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United Way of Steele County

To change lives by mobilizing and optimizing the caring power of our community.

$593k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$80k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$757kHuman Services$756kFood & Nutrition$635kCivil Rights$554kHousing & Shelter$546kYouth Development$537kEducation$206kCrime & Legal$154kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $553,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $593,251 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $39,551 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 · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $245k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $309k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY$80,200
STEELE COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING$67,500
LET'S SMILE INC$61,000
CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER$50,000
OWATONNA HEALTHY SENIORS PROGRAM$50,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS$45,000
SOMALI AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF OWATONNA$40,000
EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR FAMILY UNITY$35,000
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA$30,000
BLOOMING PRAIRIE YOUTH CLUB$25,000
MEDFORD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT$25,000
CEDAR VALLEY SERVICES$17,000
HEALTHFINDERS COLLABORATIVE INC$15,000
SEMCAC$13,000
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 (FY17–24, $373k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $46k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $45k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $45k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $44k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $30k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $30k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $25k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $22k → 9%SEMCAC: $18k → 9%SEMCAC: $16k → 9%SEMCAC: $13k → 9%SEMCAC: $10k → 9%SEMCAC: $9k → 9%SEMCAC: $8k → 9%SEMCAC: $7k → 9%SEMCAC: $7k → 9%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 21 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
1

Total granted

$4.2M
$6k

Still filing today

76%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CP
    COMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $548k · revenue +356%
  • SC
    STEELE COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $456k · revenue +48%
  • OH
    OWATONNA HEALTHY SENIORS PROGRAM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $342k · revenue +23% · 39% of their budget

Funded once

  • I#
    ISD #763 SAC
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
South Metro Human Services

Radias health is a non-profit mental health & substance use disorders services organization customizing community based services through the integration of knowledge, compassion, and collaboration. we are committed to being an inclusive,…

Human Services
2
Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency

Southeastern north dakota community action agency (sendcaa) was formed in 1965 to provide a range of services and activities in a six county area designed to alleviate poverty and give low-income people the opportunity to improve their…

Human Services
3
Southwestern Mn Opportunity Council

To strengthen our communities through opportunities and service, to help build community resources and help move people out of poverty.

Community Improvement
4
Southern Minnesota Independent Living Enterprises & Services Inc

The organization's mission is to support people with disabilities to realize their full potential.

Human Services
5
Keystone Community Services

To strengthen the capacity of individuals and families to improve their quality of life.

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6
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating

Supporting libraries through delivery of professional expertise and sustainable services.

Education
7
Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership

To partner with communities to develop places for people to call home so that people in southwest and south-central minnesota have access to dignified affordable housing, and thriving, inclusive and equitable communities.

Housing & Shelter
8
Sauer Health Care

To provide nursing care and related services to the aged and handicapped in winona, mn and the surrounding area.

—
9
Community Resource Connections Inc

Improving access to and the effectiveness of services through facilitation and coordination of community services and provision of information and referral services.

Community Improvement
10
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
11
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
12
Senior Community Services

Our mission is empowering people as they age.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blooming Prairie Youth Club. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/19
Grantees still filing
16/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY: $547,700 · OtherCOMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTYEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR FAMILY UNITY: $248,775 · OtherEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR FAMILY UNITYCEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC: $184,500 · OtherCEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INCSTEELE COUNTY CLOTHESLINE INC: $157,820 · OtherSTEELE COUNTY CLOTHESLINE INCFREE CLINIC OF STEELE COUNTY: $116,000 · OtherFREE CLINIC OF STEELE COUNTYMEDFORD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $78,560 · OtherSOUTH CENTRAL HUMAN RELATIONS CENTER INC: $75,500 · OtherSOUTHEAST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC: $125,450 · OtherSOUTHEAST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INCSOMALI AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF OWATONNA: $117,500 · OtherSOMALI AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF OWATONNA+5 more: $166,010 · Other+5 moreOWATONNA HEALTHY SENIORS PROGRAM: $342,000 · HealthOWATONNA HEALTHY SE…LETS SMILE: $277,500 · HealthLETS SMILEHealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $103,500 · HealthHealthFinders Colla…WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF STEELE COUNTY INC: $553,500 · Civil RightsWOMEN'S RESOUR…STEELE COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC: $456,482 · Housing & ShelterSTEELE COUNT…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MN: $286,000 · Human ServicesBIG BROTH…SEMCAC: $87,250 · Human ServicesSEMCACBLOOMING PRAIRIE YOUTH CLUB: $192,500 · Youth DevelopmentSOUTHERN MN REGIONAL LEGAL SERVICES INC: $154,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,817,815Health$723,000Civil Rights$553,500Housing & Shelter$456,482Human Services$373,250Youth Development$192,500Crime & Legal$154,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF STEELE COUNTY INC: $553,500 over 8y, 30% of budgetCOMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY: $547,700 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetSTEELE COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC: $456,482 over 8y, 16% of budgetOWATONNA HEALTHY SENIORS PROGRAM: $342,000 over 8y, 39% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MN: $286,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetLETS SMILE: $277,500 over 8y, 23% of budgetEXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR FAMILY UNITY: $248,775 over 8y, 32% of budgetBLOOMING PRAIRIE YOUTH CLUB: $192,500 over 8y, 19% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC: $184,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSTEELE COUNTY CLOTHESLINE INC: $157,820 over 4y, 41% of budgetSOUTHERN MN REGIONAL LEGAL SERVICES INC: $154,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHEAST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC: $125,450 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSOMALI AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF OWATONNA: $117,500 over 5y, 25% of budgetHealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $103,500 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSEMCAC: $87,250 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL HUMAN RELATIONS CENTER INC: $75,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetRACHELS LIGHT INC: $60,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetSOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOWATONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 761 FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 1.4% 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 WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER OF STEELE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds STEELE COUNTY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds OWATONNA HEALTHY SENIORS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MN ↗
  • Who funds LETS SMILE ↗
  • Who funds EXCHANGE CLUB CENTER FOR FAMILY UNITY ↗
  • Who funds BLOOMING PRAIRIE YOUTH CLUB ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR VALLEY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds STEELE COUNTY CLOTHESLINE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN MN REGIONAL LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds SOMALI AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF OWATONNA ↗
  • Who funds HealthFinders Collaborative Inc ↗
  • Who funds SEMCAC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CENTRAL HUMAN RELATIONS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RACHELS LIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OWATONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 761 FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…Medica FoundationMardag FoundationMayo Clinic Group Ret…Rochester Area Founda…Southern Minnesota In…United Way of Mower C…Mayo ClinicMinnesota Community F…The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…
Otto Bremer TrustMN30.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Medica Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Rochester Area Foundation · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · United Way of Mower County Inc · Mayo Clinic · Minnesota Community Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause 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 Steele County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Steele County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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