How much does United Way of Spencer give?

United Way of Spencer reported 12 itemized grants totaling $341,000, out of $369,340 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.

What does United Way of Spencer fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (51%), Crime & Legal (16%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).

Who are United Way of Spencer's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Hartley Community Daycare ($746k), Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assa ($327k), Grand Avenue Community Outreach ($251k).

Does United Way of Spencer fund new organizations?

In FY2025, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is United Way of Spencer based?

United Way of Spencer is based in IA.

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Iowa · Public charity

United Way of Spencer

UNITED WAY OF SPENCER distributes funds to local charities that have been collected in an organized concise manner from the public during its annual fund drive.

$369k
Granted FY2026(still arriving): 12
Itemized grants FY2026: 11
Organizations funded FY2025: 9%
First-time grantees FY2025

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Itemized, FY2026: $341k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2026: $12,750
Largest grant, FY2026: $166,000
Organizations funded a year: 9 to 15; FY2021 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026: 2
Total assets, FY2026: $1.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 9% of the organizations United Way of Spencer funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther

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
FY2026still arriving	12	$341k	8%
FY2025	11	$665k	9%
FY2024	15	$565k	33%
FY2023	10	$461k	100%
FY2022	10	$134k	10%
FY2021	9	$113k	n/a

95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$981kCrime & Legal$317kPublic Safety & Disaster$279kCommunity Improvement$207kArts & Culture$43kYouth Development$25kReligion$18kEducation$15kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Hartley Community Daycare	$746,000	4	4%
Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assa	$326,500	3	28%
Grand Avenue Community Outreach	$251,115	4	49%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$249,500	4	0%
Hartley Improvement Foundation	$112,500	2	n/a
Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc	$102,400	4	0%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Sio Sioux City	$52,500	4	1%
Clay County Council on Aging	$33,500	2	16%
Atlas of Spencer	$32,750	4	6%
Young Mens Christian Assoc of Spencer Iowa	$27,000	3	0%

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All grantees of United Way of Spencer by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Hartley Community Daycare	$746,000	4	4%
Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assa	$326,500	3	28%
Grand Avenue Community Outreach	$251,115	4	49%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$249,500	4	0%
Hartley Improvement Foundation	$112,500	2	n/a
Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc	$102,400	4	0%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Sio Sioux City	$52,500	4	1%
Clay County Council on Aging	$33,500	2	16%
Atlas of Spencer	$32,750	4	6%
Young Mens Christian Assoc of Spencer Iowa	$27,000	3	0%
Arts on Grand	$23,750	4	5%
Family Crisis Centers Inc	$22,000	3	0%
Friends of the Everly Public Library	$14,500	2	n/a
The Dollywood Foundation	$13,500	1	0%
Lutheran Services in Iowa Inc	$12,500	2	n/a
People for Pets	$6,300	1	2%
Lutheran Congregation in Mission for Christ	$6,000	1	n/a

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($248k), not named here.

United Way of Spencer supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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 13.

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.

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA18.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Siouxland Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Spencer

How much does United Way of Spencer give?: United Way of Spencer reported 12 itemized grants totaling $341,000, out of $369,340 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
What does United Way of Spencer fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (51%), Crime & Legal (16%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
Who are United Way of Spencer's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Hartley Community Daycare ($746k), Centers Against Abuse & Sexual Assa ($327k), Grand Avenue Community Outreach ($251k).
Does United Way of Spencer fund new organizations?: In FY2025, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Spencer?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Siouxland Community Foundation, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
Where is United Way of Spencer based?: United Way of Spencer is based in IA.