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United Way of Slo County

United way is working to build a stronger, healthier, more compassionate community in slo county through impact grant awards and prevention programming by focusing on the building blocks of a good life; education, income and health.

$882k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Itemized grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$663k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,000
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$472kEducation$210kAnimals$156kHealth$150kEnvironment$70kArts & Culture$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$42kEmployment$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Care$120,0002n/a
Afs-Usa Inc$100,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$100,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$80,00020%
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$70,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$42,00020%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$40,00020%
Camfed USA Foundation$40,00020%
Acumen Fund Inc$40,00020%
Foundation for the Performing Arts Center$35,00022%
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All grantees of United Way of Slo County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Care$120,0002n/a
Afs-Usa Inc$100,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$100,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$80,00020%
California Polytechnic State University Foundation$70,00020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$42,00020%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$40,00020%
Camfed USA Foundation$40,00020%
Acumen Fund Inc$40,00020%
Foundation for the Performing Arts Center$35,00022%
Cheetah Conservation Fund$34,00020%
Finca International Inc$32,00020%
Cuesta College Foundation$30,00020%
Ashoka$30,00020%
Nature and Culture International$30,00020%
American Indian Science and Engineering Society$30,00020%
Open Medicine Foundation$30,00020%
American Friends Service Committee$30,0002n/a
Emerge Global$30,000252%
Central Asia Institute$20,00020%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$20,00020%
Wildaid Inc$20,00020%
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc$20,00020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$20,00020%
Molokai Land Trust$20,00022%
National Wildlife Federation$20,00020%
Chengeta Wildlife$20,00021%
Trustees of Tufts College$20,00010%
United Way of Slo County$20,00012%
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art$15,00012%
Room to Read$15,00020%
California Rangeland Trust$15,00020%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$12,00020%
Pacific Wildlife Care$12,00020%
Homeless Animal Rescue Team$10,00013%
Slo4home Inc$10,00013%
San Luis Coastal Education Foundation$10,00011%
San Luis Obispo County Young Mens Christian Association Inc$10,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of Slo County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAfs-Usa Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Polytechnic State University Foundation: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $42,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCamfed USA Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAcumen Fund Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the Performing Arts Center: $35,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $34,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFinca International Inc: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCuesta College Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAshoka: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNature and Culture International: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Indian Science and Engineering Society: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Medicine Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEmerge Global: $30,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetCentral Asia Institute: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPresident-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWildaid Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMolokai Land Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChengeta Wildlife: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Slo County: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSan Luis Obispo Museum of Art: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRoom to Read: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Rangeland Trust: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImmigrant Legal Resource Center: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Wildlife Care: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHomeless Animal Rescue Team: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSlo4home Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSan Luis Coastal Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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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 35.

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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.

The Community Foundat…The Clements Family C…ImpactassetsincNational Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…
The Community Foundation San Luis ObispoCA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo · The Clements Family Charitable Trust · Impactassetsinc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About United Way of Slo County

How much does United Way of Slo County give?
United Way of Slo County reported 40 itemized grants totaling $663,000, out of $881,563 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing.
What does United Way of Slo County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (14%), Education (6%), Animals (5%).
Who are United Way of Slo County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2024: Care ($120k), Afs-Usa Inc ($100k), United States Fund for Unicef ($100k).
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Slo County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo, The Clements Family Charitable Trust, Impactassetsinc.
Where is United Way of Slo County based?
United Way of Slo County is based in CA.

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 40 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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