Michigan · Public charity
United Way of Southwest Michigan
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN works in berrien, cass, and van buren counties to create a united and resilient community where everyone contributes, belongs, and thrives.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 2%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,890
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $131,085
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 2% of the organizations United Way of Southwest Michigan 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; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 45 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $2.6M | 2% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $1.5M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $2.5M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 39 | $2.3M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $2.2M | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army Social Services of Kent County | $1,534,936 | 9 | n/a |
| Region IV Area Agency on Aging Inc (With Foster Grandparents Program) | $1,373,755 | 9 | 1% |
| Berrien-Cass-Vanburen Workforce Development Board Inc | $1,216,300 | 9 | 2% |
| Berrien County Parks Department | $1,103,599 | 9 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Michiana Inc | $895,203 | 9 | 2% |
| Berrien County Cancer Services Inc | $891,157 | 9 | 28% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Southwest Michigan | $845,988 | 9 | 6% |
| The Avenue Family Network Inc | $695,189 | 9 | 3% |
| Berrien Resa | $675,048 | 9 | n/a |
| Samaritan Counseling Center Inc | $673,306 | 9 | 33% |
Show all 54 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southwest Michigan supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Berrien Community Foundation Inc · Whirlpool Foundation · Corewell Health Group Return · St Josephbenton Harbor Rotary Foundation Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · Feeding America West Michigan · American Electric Power Foundation · Van Buren County United Way Inc · Lakeland Health Foundation Benton Harbor/Stjoseph · The McLoughlin Family Foundation · Region IV Area Agency on Aging Inc (With Foster Grandparents Program) · Bill Nygren Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Southwest Michigan
- How much does United Way of Southwest Michigan give?
- United Way of Southwest Michigan reported 46 grants totaling $1,497,158 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southwest Michigan fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Health (20%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are United Way of Southwest Michigan's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salvation Army Social Services of Kent County ($1.5M), Region IV Area Agency on Aging Inc (With Foster Grandparents Program) ($1.4M), Berrien-Cass-Vanburen Workforce Development Board Inc ($1.2M).
- Does United Way of Southwest Michigan fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southwest Michigan?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berrien Community Foundation Inc, Whirlpool Foundation, Corewell Health Group Return.
- Where is United Way of Southwest Michigan based?
- United Way of Southwest Michigan is based in MI.
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