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United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc

Increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another in our community.

$158k
Granted FY2023
9
Itemized grants FY2023
9
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$105k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$7,637
Largest grant, FY2023
$40,724
Organizations funded a year
9 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
Total assets, FY2023
$855k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’23
Human ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20239$105k100%
FY202126$43k0%
FY202036$224k3%
FY201935$244k0%
FY201839$429k41%
FY201723$376kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Human Services$409kFood & Nutrition$396kYouth Development$169kHousing & Shelter$162kEducation$107kHealth$44kPublic Safety & Disaster$37kCrime & Legal$32kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Helena Food Share Inc$189,80452%
Rocky Mountain Development Council$167,20451%
Gods Love Inc$99,65948%
Friendship Center of Helena Inc$93,46456%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana$84,48357%
The Angel Fund$83,534517%
Young Men's Christian Association of Helena Inc$57,37951%
Florence Crittenton Home and Services$53,38951%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena Montana a Corporation Sole$51,2515n/a
Youth Homes$50,55551%
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All grantees of United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Helena Food Share Inc$189,80452%
Rocky Mountain Development Council$167,20451%
Gods Love Inc$99,65948%
Friendship Center of Helena Inc$93,46456%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana$84,48357%
The Angel Fund$83,534517%
Young Men's Christian Association of Helena Inc$57,37951%
Florence Crittenton Home and Services$53,38951%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena Montana a Corporation Sole$51,2515n/a
Youth Homes$50,55551%
Family Promise Inc$50,40051%
YWCA Helena$38,86253%
First Judicial District Casa-Gal Program$31,916510%
Catholic Social Services of Montana$24,97642%
Peers Unlimited$24,8865n/a
Lewis & Clark Literacy Council$23,742424%
Region IV Family Outreach Inc$21,73450%
Rural Dynamics Inc$16,77241%
Elkhorn Search and Resuce Corporation$15,8705n/a
West Mont$15,73240%
Lewis & Clark County Search & Rescue Association$12,713431%
Broadwater County Social Services$10,87652%
Explorationworks Inc$9,04841%
Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming$9,03750%
Career Training Institute$8,65240%
Boy Scouts$8,4234n/a
True North Search Dogs$8,3194n/a
Child Care Connections Inc$7,38030%
Montana Veterans Foundation Inc$6,72024%
Girls Thrive Inc$6,0824n/a
Helena Community Gardens$6,0103n/a
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity$5,68631%
Salvation Army National Corp$5,4874n/a
Montana Joining Community Forces Incorporated$4,1993n/a
Youth Connections Foundation$3,79531%
Lewis & Clark County$3,4474n/a
Helena Industries Inc Entity in Bankruptcy$3,13210%
Cultivate Helena$3171n/a
Center for Mental Health$15120%
Voices of Hope$401n/a

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHelena Food Share Inc: $189,804 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetRocky Mountain Development Council: $167,204 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetGods Love Inc: $99,659 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetFriendship Center of Helena Inc: $93,464 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana: $84,483 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetThe Angel Fund: $83,534 over 5y, 17% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Helena Inc: $57,379 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetFlorence Crittenton Home and Services: $53,389 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetYouth Homes: $50,555 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Promise Inc: $50,400 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetYWCA Helena: $38,862 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetFirst Judicial District Casa-Gal Program: $31,916 over 5y, 9.7% of budgetCatholic Social Services of Montana: $24,976 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLewis & Clark Literacy Council: $23,742 over 4y, 24% of budgetRegion IV Family Outreach Inc: $21,734 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRural Dynamics Inc: $16,772 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWest Mont: $15,732 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLewis & Clark County Search & Rescue Association: $12,713 over 4y, 31% of budgetBroadwater County Social Services: $10,876 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetExplorationworks Inc: $9,048 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetGirl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming: $9,037 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCareer Training Institute: $8,652 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetChild Care Connections Inc: $7,380 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMontana Veterans Foundation Inc: $6,720 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetHelena Area Habitat for Humanity: $5,686 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetYouth Connections Foundation: $3,795 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHelena Industries Inc Entity in Bankruptcy: $3,132 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Mental Health: $151 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Town Pump Charitable FoundationMT43.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Helena Area Community Foundation · Treacy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Wall Family-Power Townsend Foundation · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Sample Foundation Inc · Hauser Lake Home

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.

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About United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc

How much does United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc give?
United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $104,544, out of $157,744 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Helena Food Share Inc ($190k), Rocky Mountain Development Council ($167k), Gods Love Inc ($100k).
Does United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc.
Where is United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc based?
United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc is based in MT.

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 49 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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