts$52,5002n/a
Springfield Technical Community College Foundation Inc$50,00017%
Open Pantry Community Services Inc$47,50041%
Martin Luther King Jr Family Services Inc$43,89641%
Alianza Dv Services Inc$38,50022%
The Gray House Inc$38,33344%
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc$35,00010%
United Way of Tri County Inc$27,22110%
Springfield 5a Bulldogs Inc$25,0001n/a
Springfield Day Nursery Corporation$22,79620%
Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity Inc$20,00021%
Eliot Community Human Services Inc$20,00020%
Common Wealth Mural Collaborative$20,00014%
Urban Impact Initiative Massachusetts$20,00017%
African Dispora Mental Health Association$20,0001n/a
The Salvation Army (Holyoke)$20,0002n/a
Valley Opportunity Council Inc$18,33330%
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc$18,3332n/a
Community Action Pioneer Valley$18,00010%
Leadership Pioneer Valley Inc$12,50014%
Urban League of Greater Springfield Inc$10,00010%
Collectively Recognizing Empowerment Within$10,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($233k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpringfield Boys & Girls Club Inc: $208,212 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetYMCA of Greater Springfield Inc: $190,138 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetSouth End Community Center of Spfld Inc: $169,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield Inc: $150,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetLudlow Boys and Girls Club Inc: $145,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetWest Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Club Family Center Inc: $122,176 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetHomework House Inc: $112,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetMasshire Hampden County Workforce Board Inc: $112,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Western Massachusetts Inc: $108,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSpringfield Rescue Mission: $78,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHome City Development Inc: $63,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetProvidence Ministries for the Needy Inc: $63,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetOur Community Food Pantry Inc: $62,000 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetSpringfield Technical Community College Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetOpen Pantry Community Services Inc: $47,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMartin Luther King Jr Family Services Inc: $43,896 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAlianza Dv Services Inc: $38,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Gray House Inc: $38,333 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetThe Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Tri County Inc: $27,221 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpringfield Day Nursery Corporation: $22,796 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Springfield Habitat for Humanity Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetEliot Community Human Services Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Wealth Mural Collaborative: $20,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetUrban Impact Initiative Massachusetts: $20,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetValley Opportunity Council Inc: $18,333 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Action Pioneer Valley: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Pioneer Valley Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetUrban League of Greater Springfield Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Community Foundation of Western MassachusettsMA64.9× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts · The Beveridge Family Foundation · The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation · Easthampton Savings Bank Foundation Inc · United Bank Foundation Massachusetts Inc · Peoplesbank Charitable Foundation Inc · The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc · Peoples United Community Foundation · Florence Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Health Resources in Action Inc · Arbella Insurance Foundation · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc

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.

Compare United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc with peer funders

About United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc

How much does United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc give?
United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $123,000, out of $907,115 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (31%), Human Services (29%), Education (11%).
Who are United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Salvation Army ($246k), Springfield Boys & Girls Club Inc ($208k), YMCA of Greater Springfield Inc ($190k).
Does United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, The Beveridge Family Foundation, The Irene E and George A Davis Foundation.
Where is United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc based?
United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc is based in MA.

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 42 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $966k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on United Way of Pioneer Valley’s filings →

More from the funding graph