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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.

$308k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$4.0MHealth$1.8MYouth Development$810kEducation$731kReligion$391kEmployment$357kHousing & Shelter$218kFood & Nutrition$184kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $208,171, the rows itemized in this filing. The $307,788 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $99,617 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 $10k11 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $126k
$9,824
Median grant
1
States reached
$940k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Frontier Behavioral Health$18,125
Spokane Eastside Reunion Association$15,223
YWCA Spokane$15,186
Feast World Kitchen$14,326
YMCA of the Inland Northwest$13,912
Lutheran Community Services$13,735
Catholic Charities Eastern Washington$13,054
Second Harvest Inland Northwest$12,118
Take up The Cause$10,497
Transitions$9,824
Treehouse$8,876
Refugee and Immigrant Connections Spokane (RICS)$8,487
Salish School of Spokane$8,215
Joya Child and Family Development$8,049
Innovia Foundation$7,466
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 (FY18–25, $3.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WA: $28k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WA: $28k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WA: $27k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOC: $22k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WA: $26k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOC: $22k → 12%AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOC: $21k → 12%Transitions: $35k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVING THE GREATER INLAND NORTHW: $33k → 12%47066 - AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVING THE GREATER INLAND NORTHW: $33k → 12%TRANSITIONS PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN: $32k → 12%Transitions: $32k → 12%Transitions: $30k → 12%TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN: $30k → 12%American Indian Community Center: $21k → 12%American Indian Community Center: $21k → 12%MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTREACH CENTER: $88k → 12%MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTREACH CENTER: $88k → 12%MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTREACH CENTER: $71k → 12%Martin Luther King Jr Family Outreach Center: $69k → 12%Martin Luther King Jr Family Outreach Center: $68k → 12%MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTREACH CENTER: $68k → 12%Spokane Eastside Reunion Association: $22k → 12%SNAP Financial Access: $67k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $58k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $55k → 12%SNAP and SNAP Financial Access: $53k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $52k → 12%SNAP Financial Access: $50k → 12%SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $50k → 12%Children's Home Society of Washington: $26k → 12%Childrens Home Society of Washington: $26k → 12%YWCA: $168k → 12%YWCA: $164k → 12%YWCA: $156k → 12%YWCA: $152k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $138k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $135k → 12%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NW: $93k → 12%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NW: $93k → 12%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NW: $77k → 12%Lutheran Community Services: $76k → 12%Lutheran Community Services Northwest: $75k → 12%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NW: $75k → 12%YWCA Spokane: $54k → 12%Lutheran Community Services: $49k → 12%REFUGEE CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $30k → 12%REFUGEE CONNECTIONS SPOKANE: $30k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.7M · 53 repeat orgs$239k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
24

Total granted

$8.7M
$239k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+5%

Still filing today

89%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FB
    Frontier Behavioral Health
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +66%
  • YW
    YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $987k · revenue +91%
  • LC
    Lutheran Community Services Northwest
    8× · 2018–2025 · $568k · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • FF
    Freeman Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $28k
  • LP
    Liberty Park Community Development Cente
    one grant, 2024 · $18k · revenue -13%
  • SF
    SPOKANE FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2024 · $17k · revenue +5%
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
Manzanita House

To embrace, equip, and empower immigrants through access to culturally informed essential services, and facilitate covnnections to grow deeper roots and thrive in Spokane.

Arts & Culture
2
Partners Inland Northwest

Partners inland northwest is the sole source of comprehensive community and social services in spokane valley, serving low income and disadvantaged residents between the city of spokane and the idaho border.

Human Services
3
Innovation Spokane Schools

To prepare a diverse range of students for a life of learning in post-secondary education, citizenship, and leadership.

Education
4
Southwest Youth and Family Services

SWYFS partners with youth and families to transform their futures.

Human Services
5
Brightspark Early Learning Services

To nurture and sustain child-centered, antiracist early learning communities.Our work is to:1) Help families access high quality childcare and after-school care.2) Increase the availability of high-quality care through coaching and…

Human Services
6
Refugee Care Collective Northwest

Provide care to refugee families.

Human Services
7
Spokane Parks Foundation

The Spokane Parks Foundation cultivates the health, growth, and continued enjoyment of our communities by inspiring giving and passion for our parks.

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8
Larche Spokane

To make known the gifts of people with development disabilities, revealed through mutually transforming relationships, to foster an environment in community that responds to the changing needs of members while being faithful to the core…

Human Services
9
Family Promise of Cowlitz County

To help families with children in our community who are situationally homeless achieve sustainable independence through a community based response by providing temporary housing, usually 60-90 days, along with case management.

