Iowa · Public charity
United Way of Story County Inc
United way of story county unites people, ideas, and resources to transform lives in story county.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,460
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $205,297
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations United Way of Story County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 26 | $1.2M | 4% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $1.2M | 7% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $1.2M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $1.2M | 7% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $1.5M | 3% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $1.4M | 3% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $1.5M | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youth and Shelter Services Inc | $1,862,582 | 9 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County Inc | $785,766 | 9 | 17% |
| Heartland Senior Services Heartland of Story County | $691,031 | 9 | 9% |
| Ames Community Preschool Center | $624,570 | 9 | 6% |
| Assault Care Center Extending Shelter An | $612,297 | 9 | 6% |
| Shelter Housing Corporation D/B/A the Bridge Home | $570,612 | 7 | 15% |
| Storytime Childcare Center | $483,654 | 9 | 31% |
| The Salvation Army | $477,871 | 9 | n/a |
| Mary Greeley Medical Center | $453,820 | 9 | n/a |
| Raising Readers in Story County | $388,825 | 9 | 23% |
Show all 45 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Story County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 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.
Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Hammond Family Foundation · Underwood Family Foundation · Story County Housing Trust · Marshalltown Area United Way · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · United Way of Central Iowa · Burke Family Foundation · Aging Resources of Central Iowa · Golf Charitable Foundation of Greater Des Moines
How this is measured
About United Way of Story County Inc
- How much does United Way of Story County Inc give?
- United Way of Story County Inc reported 26 itemized grants totaling $1,160,426, out of $1,362,666 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Story County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (61%), Health (13%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are United Way of Story County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Youth and Shelter Services Inc ($1.9M), Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County Inc ($786k), Heartland Senior Services Heartland of Story County ($691k).
- Does United Way of Story County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Story County Inc?
- 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, Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Story County Inc based?
- United Way of Story County Inc is based in IA.
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