How much does United Way of the Midlands give?

United Way of the Midlands reported 84 itemized grants totaling $7,532,097, out of $9,920,974 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 105 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does United Way of the Midlands fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Health (19%), Youth Development (14%).

Who are United Way of the Midlands's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Heartland Family Service ($5.9M), Combined Health Agencies Drive ($5.0M), Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc ($4.9M).

Does United Way of the Midlands 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 Midlands?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, Mutual of Omaha Foundation.

Where is United Way of the Midlands based?

United Way of the Midlands is based in NE.

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Nebraska · Public charity

United Way of the Midlands

UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS mission is "we unite our community's caring spirit to build a stronger tomorrow".

$9.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 84
Itemized grants FY2025: 89
Organizations funded FY2024: 7%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $7.5M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $503,557
Organizations funded a year: 63 to 105; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $24M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations United Way of the Midlands funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $183k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHealthOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	83	$7.5M	6%
FY2024	89	$10M	7%
FY2023	105	$12M	4%
FY2022	104	$10M	29%
FY2021	79	$9.2M	10%
FY2020	82	$8.4M	26%
FY2019	64	$9.4M	6%
FY2018	63	$9.5M	17%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$30MHealth$17MYouth Development$13MHousing & Shelter$11MEmployment$4.4MFood & Nutrition$3.2MEducation$2.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.0MOther$0

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
Heartland Family Service	$5,894,009	9	4%
Combined Health Agencies Drive	$5,022,160	9	36%
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc	$4,867,993	9	4%
Family Housing Advisory Services	$4,581,200	9	22%
Visiting Nurse Association	$3,885,172	9	n/a
Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc	$3,721,789	9	1%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands	$3,570,200	9	5%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha	$2,720,600	9	12%
Siena Francis House	$2,424,432	9	5%
Urban League of Nebraska	$2,405,800	9	16%