Human Services
10
South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services Inc

The organization operates primarily on the Southern Kenai Peninsula and its operations include the following:Community Mental Health - Counseling, evaluation, consultation and crisis mental health services for Adults and…

Health
11
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
12
Skagit Preschool and Resource Center

Programs for children with special needs from birth to six. sparc offers opportunities for family education, participation and support so that familiies may become more knowledgeable about their childs needs and goals are are better able…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities of Spokane; the most unlike its peers is Priest Lake Lions Club Foundation. 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

71 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. 71 of the 79 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/71
Grantees still filing
48/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $986,994 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONLutheran Community Services Northwest: $567,655 · Human ServicesLutheran Community Services NorthwestMARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTRE: $452,767 · Human ServicesMARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTRESPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $401,061 · Human ServicesSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERSCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $180,954 · Human ServicesTransitions: $169,714 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $159,883 · Human ServicesAMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION: $142,508 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $118,309 · Human Services+11 more: $323,077 · Human Services+11 moreTHE SALVATION ARMY: $494,753 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYYoung Men's Christian Association of the Inland Northwest: $406,800 · OtherYoung Men's Christian Associa…Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center: $202,664 · OtherSpokane Guilds' School & Neur…The Arc of Spokane: $131,499 · OtherThe Arc of SpokaneODYSSEY YOUTH CENTER: $169,472 · OtherODYSSEY YOUTH CENTERInnovia Foundation: $83,380 · Other+30 more: $815,860 · Other+30 moreFrontier Behavioral Health: $1,092,693 · HealthFrontier Behavioral …HIP OF SPOKANE COUNTY DBA COMMUNITY MINDED ENTERPRISES: $120,198 · HealthHIP OF SPOKANE COUNT…YFA CONNECTIONS: $108,700 · HealthYFA CONNECTIONSExcelsior Wellness: $106,570 · HealthExcelsior WellnessPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $87,487 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD O…DAYBREAK YOUTH SERVICES: $65,913 · Health+1 more: $19,834 · HealthCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY: $317,645 · EducationSalish School of Spokane: $228,323 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $59,117 · EducationFreeman Foundation: $28,255 · Education+1 more: $17,417 · EducationBoys & Girls Club of Spokane County: $246,653 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $95,594 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho: $76,847 · Youth DevelopmentInland NW Council Boy Scouts of America: $49,174 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,560 · Youth DevelopmentSPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $196,445 · Community ImprovementTeamChild: $55,917 · Community ImprovementPriest Lake Memorial Gardens Inc: $18,500 · Community ImprovementRotary Community Service Inc: $16,001 · Community Improvement+1 more: $6,000 · Community ImprovementSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $176,697 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$3,502,922Other$2,304,428Health$1,601,395Education$650,757Youth Development$473,828Community Improvement$292,863Food & Nutrition$176,697

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 budgetFrontier Behavioral Health: $1,092,693 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $986,994 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $567,655 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTRE: $452,767 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Inland Northwest: $406,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS: $401,061 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY: $317,645 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Spokane County: $246,653 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetSalish School of Spokane: $228,323 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetSpokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center: $202,664 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $196,445 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE: $180,954 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST: $176,697 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTransitions: $169,714 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetODYSSEY YOUTH CENTER: $169,472 over 7y, 33% of budgetCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $159,883 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION: $142,508 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetThe Arc of Spokane: $131,499 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHIP OF SPOKANE COUNTY DBA COMMUNITY MINDED ENTERPRISES: $120,198 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $118,309 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYFA CONNECTIONS: $108,700 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetExcelsior Wellness: $106,570 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSPOKANE EASTSIDE REUNION ASSOCIATION: $96,213 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $95,594 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO: $87,487 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetInnovia Foundation: $83,380 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho: $76,847 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetREFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE: $75,071 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetCAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST: $71,440 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFuse Innovation Fund: $71,373 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFeast Collective: $66,576 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetDAYBREAK YOUTH SERVICES: $65,913 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $59,117 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OPEN-SHOP APPRENTICESHIP AND JOURNEYMAN TRAINING: $58,750 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTeamChild: $55,917 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTAKE UP THE CAUSE: $53,580 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetInland NW Council Boy Scouts of America: $49,174 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHabitat for Humanity - Spokane: $47,775 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTenants Union of Washington: $36,037 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF SPOKANE: $29,777 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION: $27,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMOBIUS SPOKANE: $26,002 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetGLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD: $23,214 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY: $22,374 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA PIERCE COUNTY: $21,103 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe ISAAC Foundation: $19,834 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetLiberty Park Community Development Cente: $17,593 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSPOKANE FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE: $17,417 over 1y, 4.1% 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.

  • Who funds Frontier Behavioral Health ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Lutheran Community Services Northwest ↗
  • Who funds MARTIN LUTHER KING JR FAMILY OUTRE ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of the Inland Northwest ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SPOKANE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County ↗
  • Who funds Salish School of Spokane ↗
  • Who funds Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE AREA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SPOKANE ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds Transitions ↗
  • Who funds ODYSSEY YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Arc of Spokane ↗
  • Who funds HIP OF SPOKANE COUNTY DBA COMMUNITY MINDED ENTERPRISES ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds YFA CONNECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds Excelsior Wellness ↗
  • Who funds SPOKANE EASTSIDE REUNION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO ↗
  • Who funds Innovia Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT CONNECTIONS OF SPOKANE ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE INLAND NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds Fuse Innovation Fund ↗
  • Who funds Feast Collective ↗
  • Who funds DAYBREAK YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OPEN-SHOP APPRENTICESHIP AND JOURNEYMAN TRAINING ↗
  • Who funds TeamChild ↗
  • Who funds TAKE UP THE CAUSE ↗

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.

Innovia FoundationWA80.3× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Innovia Foundation · The Avista Foundation · Better Health Together · Providence Health & Services - Washington · Women Helping Women Fund · Project Beauty Share · Numerica Credit Union · Multicare Health System · School's Out Washington · Seattle Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Smith-Barbieri Progressive Fund a Charitable 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 Spokane County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Spokane County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 25%
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: 25% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
32report 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 79 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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