Pennsylvania · Public charity
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc
The mission of the united way of the laurel highlands (the "organization"), a nonprofit voluntary health and welfare organization, is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community. We build civic infrastructure around shared community goals, with evidence-based outcomes, and collaborative actions that are sustainable.…
- $938k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $835k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,622
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 35 | $820k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $755k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $689k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $743k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $1.0M | 16% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $937k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $743k | 12% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $1.3M | 21% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginnings Inc | $1,660,484 | 9 | 17% |
| Food for Families Inc | $895,188 | 9 | 11% |
| Upmc | $814,608 | 9 | n/a |
| Tableland Services Inc | $470,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Cambria County Drug Coalition Inc | $466,841 | 8 | 22% |
| Victim Services Inc | $405,926 | 9 | 5% |
| Highlands Health | $305,525 | 9 | 4% |
| The Learning Lamp Inc | $305,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc-Jtwalt Dioc | $298,208 | 9 | n/a |
| Twin Lakes Center Inc | $194,944 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 62 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beginnings Inc | $1,660,484 | 9 | 17% |
| Food for Families Inc | $895,188 | 9 | 11% |
| Upmc | $814,608 | 9 | n/a |
| Tableland Services Inc | $470,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Cambria County Drug Coalition Inc | $466,841 | 8 | 22% |
| Victim Services Inc | $405,926 | 9 | 5% |
| Highlands Health | $305,525 | 9 | 4% |
| The Learning Lamp Inc | $305,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc-Jtwalt Dioc | $298,208 | 9 | n/a |
| Twin Lakes Center Inc | $194,944 | 6 | 1% |
| Small Town Hope Inc | $171,000 | 8 | 23% |
| Interfaith Food Pantry | $143,103 | 9 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $119,197 | 5 | n/a |
| Women's Help Center Inc | $115,319 | 7 | 3% |
| Peer Empowerment Network a Nonprofit Corporation | $108,300 | 8 | 4% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Somerset County Inc | $106,862 | 8 | 28% |
| St Bernard Food Pantry | $100,031 | 9 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts Western Pa | $91,952 | 9 | n/a |
| Patton Food Pantry | $90,637 | 7 | n/a |
| The Next Step Center Inc | $88,200 | 8 | 5% |
| Park Avenue United Methodist Church | $85,559 | 9 | n/a |
| Bridges Cooperative Ministry | $84,124 | 9 | 14% |
| Cambria County District Atty Office | $77,910 | 8 | n/a |
| Flood City Boxing Academy Inc | $72,500 | 4 | 2% |
| St Vincent de Paul Altoona-Johnstown | $68,151 | 9 | 1% |
| West End Food Pantry | $65,599 | 8 | n/a |
| Visability | $56,562 | 7 | 0% |
| Greater Johnstown Community YMCA | $47,109 | 3 | 2% |
| Good Samaritan Food Pantry Inc | $41,638 | 6 | n/a |
| Portage Area Food Pantry Inc | $41,510 | 6 | n/a |
| Family Services Incorporated | $39,063 | 1 | 0% |
| Alternative Community Resource Program Inc | $35,188 | 3 | n/a |
| Greater Johnstown Christian Life Fellowship | $33,999 | 5 | n/a |
| Contemporary Nutrition Solutions | $26,449 | 1 | n/a |
| Windber Area Community Kitchen | $26,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Francis University | $24,584 | 3 | 0% |
| South Fork Food Pantry | $21,178 | 3 | n/a |
| Coal Country Hangout | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Goodwill of the Southern Alleghenies Inc | $19,796 | 2 | 0% |
| Jefferson Memorial Church | $16,089 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Johnstown School District | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts of America Penn's Woods | $14,818 | 1 | n/a |
| Somerset County Mobile Food Bank | $13,578 | 2 | 2% |
| Gloria Gates Memorial Foundation | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Glendale Food Pantry | $11,432 | 2 | n/a |
| Cresson Food Pantry | $10,030 | 1 | n/a |
| Blacklick Valley School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Cambria School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blair County Community Action Program | $9,063 | 1 | 1% |
| Behavioral Health Services of Somerset & Bedford Counties | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Clement Food Pantry | $8,752 | 1 | n/a |
| Walnut Grove Food Pantry | $8,607 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel United Methodist Church of Salix | $7,902 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bottleworks Inc Ethnic Arts Center | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Andrews Food Pantry | $6,683 | 1 | n/a |
| Alleghenies Unlimited Care Providers Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Somerset County Area on Aging | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Somerset County Blind Center Inc | $5,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Blair Regional YMCA | $5,336 | 1 | n/a |
| Easter Seal Society of Western and Central Pennsylvania | $5,235 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 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: Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · 1889 Foundation Inc · Lee Initiatives Inc · David a Glosser Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation · The Wellington Fund · Riggs Family Foundation · United Way of Pennsylvania · Upmc Group · Central Pennsylvania Food Bank · Firstenergy Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc
- How much does United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc give?
- United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc reported 36 itemized grants totaling $834,998, out of $937,882 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Health (25%), Food & Nutrition (23%).
- Who are United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Beginnings Inc ($1.7M), Food for Families Inc ($895k), Upmc ($815k).
- Does United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown, 1889 Foundation Inc, Lee Initiatives Inc.
- Where is United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc based?
- United Way of the Southern Alleghenies Inc is based in PA.
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