Oregon · Public charity
United Way of the Columbia Gorge
To help care for the people of the columbia river gorge by identifying human service needs, raising funds, distributing and coordinating resources,promoting volunteerism, and helping to solve community problems.
- $355k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $312k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,403
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,856
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $779k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations United Way of the Columbia Gorge funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 20 | $312k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $335k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $150k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $238k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $219k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $194k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $205k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $205k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Hands Against Violence Inc | $117,146 | 8 | 4% |
| Youth Empowerment Shelter | $96,847 | 8 | 5% |
| South Wasco Youth Programs Inc | $68,674 | 6 | 21% |
| Columbia Gorge Casa | $57,814 | 3 | 8% |
| The Dalles Meals on Wheels Inc | $57,528 | 4 | 4% |
| Back Pack for Kids | $52,914 | 5 | n/a |
| FISH Food Bank | $51,528 | 3 | 4% |
| Columbia Gorge Childrens Advocacy Center | $50,700 | 4 | 4% |
| Meals on Wheels People Inc | $48,650 | 4 | 0% |
| The Dalles Farmers Market Inc | $41,017 | 4 | 17% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping Hands Against Violence Inc | $117,146 | 8 | 4% |
| Youth Empowerment Shelter | $96,847 | 8 | 5% |
| South Wasco Youth Programs Inc | $68,674 | 6 | 21% |
| Columbia Gorge Casa | $57,814 | 3 | 8% |
| The Dalles Meals on Wheels Inc | $57,528 | 4 | 4% |
| Back Pack for Kids | $52,914 | 5 | n/a |
| FISH Food Bank | $51,528 | 3 | 4% |
| Columbia Gorge Childrens Advocacy Center | $50,700 | 4 | 4% |
| Meals on Wheels People Inc | $48,650 | 4 | 0% |
| The Dalles Farmers Market Inc | $41,017 | 4 | 17% |
| Smart Reading | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cultureseed Inc | $35,453 | 3 | 2% |
| Mid-Columbia Childrens Council Inc | $33,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Hood River Senior Citizens Inc | $25,177 | 3 | 2% |
| Community Meal Inc | $22,214 | 3 | n/a |
| Columbia Gorge Peace Village | $19,200 | 2 | n/a |
| New Hope Farms | $17,151 | 3 | 1% |
| Skamania County Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault | $12,000 | 1 | 3% |
| White Salmon Valley Education Foundation | $9,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-Columbia Community Action Council | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Play Frontier | $5,319 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($987k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of the Columbia Gorge supplied at peak.
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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: Greenfish Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Providence Health & Services - Oregon · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · McGeer Family Foundation · Gorge Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Columbia Gorge Health Council · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About United Way of the Columbia Gorge
- How much does United Way of the Columbia Gorge give?
- United Way of the Columbia Gorge reported 20 itemized grants totaling $311,814, out of $354,585 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of the Columbia Gorge fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (25%), Human Services (24%), Crime & Legal (14%).
- Who are United Way of the Columbia Gorge's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Helping Hands Against Violence Inc ($117k), Youth Empowerment Shelter ($97k), South Wasco Youth Programs Inc ($69k).
- Does United Way of the Columbia Gorge fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of the Columbia Gorge?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greenfish Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, Providence Health & Services - Oregon.
- Where is United Way of the Columbia Gorge based?
- United Way of the Columbia Gorge is based in OR.
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