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United Way of Ross County Inc

To mobilize resourses to improve lives and strengthen our community.

$329k
Granted FY2023
13
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Human Services$717kCrime & Legal$443kEducation$331kHealth$285kCommunity Improvement$200kYouth Development$142kPhilanthropy$60kHousing & Shelter$49kOther$0
02FY2023 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 13 grants below total $290,898 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $329,335 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $38,437 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $258k
$19,984
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER$41,775
ROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION$38,464
CHILD PROTECTION CENTER$37,547
ROSS COUNTY COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE$36,400
HOPE CLINIC OF ROSS COUNTY$32,000
PAPER CITY MENTORING$20,000
THE ASSISTANCE HOUSE$19,984
SCO BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS$19,948
EASTERSEALS - CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO$12,000
ZANE TRACE LOCAL SCHOOL$9,000
SOUTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL$9,000
FIRST CAPITAL RECOVERY AND COUNSELING$7,500
FIRST CAPITAL CORNERSTONE OF CHANGE$7,280
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $136k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%EASTER SEALS: $6k → 15%EASTERSEALS - CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO: $20k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $16k → 14%YMCA OF ROSS COUNTY: $15k → 14%EASTERSEALS - CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO: $12k → 14%EASTERSEALS - CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO: $12k → 14%EASTERSEALS - CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO: $12k → 14%INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $11k → 14%YMCA OF ROSS COUNTY: $10k → 14%ROSS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL: $8k → 14%YMCA OF ROSS COUNTY: $7k → 14%YMCA OF ROSS COUNTY: $7k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.0M · 20 repeat orgs$345k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +78% since the first grant, against +46% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
25

Total granted

$2.0M
$330k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+46%

Still filing today

70%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
    ROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $303k · revenue +78%
  • CR
    COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHILLICOTHE OHIO
    7× · 2017–2024 · $283k · revenue +86% · 35% of their budget
  • TG
    The Garden Family Advocacy Center
    8× · 2017–2024 · $210k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • CO
    CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN UNION
    one grant, 2020 · $35k
  • AL
    ADENA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2020 · $33k
  • PS
    PIONEER SCHOOL BOOSTERS CLUB INC
    one grant, 2020 · $31k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio

Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio serves and empowers people through God's love in their times of vulnerability. We do so through a full range of local services that engage the community in building solidarity.

Human Services
2
Ross County Historical Society Inc

The Ross County Historical Societys mission is to preserve, educate, and promote the study of the city of Chillicothe, Ross County, and the surrounding region.

Arts & Culture
3
Crisis Center of Russell County

The Crisis Center of Russell County was organized to provide assistance and temporary housing to victims of domestic abuse through secured temporary housing and education with job placement to transition them back into society. In…

Public Safety & Disaster
4
Southeastern Ohio Center for Independent Living

Provide services to people with disabilities. such services include assistance with housing, employment, transportation and recreational issues.

Human Services
5
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
6
Ross County Humane Society Inc

The society runs an animal shelter that offers pet adoption, veterinary services, burials, etc.

Animals
7
Roscommon County Commission On Aging

Provide nutritional and personal services to senior citizens of roscommon county - improving their quality of life.

Human Services
8
Love Inc of Ross County

Mobilize the church to transform lives and the community in the name of jesus christ.

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9
Pathways of Central Ohio Inc

Pathways is the gateway to services which empower the community.

Health
10
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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11
Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies

Provide training to the ohio community action agencies.

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12
Community Imprvmnt Corp of Grt Chillicothe City Ross Incl Chil Oh

The mission is to advance, encourage, and promote the industrial, economic, commercial and civic development of ross county, ohio and the city of chillicothe.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ross County Christian Academy Inc and the most unlike its peers is St Mary Chillicothe. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number14%3%<5yr12%8%5–10yr28%17%10–20yr13%17%20–35yr16%22%35–55yr17%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value14%0%<5yr12%2%5–10yr28%18%10–20yr13%17%20–35yr16%36%35–55yr17%27%55yr+

The field is 14% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%
2/46
the rest of the field
11%
48/437

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 47 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION — $303,155 · OtherROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSIONROSS COUNTY COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $237,620 · OtherROSS COUNTY COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCETHE ASSISTANCE HOUSE OF ROSS COUNTY INC — $84,845 · OtherTHE ASSISTANCE HOUSE OF ROSS COUNTY INCZANE TRACE SCHOOL BOARD — $83,839 · OtherZANE TRACE SCHOOL BOARDSOUTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DTISRICT — $56,769 · OtherTHE BUCK FIFTY INC — $60,211 · OtherVETERANS CARE NETWORK — $48,032 · Other+25 more — $376,714 · Other+25 moreCOMMUNITY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHILLICOTHE OHIO — $282,546 · Recreation & SportsCOMMUNITY RECR…MAJESTIC THEATRE INC — $15,000 · Recreation & SportsThe Garden Family Advocacy Center — $209,615 · Crime & LegalThe Garden …LEGAL AID OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL OHIO — $29,600 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID O…HOPE CLINIC OF ROSS COUNTY INC — $204,699 · HealthHOPE CLINI…ADENA HEALTH SYSTEM — $15,000 · HealthADENA HEAL…+1 more — $5,613 · HealthEASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO INC — $61,772 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Association of Ross County — $39,133 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $16,270 · Human ServicesINTEGRATED SERVICES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH — $11,250 · Human ServicesROSS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE COUNCIL — $7,500 · Human ServicesSOUTH CENTRAL OHIO BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION — $128,555 · Youth DevelopmentPAPER CITY MENTORING PROJECT INC — $60,000 · EducationROSS COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC — $8,300 · Education
Other$1,251,185Recreation & Sports$297,546Crime & Legal$239,215Health$225,312Human Services$135,925Youth Development$128,555Education$68,300

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION — $303,155 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHILLICOTHE OHIO — $282,546 over 7y, 35% of budgetROSS COUNTY COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — $237,620 over 7y, 18% of budgetThe Garden Family Advocacy Center — $209,615 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetHOPE CLINIC OF ROSS COUNTY INC — $204,699 over 8y, 36% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL OHIO BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION — $128,555 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetTHE ASSISTANCE HOUSE OF ROSS COUNTY INC — $84,845 over 6y, 34% of budgetEASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO INC — $61,772 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BUCK FIFTY INC — $60,211 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetPAPER CITY MENTORING PROJECT INC — $60,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetVETERANS CARE NETWORK — $48,032 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Ross County — $39,133 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetSEEDS OF HOPE INC — $29,657 over 4y, 11% of budgetLEGAL AID OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL OHIO — $29,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGoodwill Industries of South — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST MARY CHILLICOTHE — $19,677 over 1y, 36% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $16,270 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADENA HEALTH SYSTEM — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAJESTIC THEATRE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc — $14,750 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSIMON KENTON COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $13,133 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINTEGRATED SERVICES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH — $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChillicothe Civic Theatre Inc — $10,823 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetROSS COUNTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC — $8,300 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROSS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE COUNCIL — $7,500 over 1y, 25% of budgetSCIOTO PAINT VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER — $5,613 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundations…David Meade Massie Tr…Chillicothe-Ross Comm…Adena Health SystemColumbus FoundationFoundation for Appala…South Central Power C…United Way of Central…Ohio Child Care Resou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundations IncOH38.2× affinity16 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundations Inc · David Meade Massie Trust · Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation Inc · Adena Health System · Columbus Foundation · Foundation for Appalachian Ohio · South Central Power Company Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of Ross County Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 47 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $313k 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 FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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