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All grantees of United Way of the Midlands by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Heartland Family Service	$5,894,009	9	4%
Combined Health Agencies Drive	$5,022,160	9	36%
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc	$4,867,993	9	4%
Family Housing Advisory Services	$4,581,200	9	22%
Visiting Nurse Association	$3,885,172	9	n/a
Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc	$3,721,789	9	1%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands	$3,570,200	9	5%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha	$2,720,600	9	12%
Siena Francis House	$2,424,432	9	5%
Urban League of Nebraska	$2,405,800	9	16%
Completely Kids	$2,234,975	9	6%
YMCA of Greater Omaha	$2,161,500	9	2%
Chicano Awareness Center Inc	$1,939,700	9	31%
Women's Center for Advancement	$1,915,100	9	5%
Nebraska Center for Workforce Development & Education	$1,898,386	7	67%
Kids Can Community Center	$1,769,200	9	12%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc	$1,670,300	9	10%
The Salvation Army	$1,480,896	9	n/a
The Omaha Home for Boys	$1,387,200	9	3%
Child Saving Institute Inc	$1,347,200	9	2%
Charles Drew Health Center Inc	$1,283,000	7	2%
Together Inc of Metropolitan Omaha	$1,263,000	9	3%
African American Empowerment Network In	$1,244,350	9	15%
Community Alliance Rehabilitation Services	$1,185,157	8	2%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands	$946,000	9	9%
Nebraska Children's Home Society Inc	$941,700	7	3%
Stephen Center Inc	$895,632	9	4%
Heartland Hope Mission	$776,532	9	3%
Micah House Corporation	$743,000	9	4%
Family Inc	$735,000	9	9%
The Christian Worship Center	$727,000	8	n/a
United States Catholic Conference	$659,200	9	n/a
Legal Aid of Nebraska	$655,000	9	1%
Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska	$641,900	9	2%
Heart Ministry Center	$634,000	8	4%
Intercultural Senior Center	$626,000	8	10%
Midlands Latino Community Development Corporation	$550,730	9	26%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$530,000	8	0%
Collective For Youth	$510,953	9	3%
Threshold Coc	$500,000	1	4%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home	$484,000	9	0%
No More Empty Pots	$450,000	8	14%
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc	$445,000	2	2%
Goodwill Industries Inc	$444,000	9	0%
University of Nebraska Foundation	$433,310	4	0%
Easter Seals Nebraska	$425,000	8	6%
Whispering Roots Inc	$420,000	4	14%
International Council for Refugees and Immigrants Inc	$411,000	6	11%
Region 6 Behavioral Healthcare	$408,350	3	n/a
Partnership 4 Kids Inc	$390,800	9	3%
Food Bank for the Heartland	$385,259	4	0%
City Sprouts Inc	$363,000	9	17%
Youth Emergency Services Inc	$329,500	9	2%
Boy Scouts of America 326 Mid-America Council	$310,000	6	1%
Rapid Response Omahas Disaster Relief Team	$305,000	2	44%
Hope Center for Kids Inc	$293,000	7	3%
Iowa Legal Aid	$290,000	9	1%
Defy Ventures Inc	$287,000	6	2%
Project Houseworks	$285,000	9	8%
Greater Omaha Attendance and Learning Se	$275,700	8	15%
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc	$259,960	5	4%
D2 Center Inc	$256,000	8	6%
Center for Holistic Development	$230,861	2	15%
Nebraska Urban Indian Health Coalition Inc	$230,000	7	1%
College Possible Inc	$227,400	9	0%
Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Inc	$221,500	8	1%
Santa Monica Inc	$217,400	4	4%
Labor United Inc	$215,400	2	52%
Metropolitan Community College Foundation	$215,000	4	1%
Teammates Mentoring Program	$202,525	9	1%
Simple Foundation	$200,000	6	3%
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation	$200,000	1	0%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$200,000	5	n/a
Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership	$194,878	4	2%
Mosaic Community Development	$185,000	9	5%
Book Trust	$183,000	1	4%
Healthy Housing Omaha	$180,000	7	8%
Ollie Webb Center Inc	$173,000	6	n/a
Omaha Public Schools Foundation	$166,000	3	1%
Autism Action Partnership	$165,000	5	2%
Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs Ia	$165,000	5	3%
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska	$160,206	4	0%
Connected Roots Care Center	$155,000	4	1%
Nebraska Diaper Bank	$155,000	4	5%
Housing Foundation for Sarpy County	$140,012	4	n/a
Restoring Dignity	$133,600	4	4%
Council Bluffs Senior Center Inc	$123,000	2	11%
YouTurn	$120,000	6	2%
Kim Foundation	$120,000	2	6%
Brighten Our Future Early Learning Center Inc	$110,000	4	10%
Mercy Housing Midwest	$110,000	6	2%
Midlands African Chamber Inc	$107,500	3	21%
Yates Fund	$100,000	2	4%
Room for Roots Inc	$90,000	4	31%
Generation Diamond Corporation	$90,000	4	7%
Heartland Workers Center	$87,920	4	3%
Code Black Professional Tech Network	$87,500	4	14%
I Be Black Girl	$82,921	2	1%
Carole's House of Hope	$80,000	4	3%
Lift Up Sarpy County	$78,000	1	9%
Nebraska Enterprise Fund	$77,500	3	1%
Refugee Empowerment Center	$77,100	1	6%
Women's Fund of Greater Omaha Inc	$75,000	2	1%
United Church of Christ Board	$75,000	1	n/a
Kings Garden Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Literacy Center for the Midlands	$70,000	1	n/a
Cass County Long Term Recovery	$70,000	1	n/a
Applied Information Management Institute	$70,000	2	1%
City of Minden	$70,000	1	n/a
Sheltering Tree Inc	$69,200	3	2%
Casa for Douglas County	$60,000	3	2%
Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative	$55,000	1	0%
Friends of Iowa Casa & Icfcrb	$54,000	4	8%
Omaha 100	$52,500	2	5%
Furniture Project Omaha	$50,000	1	n/a
Heartland Workforce Solutions Inc	$50,000	1	2%
Omaha ForUs Inc	$50,000	2	6%
Millard Public Schools	$44,000	5	n/a
Christian Home Assn - Children's Square USA	$40,000	2	0%
Bethlehem House	$40,000	2	2%
Help Adult Services Inc	$40,000	3	3%
The Society of St Vincent de Paul of Omaha Nebraska	$36,182	3	0%
Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue Inc	$35,000	1	2%
Southside Redevelopment Corporation	$33,750	2	0%
New Life Family Alliance Inc	$30,000	2	8%
Financial Beginnings	$30,000	2	3%
Omaha Community Broadcasting	$30,000	2	n/a
Education Rights Counsel	$25,000	1	2%
Ollie Webb Center Inc	$25,000	1	2%
United Cerebral Palsy of Ne Inc	$25,000	1	7%
322 Overland Trails Council Boy Scouts of America	$25,000	1	3%
Little Leaf Learning Center Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
NAACP Io Ne Area Conference	$23,000	1	n/a
Sheltering Tree Housing Corporation	$22,100	1	12%
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa	$21,200	1	0%
Tri City Food Pantry	$21,000	2	n/a
Somali Community Services Inc	$21,000	2	n/a
Sparkwheel Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Neighborhood Community Pantry	$20,000	2	n/a
Munroe-Meyer Guild Inc	$19,568	1	26%
Douglas County Community Emergency and Natural Disasterrecoverygroup	$19,000	1	6%
United Way of the Midlands	$10,000	1	0%
Christ Child Society of Omaha Nebraska	$10,000	1	1%
World Herald Goodfellows Charities	$7,856	1	n/a
Omaha Housing Authority Foundation	$7,500	1	13%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.

United Way of the Midlands supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 123 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 123.

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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.

The Lozier FoundationNE159.8× affinity81 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Todd and Mary Heistand Family Foundation · Peter Kiewit 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.

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About United Way of the Midlands

How much does United Way of the Midlands give?: United Way of the Midlands reported 84 itemized grants totaling $7,532,097, out of $9,920,974 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 105 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of the Midlands fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (33%), Health (19%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are United Way of the Midlands's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Heartland Family Service ($5.9M), Combined Health Agencies Drive ($5.0M), Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc ($4.9M).
Does United Way of the Midlands 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 Midlands?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lozier Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, Mutual of Omaha Foundation.
Where is United Way of the Midlands based?: United Way of the Midlands is based in NE.