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· Public charity

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 FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $23,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $215,313 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $192,313 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 $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$7,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$541k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFEBOAT ALLIANCE$10,000
THE AMY CENTER$7,000
GREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAM$6,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $15k → 20%CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $7k → 20%CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY: $5k → 20%YMCA OF MARION COUNTY: $14k → 15%YMCA OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $9k → 15%YMCA OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $7k → 15%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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$349k · 10 repeat orgs$155k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$349k
$155k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+35%

Still filing today

90%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterAnimalsHealthEducationOther
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

  • AS
    AMY SCHULZ CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +72%
  • CO
    CASA OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +23%
  • LA
    LIFEBOAT ALLIANCE LTD
    6× · 2017–2024 · $60k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • FU
    FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF MT VERNON
    one grant, 2020 · $37k
  • CC
    CROSSWALK COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +77%
  • CO
    CASA OF MARION COUNTY IL
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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
Mid-Ozark Casa Program

The program provides organization structure, leadership and training for community volunteers who serve as court appointed special advocates(casa) for agbused and neglected children in south central missouri.

Community Improvement
2
Casa of West Central Illinois

To advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal welfare system.

Crime & Legal
3
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri

Recruit, train and support community volunteers who assist the court in protecting the best interests of abused and neglected children in southwest missouri.

Civil Rights
4
Casa of Mideast Missouri

Present the interests of abused and negleced children in court proceedings in franklin county, mo, gasconade county, mo, and osage county, mo by providing advocacy with volunteers.

Human Services
5
Casa of Jefferson County Inc

The national casa/gal association, together with state and local member programs, supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy so every child who has experienced abuse or neglect can be safe, have a permanent home, and the…

Crime & Legal
6
Boone County Casa

Advocacy for abused and neglected children

Crime & Legal
7
Casa of Southern Illinois Inc

Court appointed special advocates for children

Civil Rights
8
Champaign County Casa Inc

Advocate for abused and neglected children. recruiting, training, and monitoring of volunteers who advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children referred by the courts.

Civil Rights
9
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County

CASA of Cook County's vision is to protect abused and neglected children by providing them in court, a safe and permanent home, and an opportunity to grow, learn and thrive.

Crime & Legal
10
Casa of Southeastern Illinois Inc

Provide court appointed advocates for children

Human Services
11
Central Kansas Court Appointed Special Advocates

Provides a voice for abused and neglected children who are under the legal protection of the court system

Civil Rights
12
Child Advocacy Center

To combat child sexual and physical abuse by providing services to children and families in a safe enviroment.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jefferson County Comprehensive Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Centralia Humane Society. 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CASA OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $60,240 · OtherCASA OF JEFFERSON COUNTYFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF MT VERNON: $36,500 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF MT VERNONOne Hope United - Hudelson Region: $30,000 · OtherOne Hope United - Hudelson RegionCROSSWALK COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $25,000 · OtherCROSSWALK COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INCSEXUAL ASSAULT & FAMILY EMERGENCIES CENTER: $18,200 · OtherSEXUAL ASSAULT & FAMILY EMERGENCIES CENTERCASA OF MARION COUNTY IL: $15,000 · OtherCASA OF MARION COUNTY ILCASA of South Central Illinois: $13,860 · OtherCASA of South Central IllinoisGREATER JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $11,800 · OtherROME MEADOWS APARTMENTS: $10,000 · OtherFRIEDENS UNITED CHURCH OF CHR: $10,000 · Other+3 more: $18,175 · Other+3 moreAMY SCHULZ CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $65,040 · Crime & LegalAMY SCHULZ CHI…LIFEBOAT ALLIANCE LTD: $59,580 · Housing & ShelterLIFEBOAT ALLI…CASA OF FRANKLIN & HAMILTON COUNTIES: $27,240 · Human ServicesCASA OF FRAN…The YMCA of Jefferson County: $16,740 · Human ServicesThe YMCA of …GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $13,525 · Human ServicesGATEWAY REGI…THE CENTRALIA HUMANE SOCIETY: $46,392 · AnimalsTHE CENTRA…SSM HEALTH CARE CORPORATION: $15,000 · HealthWABASH AREA DEVELOPMENT INC: $12,000 · Education
Other$248,775Crime & Legal$65,040Housing & Shelter$59,580Human Services$57,505Animals$46,392Health$15,000Education$12,000

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

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
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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 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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