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· Public charity

United Way of South Central Michigan

We bring together the people, ideas and resources to lead with our communities and create a flourishing, equitable life for everyone.

$14M
Granted FY2025still arriving
149
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$332k
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 2025.

Human Services$17MHealth$9.7MEducation$7.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$6.3MHousing & Shelter$6.1MFood & Nutrition$4.7MYouth Development$4.4MPhilanthropy$3.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 149 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 149 grants below total $6,702,636, the rows itemized in this filing. The $13,934,278 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,231,642 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k29 grants · $202k
  • $10k–50k66 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k52 grants · $4.2M
  • $250k+2 grants · $662k
$29,748
Median grant
15
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UW OF METRO CHICAGO$332,133
GRYPHON PLACE$330,226
YWCA OF KALAMAZOO$185,438
MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY$175,587
LEGAL SERVICES SCMI$143,946
SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK$135,616
HOUSING RESOURCES INC$132,345
COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN$128,381
DIGNITY IN MOTION$125,162
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE$123,450
UNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEE$116,358
FAMILY SERVICE & CHILDREN'S AID$112,436
VOCES$107,649
PREVENTION WORKS OF SOUTHWEST MI$99,797
MILESTONE SENIOR SVCS FORMERLY SENIOR SRVCS$97,936
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 (FY17–25, $13.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITY ACTION: $280k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION: $237k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION: $236k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION: $205k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $128k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $201k → 12%COMMUNITY ACTION: $308k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION: $292k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION: $156k → 14%CHARITABLE UNION: $133k → 14%WASHINGTON HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $129k → 14%CHARITABLE UNION: $116k → 14%WASHINGTON HEIGHTS U: $98k → 14%CHARITABLE UNION: $96k → 14%SHARE CENTER: $96k → 14%CHARITABLE UNION: $89k → 14%SAFE PLACE: $88k → 14%CHARITABLE UNION: $87k → 14%CHARITABLE UNION: $87k → 14%CHARITABLE UNION: $86k → 14%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $168k → 12%GFM THE SYNERGY CENTER: $135k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY: $131k → 12%KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $93k → 12%VOCES: $151k → 14%VOCES: $142k → 14%VOCES: $129k → 14%VOCES: $122k → 14%VOCES: $120k → 14%VOCES: $111k → 14%VOCES: $109k → 14%VOCES: $108k → 14%SHARE CENTER: $97k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $505k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $251k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO: $234k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO: $197k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $186k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $164k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $150k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $134k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES: $131k → 12%FMLY&CHLDRN SVC KZOO: $92k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES-DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO: $237k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO: $179k → 12%CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES (DBA CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF KALAMAZOO): $173k → 12%CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES: $155k → 12%CC DIOCESE OF KZOO: $107k → 12%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

NH
WA
IL
MI
MA
OR
NV
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$66M · 202 repeat orgs$3.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

202 repeat relationships: 126 still active in FY2025, 76 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

202
97

Total granted

$66M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+3%

Still filing today

80%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $299k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.3M · revenue +192%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.3M · revenue +57%
  • SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • FE
    FOURTH ESTATE DBA IMG LLC
    one grant, 2024 · $358k
  • OD
    Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +42%
  • CK
    CAN-DO KALAMAZOOgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue +124%
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
United Way of Marquette County

Focusing community resources to meet community needs the United Way of Marquette County works to advance the common good by connecting people with health and human care issues they are concerned about and to provide the oversight the…

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2
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Lapeer County

To unite the community by developing resources to meet the community needs.

Philanthropy
4
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

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5
United Way Manitowoc County Inc

United way's mission is to improve lives.

Philanthropy
6
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
7
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…

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8
United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co

In order to mobilize community resources to help people measurably improve their lives - we work collaboratively with our community to identify priorities, and then decide which strategies, dollars, and partnerships should be used to bring…

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

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10
Cedar Valley United Way

Uniting our community to empower individuals and families to thrive.

Philanthropy
11
Area Agency On Aging of Western Michigan Inc

Through internal expertise, external partnerships, and advocacy, the area agency on aging of western michigan provides older adults, adults with disabilities, and their caregivers equitable access to services that promote independence and…

Human Services
12
United Way of Greater Central Michigan

United way provides leadership and resources to improve the quality of life in our community by generating revenue, creating awareness and engaging volunteers.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Southwest Michigan; the most unlike its peers is National 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

