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United Way of St Lucie & Okeechobee Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

United Way of St Lucie & Okeechobee Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.

$508k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$115k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$1.8MHealth$965kPhilanthropy$901kYouth Development$252kCrime & Legal$209kEducation$168kCommunity Improvement$103kFood & Nutrition$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $393,087, the rows itemized in this filing. The $507,696 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $114,609 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 $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $199k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC$115,120
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$55,000
HELPING PEOPLE SUCCEED$40,000
UNITED AGAINST POVERTY$30,000
ARC OF ST LUCIE$18,567
GRACE WAY VILLAGE$16,800
LIFE BUILDERS OF THE TREASURE COAST INC$15,000
HEALTHY START COALITION OF ST LUCIE COUNTY INC$15,000
THE INNER TRUTH PROJECT$15,000
ALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE$15,000
SALVATION ARMY$14,000
COUNCIL ON AGING OF ST LUCIE$10,000
211 PALM BEACH & TREASURE COAST$10,000
LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES$9,000
OKEECHOBEE EDUCATION FOUNDATION$8,100
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 (FY18–25, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $35k → 11%THE CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $35k → 11%THE CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $10k → 11%GRACE WAY VILLAGE: $40k → 13%GRACE WAY VILLAGE: $30k → 13%GRACE WAY VILLAGE: $30k → 13%GRACE WAY VILLAGE: $20k → 13%GRACE WAY VILLAGE: $17k → 13%GRACE WAY VILLAGE: $17k → 13%GRACE WAY VILLAGE: $17k → 13%COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 13%COUNCIL ON AGING: $10k → 13%COUNCIL ON AGING OF ST LUCIE: $10k → 13%MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC: $143k → 13%MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC: $140k → 13%MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC: $130k → 13%MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC: $127k → 13%MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC: $127k → 13%MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC: $115k → 13%MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES OF FORT PIERCE INC: $100k → 13%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.5M · 29 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
4

Total granted

$4.5M
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+4%

Still filing today

79%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MS
    MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $883k · revenue +272%
  • TT
    TYKES & TEENS INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $200k · revenue +100%
  • 2P
    211 Palm BeachTreasure Coast Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $192k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • PL
    PROJECT LIFT INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $21k · revenue -17%
  • TC
    TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +202%
  • HC
    HIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $12k · revenue -3%
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
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
2
Suncoast Center Inc

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness,…

Health
3
Manatee Children's Services Inc

Preventing child abuse, restoring healing, and strengthening all children and their families through advocacy, treatment, and shelter.

Crime & Legal
4
Child Protection Center Inc

The mission of the child protection center, inc. is the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse. we envision a community where children are safe from abuse and free to thrive. to successfully address the issue of child abuse,…

Crime & Legal
5
Youth Haven Inc

Providing home, hope and healing to abused and neglected children and teens in southwest florida.

Human Services
6
Family Resources Inc

We inspire well-being & success in the lives of vulnerable children, youth & families through responsive quality programs and safe places. part iii - additional information family counseling parents and youth ages 6-17 can receive…

Human Services
7
South County Mental Health Center Inc

Since its creation in 1974, south county mental health center, inc. "center" has brought quality mental health and substance abuse care to our communities in a manner which enhances and preserves human dignity. through local support,…

Health
8
Citrus Health Network Inc

To provide primary care and behavioral health services to children, adults, and families in south florida across a broad range of health services and community-based programs; and to oversee the coordinated child welfare system of care…

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9
Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network Inc

Our mission is a seamless, accessible, recovery-oriented system of behavioral health care driven by consumers, providers, and other stakeholders, in which innovation and collaboration are the norm and diversified financial resources…

Health
10
Children's Case Management Organization Inc D/B/a Families First of Pb County

Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.

