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United Way of the Ozarks Inc

United way ozarks region unites people, resources and ideas to enhance lives in the ozarks.

$821k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$44,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$120,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$3.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations United Way of the Ozarks Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterYouth 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
FY2025still arriving15$821k20%
FY202414$757k7%
FY202320$940k10%
FY202222$1.0M0%
FY202122$1.4M0%
FY202022$1.6M0%
FY201932$1.5M13%
FY201829$1.6Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Youth Development$3.9MHuman Services$1.5MHealth$1.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$830kCommunity Improvement$728kEducation$658kCivil Rights$326kReligion$166kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of United Way of the Ozarks Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield Inc$1,571,93689%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$829,74760%
The Salvation Army$773,0745n/a
Community Partnership of the Ozarks Inc$727,54482%
The Victim Center$616,140810%
Betty and Bobby Allison Ozarks Counseling Center$601,265815%
Ozarks Regional YMCA$531,88761%
Family Violence Center$427,94382%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks$408,340810%
Ozark Trails Council Boy Scouts of America #306$403,66166%
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Inc$383,76962%
Developmental Center of the Ozarks$338,21281%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri$325,64788%
Council of Churches of the Ozarks Inc$275,2308n/a
Great Circle$207,17560%
Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri$168,70160%
Ozarks Literacy Council$161,149824%
NAMI of Southwest Missouri Inc$148,899515%
Habitat for Humanity of Springfield Inc$126,48571%
Foundation for Springfield Public Schools$116,62753%
Good Dads Inc$96,85039%
The Kitchen Inc$92,98251%
Ozarks Technical Community College Foundation$84,08162%
Kvc Behavioral Healthcare Missouri Inc$83,63120%
The Child Advocacy Center Inc$77,1151n/a
Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks$50,22221%
Ipourlife Inc$47,04215%
Ozarks Food Harvest Inc$15,64210%
Christian Action Ministries$13,00021%
Gift of Hope Inc$7,50022%
Elevate Branson$7,50021%
Womens Crisis Center of Taney County Inc$6,50021%
The Salvation Army$4,5002n/a
Faith Community Health DBA Hope Counseling Center$3,50020%
Dignity Now Inc$3,190161%
Stone County Health Department$3,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of the Ozarks$2,92510%
Taneyhills Comm Library$2,5001n/a
The Caring People$2,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of the Ozarks Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Springfield Inc: $1,571,936 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $829,747 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Partnership of the Ozarks Inc: $727,544 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetThe Victim Center: $616,140 over 8y, 10% of budgetBetty and Bobby Allison Ozarks Counseling Center: $601,265 over 8y, 15% of budgetOzarks Regional YMCA: $531,887 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetFamily Violence Center: $427,943 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks: $408,340 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetOzark Trails Council Boy Scouts of America #306: $403,661 over 6y, 6.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Inc: $383,769 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetDevelopmental Center of the Ozarks: $338,212 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCourt Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri: $325,647 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetGreat Circle: $207,175 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri: $168,701 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOzarks Literacy Council: $161,149 over 8y, 24% of budgetNAMI of Southwest Missouri Inc: $148,899 over 5y, 15% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Springfield Inc: $126,485 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetFoundation for Springfield Public Schools: $116,627 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetGood Dads Inc: $96,850 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetThe Kitchen Inc: $92,982 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOzarks Technical Community College Foundation: $84,081 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetKvc Behavioral Healthcare Missouri Inc: $83,631 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBreast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks: $50,222 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetIpourlife Inc: $47,042 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetOzarks Food Harvest Inc: $15,642 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Action Ministries: $13,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGift of Hope Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetElevate Branson: $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWomens Crisis Center of Taney County Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFaith Community Health DBA Hope Counseling Center: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDignity Now Inc: $3,190 over 1y, 61% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the Ozarks: $2,925 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Caring People: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 33.

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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.

Community Foundation of the Ozarks IncMO59.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · Roy W Slusher Charitable Foundation · Robert M - Bobby - Allison Charitable Tr · Larry P O'Reilly and Family Foundation · Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Musgrave Foundation · Veterans United Foundation · The Hulston Family Foundation · The Herschend Family 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 Ozarks Inc

How much does United Way of the Ozarks Inc give?
United Way of the Ozarks Inc reported 15 grants totaling $821,499 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of the Ozarks Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (40%), Human Services (15%), Health (15%).
Who are United Way of the Ozarks Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Boys and Girls Clubs of Springfield Inc ($1.6M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($830k), The Salvation Army ($773k).
Does United Way of the Ozarks 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 Ozarks Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc, Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr, The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation.
Where is United Way of the Ozarks Inc based?
United Way of the Ozarks Inc is based in MO.

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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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