242 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. 242 of the 322 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.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
57
Early backer (in before they grew)
230/242
Grantees still filing
138/242
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI: $4,276,149 · OtherYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MIHOUSING RESOURCES INC: $3,067,953 · OtherHOUSING RESOURCES INCCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS: $1,973,322 · OtherCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERSSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $1,965,687 · OtherSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANKSENIOR SERVICES INC: $1,307,210 · Other+111 more: $23,541,224 · Other+111 moreCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $2,327,787 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY …CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES: $1,755,968 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICESFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $1,435,239 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVIC…VOCES: $1,288,439 · Human ServicesVOCESCHARITABLE UNION: $915,263 · Human ServicesCHARITABLE UNIONKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $883,252 · Human ServicesKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4…SAFE PLACE: $714,136 · Human ServicesDROP-IN SELF HELP CENTER INC: $673,935 · Human ServicesSouthwestern Michigan Urban League: $539,058 · Human Services+25 more: $4,478,971 · Human Services+25 moreGRYPHON PLACE: $1,465,840 · HealthGRACE HEALTH INC: $1,090,930 · HealthRISE CORP: $849,626 · HealthSPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $584,026 · HealthPREVENTION WORKS INC: $439,254 · HealthDOUGLASS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $268,986 · HealthBronson Health Foundation: $258,400 · Health+3 more: $124,560 · HealthUrban Alliance Inc: $859,229 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $524,650 · PhilanthropyKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $352,648 · PhilanthropyHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $347,825 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WEST TENNESSEINC STARKS: $255,950 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ROME & FLOYD COUNTY INC DBA UNITED WAY OF FLOYD POLK & CHATTOOG: $218,487 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE INC: $211,185 · PhilanthropyLYCOMING COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $162,817 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $150,579 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $129,948 · Philanthropy+11 more: $648,976 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC: $1,444,687 · Youth DevelopmentNEW LEVEL SPORTS: $749,915 · Youth DevelopmentKALAMAZOO YOUTH DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: $304,171 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG KINGS AND QUEENS INC: $149,608 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LANSING: $111,933 · Youth Development+2 more: $117,526 · Youth DevelopmentKALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY FOUNDATION: $1,141,875 · EducationWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1,021,859 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF MICHIGAN: $165,255 · EducationREAD AND WRITE KALAMAZOO: $116,931 · EducationKALAMAZOO LITERACY COUNCIL: $115,655 · Education+3 more: $172,663 · EducationGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN: $809,559 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN'S HEARTLAND INC: $802,996 · EmploymentMRC Industries Inc: $729,277 · EmploymentW E UPJOHN UNEMPLOYMENT TRUSTEE CORPORATION: $175,744 · Employment
Other$36,131,545Human Services$15,012,048Health$5,081,622Philanthropy$3,862,294Youth Development$2,877,840Education$2,734,238Employment$2,517,576

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI: $4,276,149 over 9y, 11% of budgetHOUSING RESOURCES INC: $3,067,953 over 9y, 16% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN: $2,327,787 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS: $1,973,322 over 9y, 8.9% of budgetSOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK: $1,965,687 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES: $1,755,968 over 9y, 12% of budgetGRYPHON PLACE: $1,465,840 over 9y, 9.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC: $1,444,687 over 9y, 24% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC: $1,435,239 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetSENIOR SERVICES INC: $1,307,210 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetVOCES: $1,288,439 over 9y, 41% of budgetKALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY FOUNDATION: $1,141,875 over 4y, 55% of budgetGRACE HEALTH INC: $1,090,930 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1,021,859 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program: $989,324 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC: $927,092 over 9y, 38% of budgetCHARITABLE UNION: $915,263 over 9y, 7.3% of budgetKALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S: $883,252 over 9y, 11% of budgetUrban Alliance Inc: $859,229 over 9y, 35% of budgetRISE CORP: $849,626 over 5y, 98% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN: $809,559 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN'S HEARTLAND INC: $802,996 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTRI COUNTY LABOR AGENCY FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $776,275 over 9y, 85% of budgetNEW LEVEL SPORTS: $749,915 over 5y, 18% of budgetMRC Industries Inc: $729,277 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetSAFE PLACE: $714,136 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetLegal Aid of Western Michigan: $679,522 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetDROP-IN SELF HELP CENTER INC: $673,935 over 9y, 25% of budgetKalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv: $665,063 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN: $654,490 over 9y, 9.0% of budgetGreater Kingdom International: $621,504 over 5y, 42% of budgetSPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $584,026 over 8y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC: $577,277 over 9y, 11% of budgetSouthwestern Michigan Urban League: $539,058 over 9y, 25% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $524,650 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPORTAGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER INC: $515,743 over 9y, 19% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $498,607 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNEW GENESIS INC: $481,322 over 9y, 16% of budgetSOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES: $472,846 over 9y, 38% of budgetPREVENTION WORKS INC: $439,254 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetBURMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE INC: $428,608 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetWashington Heights United Methodist Church: $419,519 over 4y, 28% of budgetTHE SYNERGY HEALTH CENTER INC: $414,943 over 8y, 42% of budgetHISPANIC AMERICAN COUNCIL INC: $365,121 over 7y, 11% of budgetKALAMAZOO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $352,648 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $347,825 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetFOSTER ADOPTIVE FAMILY RESOURCE: $344,919 over 8y, 15% of budgetROOTEAD ENRICHMENT CENTER: $336,577 over 9y, 37% 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.

  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF KALAMAZOO MI ↗
  • Who funds HOUSING RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HEALING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH MICHIGAN FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds GRYPHON PLACE ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF KALAMAZOO INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds VOCES ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GRACE HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Advocacy Program ↗
  • Who funds MINISTRY WITH COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE UNION ↗
  • Who funds KALAMAZOO COUNTY READY 4S ↗
  • Who funds Urban Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds RISE CORP ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SW MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL MICHIGAN'S HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds TRI COUNTY LABOR AGENCY FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW LEVEL SPORTS ↗
  • Who funds MRC Industries Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAFE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Legal Aid of Western Michigan ↗
  • Who funds DROP-IN SELF HELP CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Serv ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds Greater Kingdom International ↗
  • Who funds SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HOMEWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Southwestern Michigan Urban League ↗

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.

Kalamazoo Community F…Harold and Grace Upjo…Battle Creek Communit…Irving S Gilmore Foun…The Ronda E Stryker a…Dorothy U Dalton Foun…Tyler-Little Family F…Marvin and Rosalie Ok…WK Kellogg FoundationJohn E Fetzer Institu…Consumers Energy Foun…Suzanne Upjohn Delano…
Kalamazoo Community FoundationMI159.7× affinity92 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kalamazoo Community Foundation · Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation · Battle Creek Community Foundation · Irving S Gilmore Foundation · The Ronda E Stryker and William D Johnston Foundation · Dorothy U Dalton Foundation Inc · Tyler-Little Family Foundation · Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · John E Fetzer Institute Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · Suzanne Upjohn Delano Parish 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc: 23% of income from government
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
63report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 322 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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