Washington · Public charity
United Way of Spokane County
The mission of Spokane County United Way is to mobilize our community resources to create measurable results that improve the lives of the people living in our community and advance the idea of the common good. (Continued on Schedule O)Our vision is that Spokane County will be known for increasing health, prosperity, and educational…
- $308k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $208k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,824
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,125
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 42
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $940k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations United Way of Spokane County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $232k 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 | 19 | $201k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $842k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $1.2M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $1.2M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $1.3M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $1.3M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $1.4M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Behavioral Health | $1,092,693 | 8 | 0% |
| Young Womens Christian Association | $986,994 | 8 | 3% |
| Lutheran Community Services Northwest | $567,655 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $494,753 | 6 | n/a |
| Martin Luther King Jr Family Outre | $452,767 | 6 | 6% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Inland Northwest | $406,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners | $401,061 | 7 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Spokane County | $317,645 | 8 | 4% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County | $246,653 | 6 | 4% |
| Salish School of Spokane | $228,323 | 8 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Spokane County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 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.
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How this is measured
About United Way of Spokane County
- How much does United Way of Spokane County give?
- United Way of Spokane County reported 20 itemized grants totaling $208,171, out of $307,788 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 42 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Spokane County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Health (20%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are United Way of Spokane County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Frontier Behavioral Health ($1.1M), Young Womens Christian Association ($987k), Lutheran Community Services Northwest ($568k).
- Does United Way of Spokane County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Spokane County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Innovia Foundation, The Avista Foundation, Better Health Together.
- Where is United Way of Spokane County based?
- United Way of Spokane County is based in WA.
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