How much does United Way of Smith County give?

United Way of Smith County reported 24 itemized grants totaling $659,286, out of $797,444 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does United Way of Smith County fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (21%), Human Services (19%), Education (18%).

Who are United Way of Smith County's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Childrens Advocacy Center of Smith County ($1.2M), Literacy Council of Tyler Dba Pave East Texas ($902k), The Salvation Army ($680k).

Does United Way of Smith 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 Smith County?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Texas Communities Foundation, Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation, The Junior League of Tyler Inc.

Where is United Way of Smith County based?

United Way of Smith County is based in TX.

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Texas · Public charity

United Way of Smith County

To support local 501(c)(3) organizations.

$797k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 24
Itemized grants FY2025: 24
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $659k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $16,926
Largest grant, FY2025: $105,523
Organizations funded a year: 20 to 25; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $6.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Smith 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.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	24	$659k	4%
FY2024	24	$1.0M	0%
FY2023	25	$993k	20%
FY2022	20	$797k	0%
FY2021	21	$808k	0%
FY2020	20	$559k	0%
FY2019	23	$649k	9%
FY2018	24	$700k	21%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$1.5MHuman Services$1.3MEducation$1.3MHealth$1.0MYouth Development$757kHousing & Shelter$308kFood & Nutrition$248kEmployment$197kOther$0

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
Childrens Advocacy Center of Smith County	$1,206,693	9	10%
Literacy Council of Tyler Dba Pave East Texas	$901,886	9	3%
The Salvation Army	$679,599	9	n/a
Bethesda Health Clinic	$445,759	9	1%
East Texas Crisis Center Inc	$414,419	9	4%
Smith County Champions for Children Inc	$364,258	9	8%
East Texas Boy Scout Foundation	$291,118	9	36%
Habitat for Humanity of Smith County	$271,453	9	2%
Mentoring Alliance	$270,195	9	1%
Next Step Community Solutions	$262,578	9	2%

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All grantees of United Way of Smith County by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Childrens Advocacy Center of Smith County	$1,206,693	9	10%
Literacy Council of Tyler Dba Pave East Texas	$901,886	9	3%
The Salvation Army	$679,599	9	n/a
Bethesda Health Clinic	$445,759	9	1%
East Texas Crisis Center Inc	$414,419	9	4%
Smith County Champions for Children Inc	$364,258	9	8%
East Texas Boy Scout Foundation	$291,118	9	36%
Habitat for Humanity of Smith County	$271,453	9	2%
Mentoring Alliance	$270,195	9	1%
Next Step Community Solutions	$262,578	9	2%
Casa for Kids of East Texas Inc	$260,075	9	4%
Path - People Attempting to Help	$186,279	8	1%
American Red Cross-Smith County	$162,199	9	n/a
ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF NORTHEAST TEXAS dba ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF SMITH COUNTY	$161,993	7	3%
Regional East Texas Food Bank	$157,282	7	0%
Christian Womens Job Corps of Tyler Inc	$137,255	8	9%
Tyler Day Nursery Association	$121,378	8	2%
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas	$121,090	9	0%
Meals on Wheels Ministry Inc	$91,008	7	0%
The Arc of Smith County	$74,088	7	10%
Smith County 4-H	$63,085	3	n/a
Goodwill Ind of East Texas Inc	$59,688	7	n/a
Azleway Inc	$52,375	3	0%
East Texas Symphony Orchestra Association Inc	$48,016	3	2%
Texas Ramp Project	$36,967	3	1%
Christus-Trinity Mother Frances Foundation	$36,694	2	n/a
East Texas Autism Network	$36,087	3	n/a
St Paul Children's Foundation	$28,407	1	4%
Young Men's Christian Association O	$20,625	2	3%
North Tyler Development Academy	$19,618	1	2%
Texas 4-H	$11,500	2	n/a
Children's Miracle Network	$5,340	1	n/a

United Way of Smith County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 24.

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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.

East Texas Communities FoundationTX32.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: East Texas Communities Foundation · Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation · The Junior League of Tyler Inc · The Louis and Peaches Owen Family Foundation · The Rogers Foundation · Womens Fund of Smith County · Etx Successor System · Hibbs Family Foundation · T B Butler Foundation · Riter Family Foundation · Bob L Herd Foundation · A S Genecov Foundation

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 Smith County

How much does United Way of Smith County give?: United Way of Smith County reported 24 itemized grants totaling $659,286, out of $797,444 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Smith County fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (21%), Human Services (19%), Education (18%).
Who are United Way of Smith County's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Childrens Advocacy Center of Smith County ($1.2M), Literacy Council of Tyler Dba Pave East Texas ($902k), The Salvation Army ($680k).
Does United Way of Smith 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 Smith County?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Texas Communities Foundation, Ben and Maytee Fisch Foundation, The Junior League of Tyler Inc.
Where is United Way of Smith County based?: United Way of Smith County is based in TX.