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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 FY2024still arriving
40
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2024 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 40 grants below total $663,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $881,563 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $218,563 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $476k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $160k
$15,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARE$60,000
AFS-USA INC ATTN TARA HOFMANN PRESIDENTCEO$50,000
US FUND FOR UNICEF FBO BRIDGE FUND$50,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$40,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$27,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$20,000
CAMFED$20,000
CUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION MARGARET TEMPLETON NURSING SCHOLARSHIP F$20,000
ACUMEN FUND INC$20,000
CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND$17,000
FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC$17,000
SAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART$15,000
NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL$15,000
OPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION$15,000
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FBO SCHOOL MATINEE PROGRAM$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 10%IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $6k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NY
MA
PA
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
HI
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 31 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
3

Total granted

$1.2M
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
-9%

Still filing today

94%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
InternationalAnimalsEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +1%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $80k · revenue +1%
  • CP
    CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $70k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • Trustees of Tufts College
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +16%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SLO COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -73%
  • HA
    Homeless Animal Rescue Team
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -9%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
4
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
5
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
6
Akashinga Inc

Deliver ecological stability and long-term protection of large-scale wilderness by supporting and empowering local communities.

Animals
7
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
11
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
12
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is California Rangeland Trust; the most unlike its peers is Homeless Animal Rescue Team. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 40 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AFS-USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalAFS-USA INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $80,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $42,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $40,000 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOUNDATIONACUMEN FUND INC: $40,000 · InternationalACUMEN FUND INCFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $32,000 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INCASHOKA: $30,000 · InternationalASHOKAEmerge Global: $30,000 · InternationalEmerge GlobalCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $20,000 · InternationalCARE: $120,000 · OtherCAREAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE…AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVIC…Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc: $20,000 · OtherCommunity Action Partne…SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF SLO COUNTY: $20,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF SLO COUNT…CALIFORNIA RANGELAND TRUST: $15,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA RANGELAND TR…IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER: $12,000 · OtherSLO4HOME INC: $10,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA POLYTEC…CUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationCUESTA COLLEGE FOU…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $25,000 · EducationMassachusetts Inst…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUST…PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF…Trustees of Tufts College: $20,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts …ROOM TO READ: $15,000 · EducationROOM TO READSAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDL…Cheetah Conservation Fund: $34,000 · AnimalsCheetah Conse…WILDAID INC: $20,000 · AnimalsWILDAID INCNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $20,000 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILD…CHENGETA WILDLIFE: $20,000 · AnimalsCHENGETA WILD…Pacific Wildlife Care: $12,000 · AnimalsPacific Wildl…Homeless Animal Rescue Team: $10,000 · AnimalsHomeless Anim…NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL: $30,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentMOLOKAI LAND TRUST: $20,000 · EnvironmentFOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $35,000 · Arts & CultureSAN LUIS OBISPO MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOPEN MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health
International$514,000Other$267,000Education$210,000Animals$156,000Environment$70,000Arts & Culture$50,000Health$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Slo County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Slo County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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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