Michigan · Public charity
United Way of Saginaw County
Our mission is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. Our vision is a safe, nurturing community where all families can thrive.
- $924k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $510k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Saginaw County 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $500k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $563k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $550k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $598k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $541k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $531k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saginaw County Youth Protection Council | $786,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Child & Family Service of Saginaw | $622,500 | 6 | 7% |
| Saginaw County Business & Education Partnership Inc | $415,000 | 6 | 19% |
| READ Association of Saginaw County | $347,333 | 6 | 60% |
| Underground Railroad Inc | $190,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity | $187,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Houghton Jones Neighborhood Task Force Inc | $172,500 | 6 | 31% |
| YWCA Great Lakes Bay Region | $172,500 | 6 | 20% |
| Hidden Harvest | $166,000 | 6 | 1% |
| First Ward Community Service | $102,500 | 5 | 3% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saginaw County Youth Protection Council | $786,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Child & Family Service of Saginaw | $622,500 | 6 | 7% |
| Saginaw County Business & Education Partnership Inc | $415,000 | 6 | 19% |
| READ Association of Saginaw County | $347,333 | 6 | 60% |
| Underground Railroad Inc | $190,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity | $187,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Houghton Jones Neighborhood Task Force Inc | $172,500 | 6 | 31% |
| YWCA Great Lakes Bay Region | $172,500 | 6 | 20% |
| Hidden Harvest | $166,000 | 6 | 1% |
| First Ward Community Service | $102,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Can Council Glbr | $64,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Samaritas | $28,389 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Great Lakes Bay Region | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Great Lakes Bay Region | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Saginaw County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Saginaw Community Foundation · Boutell Memorial Fund · Bay Area Community Foundation · Frances Goll Mills Fund · Alice E Turner Memorial Trust · Alden and Vada Dow Fund · Wm McNally Family Foundation · Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Frank N Andersen Foundation · Tri-Star Charitable Foundation · Allen E & Marie A Nickless Memorial Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Saginaw County
- How much does United Way of Saginaw County give?
- United Way of Saginaw County reported 16 itemized grants totaling $510,000, out of $923,897 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Saginaw County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (57%), Employment (13%), Education (11%).
- Who are United Way of Saginaw County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Saginaw County Youth Protection Council ($786k), Child & Family Service of Saginaw ($623k), Saginaw County Business & Education Partnership Inc ($415k).
- Does United Way of Saginaw County 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 Saginaw County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saginaw Community Foundation, Boutell Memorial Fund, Bay Area Community Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Saginaw County based?
- United Way of Saginaw County is based in MI.
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