Kentucky · Public charity
United Way of the Bluegrass Inc
United way of the bluegrass (uwbg) fights for the education, financial stability, health, and basic needs of every person in central kentucky for over 100 years. Uwbg focuses on improving lives by creating opportunities for all individuals to succeed through collaboration with community partners, local businesses, and volunteers,…
- $768k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $664k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $77,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations United Way of the Bluegrass Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 43 | $664k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $936k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $1.1M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $1.3M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 54 | $1.3M | 19% |
| FY2020 | 48 | $1.1M | 2% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $1.5M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 48 | $1.4M | 15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County | $804,725 | 9 | 16% |
| The Salvation Army | $707,371 | 8 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Lexington Kentucky | $666,516 | 9 | 1% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Paris Bourbon County Inc | $475,674 | 8 | 5% |
| Child Care Council of Kentucky Inc | $475,029 | 9 | 21% |
| Blue Grass Community Action Partnership Inc | $410,797 | 7 | 1% |
| Greenhouse17 Inc | $382,255 | 9 | 1% |
| Center for Women Children and Families Inc | $304,378 | 9 | 8% |
| United Way of the Bluegrass Inc | $297,420 | 3 | 5% |
| Lexington Hearing & Speech Center Inc Dba the Hearing & Speech Center Inc | $287,613 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 107 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of the Bluegrass Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 82 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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Roaring Brook Foundation Inc · The King's Daughters and Sons Foundation of Kentucky Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Keeneland Foundation Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Ee Murry Family Foundation · Heart of Kentucky United Way Inc
How this is measured
About United Way of the Bluegrass Inc
- How much does United Way of the Bluegrass Inc give?
- United Way of the Bluegrass Inc reported 43 itemized grants totaling $664,007, out of $768,070 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of the Bluegrass Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Youth Development (12%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are United Way of the Bluegrass Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County ($805k), The Salvation Army ($707k), Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Lexington Kentucky ($667k).
- Does United Way of the Bluegrass 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 the Bluegrass Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc, American Water Charitable Foundationinc.
- Where is United Way of the Bluegrass Inc based?
- United Way of the Bluegrass Inc is based in KY.
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