Illinois · Public charity
United Way of Rock River Valley
Uniting the collective power of the community to improve lives.
- $932k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 45
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations United Way of Rock River Valley funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $347k 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 | 25 | $932k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.3M | 44% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $484k | 69% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $479k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $1.3M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $1.6M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $2.0M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth Services Network Inc | $800,574 | 6 | 6% |
| Boys & Girls Club Association of Rockford | $700,451 | 8 | 6% |
| The Literacy Council | $640,980 | 4 | 52% |
| Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc | $414,992 | 7 | 5% |
| Zion Development Corporation | $387,445 | 9 | 12% |
| YWCA Northwestern Illinois | $387,324 | 4 | 2% |
| YMCA of Rock River Valley | $357,212 | 7 | 1% |
| Angelic Organics Learning Center Inc | $355,911 | 5 | 10% |
| Lifescape Community Services Inc | $301,881 | 6 | 1% |
| Northwest Community Center | $300,604 | 7 | 11% |
Show all 97 grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Rock River Valley supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 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: Community Foundation of Northern IL · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · The Mill Foundation · Blazer Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Ralph J Baudhuin Foundation · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Rock River Valley
- How much does United Way of Rock River Valley give?
- United Way of Rock River Valley reported 26 grants totaling $932,229 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Rock River Valley fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Youth Development (18%), Education (9%).
- Who are United Way of Rock River Valley's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Youth Services Network Inc ($801k), Boys & Girls Club Association of Rockford ($700k), The Literacy Council ($641k).
- Does United Way of Rock River Valley fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Rock River Valley?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern IL, The Kjellstrom Family Foundation, Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008.
- Where is United Way of Rock River Valley based?
- United Way of Rock River Valley is based in IL.
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