Environment
11
Treasure Coast Community Health Inc

To provide patient-centered, integrated outpatient care in a technologically advanced, financially secure and compassionate environment. to be a valued leader in primary health care, improving the quality of life in indian river county…

Health
12
Family Resource Center of South Florida Inc

Family resource center of south florida, inc prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect through the strengthening of families. respectfully treat, rehabilitate and mentor troubled families through comprehensive, responsive care.…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hibiscus Children's Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Multi Cultural Resource Center. 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

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES INC: $882,541 · Human ServicesMUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES INCGRACE WAY VILLAGE INC: $170,400 · Human ServicesGRACE WAY VILLAGE INCTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF…SAFESPACE INC: $50,000 · Human Services+2 more: $54,000 · Human ServicesST LUCIE COUNTY HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK INC: $358,576 · HealthST LUCIE COUNTY HEALTH ACCE…TYKES & TEENS INC: $200,000 · HealthTYKES & TEENS INC211 Palm BeachTreasure Coast Inc: $191,836 · Health211 Palm BeachTreasure Coas…HPS Helping People Succeed Inc: $129,280 · HealthHPS Helping People Succeed …HEALTHY START COALITION OF ST LUCIE COUNTY INC: $126,042 · HealthHEALTHY START COALITION OF …ALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE INC: $76,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE …+1 more: $28,000 · HealthUNITED WAY OF ST LUCIE & OKEECHOBEE INC: $900,954 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF ST LUCIE…ST LUCIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: $165,000 · OtherST LUCIE COUNTY HEA…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ST LUCIE INDIAN RIVER AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES I: $120,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SI…UNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC: $103,834 · OtherUNITED AGAINST POVE…ROUNDTABLE OF SLC: $103,360 · OtherROUNDTABLE OF SLCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $92,400 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYThe ARC of St Lucie County: $74,201 · OtherThe ARC of St Lucie…SARAHS KITCHEN OF THE TREASURE COA: $45,000 · OtherSARAHS KITCHEN OF T…LIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES INC: $26,864 · Other+4 more: $49,166 · Other+4 moreLIFEBUILDERS OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $105,305 · Crime & LegalTHE INNER TRUTH PROJECT INC: $103,500 · Crime & LegalEARLY LEARNING COALITION OF ST LUCIE COUNTY INC: $143,227 · EducationOKEECHOBEE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $24,300 · EducationPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $91,964 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT LIFT INC: $20,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF STLUCIE COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$1,236,941Health$1,109,734Philanthropy$900,954Other$779,825Crime & Legal$208,805Education$167,527Youth Development$132,464

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF ST LUCIE & OKEECHOBEE INC: $900,954 over 4y, 16% of budgetMUSTARD SEED MINISTRIES INC: $882,541 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetST LUCIE COUNTY HEALTH ACCESS NETWORK INC: $358,576 over 4y, 15% of budgetTYKES & TEENS INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budget211 Palm BeachTreasure Coast Inc: $191,836 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetGRACE WAY VILLAGE INC: $170,400 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetEARLY LEARNING COALITION OF ST LUCIE COUNTY INC: $143,227 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHPS Helping People Succeed Inc: $129,280 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHEALTHY START COALITION OF ST LUCIE COUNTY INC: $126,042 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF ST LUCIE INDIAN RIVER AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES I: $120,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetLIFEBUILDERS OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $105,305 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetUNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC: $103,834 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE INNER TRUTH PROJECT INC: $103,500 over 6y, 14% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $91,964 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE INC: $76,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe ARC of St Lucie County: $74,201 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSAFESPACE INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSARAHS KITCHEN OF THE TREASURE COA: $45,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING OF ST LUCIE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDrug Abuse Treatment Association Inc: $28,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLIGHT OF THE WORLD CHARITIES INC: $26,864 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetOKEECHOBEE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $24,300 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMULTI CULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $24,000 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetPROJECT LIFT INC: $20,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF STLUCIE COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTREASURE COAST FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIBISCUS CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $12,166 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SVCS OF THE TREAS CST INC: $7,000 over 1y, 7.1% 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.

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.

United Way of Martin …The Community Foundat…W and H Thomas Charit…Community Foundation …United Way of Indian …Allegany Franciscan M…Bernard a Egan Founda…Hobe Sound Community …Southeast Florida Beh…The United Way of Lee…Impact 100 of Indian …John's Island Communi…
United Way of Martin County IncFL30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Martin County Inc · The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc · W and H Thomas Charitable Trust · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · United Way of Indian River County Inc · Allegany Franciscan Ministries Inc · Bernard a Egan Foundation Inc · Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc · Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network Inc · The United Way of Lee County Inc · Impact 100 of Indian River County · John's Island Community Service League Inc

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 St Lucie & Okeechobee Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of St Lucie & Okeechobee Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Safespace Inc: 25% of income from government
  • 211 Palm BeachTreasure Coast Inc: 17% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • Grace Way Village Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Hibiscus Children's Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
15report 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 33 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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