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United Way of South Central Illinois

To solicit, collect, and otherwise raise money from the citizens of washington, marion, jefferson, franklin, hamilton, wayne, white, edwards, and wabash counties in southern illinois for charitable, philanthropic, and benevolent purposes.

$215k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
3
Itemized grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$23k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$7,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 10
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$541k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations United Way of South Central Illinois funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesAnimalsHealthEducationOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving3$23k0%
FY20236$41k0%
FY20228$63k38%
FY20216$77k33%
FY20208$131k75%
FY201910$90k40%
FY20186$51k33%
FY20174$29kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$164kCrime & Legal$121kHousing & Shelter$70kReligion$53kAnimals$46kHealth$21kEducation$12kCommunity Improvement$12kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Amy Schulz Child Advocacy Center Inc$65,04074%
Casa of Jefferson County$60,24079%
Lifeboat Alliance Ltd$59,58067%
The Centralia Humane Society$46,392411%
First United Methodist Church of Mt Vernon$36,5001n/a
One Hope United - Hudelson Region$30,00040%
Casa of Franklin & Hamilton Counties$27,24038%
Crosswalk Community Action Agency Inc$25,0001n/a
Sexual Assault & Family Emergencies Center$18,20031%
The YMCA of Jefferson County$16,74021%
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All grantees of United Way of South Central Illinois by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Amy Schulz Child Advocacy Center Inc$65,04074%
Casa of Jefferson County$60,24079%
Lifeboat Alliance Ltd$59,58067%
The Centralia Humane Society$46,392411%
First United Methodist Church of Mt Vernon$36,5001n/a
One Hope United - Hudelson Region$30,00040%
Casa of Franklin & Hamilton Counties$27,24038%
Crosswalk Community Action Agency Inc$25,0001n/a
Sexual Assault & Family Emergencies Center$18,20031%
The YMCA of Jefferson County$16,74021%
Ssm Health Care Corporation$15,00010%
CASA of South Central Illinois$13,86025%
Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association$13,52510%
Wabash Area Development Inc$12,00010%
Greater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce$11,80022%
Rome Meadows Apartments$10,0001n/a
Friedens United Church of Chr$10,0001n/a
First Christian Church$6,1751n/a
Jefferson County Comprehensive Services Inc$6,00010%
Senior Svcs of So Il$6,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of South Central Illinois supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmy Schulz Child Advocacy Center Inc: $65,040 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetCasa of Jefferson County: $60,240 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetLifeboat Alliance Ltd: $59,580 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetThe Centralia Humane Society: $46,392 over 4y, 11% of budgetOne Hope United - Hudelson Region: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCasa of Franklin & Hamilton Counties: $27,240 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetSexual Assault & Family Emergencies Center: $18,200 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe YMCA of Jefferson County: $16,740 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSsm Health Care Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA of South Central Illinois: $13,860 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetGateway Region Young Men's Christian Association: $13,525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWabash Area Development Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce: $11,800 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetJefferson County Comprehensive Services Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 14.

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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA2.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 South Central Illinois

How much does United Way of South Central Illinois give?
United Way of South Central Illinois reported 3 itemized grants totaling $23,000, out of $215,313 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way of South Central Illinois fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (32%), Crime & Legal (24%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
Who are United Way of South Central Illinois's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Amy Schulz Child Advocacy Center Inc ($65k), Casa of Jefferson County ($60k), Lifeboat Alliance Ltd ($60k).
Does United Way of South Central Illinois fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of South Central Illinois?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is United Way of South Central Illinois based?
United Way of South Central Illinois is based in IL.

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 21 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.

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