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United Way of the Wine Country

The mission of the UNITED WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY is to improve financial stability for all families throughout our service area by activating local businesses, inspiring individual investment, advancing community collaboratives, and influencing public policy.

$169k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$19,036
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 60
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of the Wine Country 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.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving8$169k13%
FY20248$129k0%
FY20237$152k14%
FY202210$346k10%
FY202133$972k55%
FY202060$3.2M77%
FY201923$621k70%
FY201812$966k42%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Safety & Disaster$3.6MHuman Services$2.1MHealth$303kHousing & Shelter$187kCommunity Improvement$157kEducation$155kCivil Rights$150kFood & Nutrition$87kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 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 Wine Country by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County$811,99273%
Lutheran Social Services of Northern California$791,19224%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa$715,02862%
North Coast Opportunities Inc$711,25391%
Santa Rosa City Schools$457,0003n/a
Rebuild North Bay Foundation$300,0001n/a
Scopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg$251,71036%
Extended Child Care Coalition of Sonoma County$200,00016%
Volunteer Center of Sonoma County$190,00032%
Hope Crisis Response Network Inc- Hcrn$175,000121%
Northern California Center For Well-Being$168,31035%
North Bay Organizing Project$162,42712%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$152,15011%
Nuestra Alianza de Willits$137,08778%
West County Community Services$93,00022%
Humboldt Community Access and Resource Center$90,50041%
Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County$82,70010%
2-1-1 Humboldt Information and Resource Center$67,231315%
La Luz Center$66,94151%
Petaluma People Services Center$57,61160%
Nexo Media Foundation Inc$57,1063n/a
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church$51,9585n/a
River to Coast Children's Services Inc$46,85851%
Lake County Office of Education$40,0001n/a
Social Science Research Council$32,50010%
Northern California Indian Development Council Inc$30,00011%
Mendocino Lake Cc District$28,0003n/a
Hanna Boys Center$25,2751n/a
Sonoma County Grape Growers Foundation$25,00015%
North Bay Jobs With Justice$25,00013%
Berry Brook Homeowners Association$25,0001n/a
Latino Service Providers$25,00014%
Coffey Strong Inc$25,0001n/a
Daily Acts Organization$24,91512%
Friends of the Round Valley Public Library$24,000154%
United Way of Nevada County$24,000111%
Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way$24,00019%
Upvalley Family Centers of Napa County$23,00011%
TLC Child and Family Services$22,00020%
The Young Women's Christian Association of Sonoma County$22,00011%
LandPaths$22,00010%
Food for Thought$22,00020%
Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center$21,00013%
Sonoma Land Trust$20,58510%
Sonoma Family Meal$20,00011%
CRESER Capital Fund$20,00012%
Human Response Network Inc$20,00011%
Lake County Economic Development Corporation$19,00019%
Redwood Community Action Agency$18,6291n/a
Face to Face Sonoma County AIDS Network$18,55021%
On the Move$18,00020%
Wright Elementary School$18,0003n/a
Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church of Windsor a Corpo$16,3582n/a
Positive Images$15,13826%
Journey's End$15,0001n/a
Larkfield Resilience Fund Inc$15,000113%
The Harwood Memorial Park Inc$15,00015%
Wilshire Heights Mutual Water Company$15,0001n/a
California Human Development Corporation$14,50010%
Mark West Estates Owners Association$14,0001n/a
Los Cien Sonoma County Inc$13,00019%
Glen Ellen Forum$12,5001n/a
Hopland Band of Pomo Indians$11,9301n/a
Community Matters$11,60021%
Russian River Alliance$10,00018%
City of Santa Rosa$10,0001n/a
Individuals Now Inc Dba Social Advocates for Youth$10,00010%
Disability Services & Legal Center$10,00011%
Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Alexander Valley Citizens League$9,0701n/a
Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare$8,0001n/a
Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County$8,00020%
Children's Museum of Sonoma County$6,20020%
Larry Noe$5,2921n/a
Nechama - Jewish Response to Disaster$5,00011%
South Lake County Fire$5,0001n/a
Bennett Valley Unified Sch Di$4,0002n/a
Sassarini Elementary School$4,0001n/a
Kelseyville Unified School District$4,0001n/a
Miwok School$4,0001n/a
Movimiento Cultural de la Union Indigena$3,0001n/a
Napa Valley Community Housing$2,12410%
Windsor Unified School District$2,0001n/a
Forestville Union School District$2,0001n/a
Piner-Olivet Union School District$2,0001n/a
Lakeport Unified School District$2,0001n/a
Roseland School District$2,0001n/a
Lucerne Elementary School District$2,0001n/a
Healdsburg Unified School District$2,0001n/a
Bellevue Union School District$2,0001n/a
Two Rock School$2,0001n/a
Charter School Association of Willits$2,00010%
Guerneville School District$2,0001n/a
Cotati -Rohnert Park Unified School Dist$2,0001n/a
Geyserville New Tech Academy$2,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

United Way of the Wine Country supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Sonoma County: $811,992 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetLutheran Social Services of Northern California: $791,192 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa: $715,028 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetNorth Coast Opportunities Inc: $711,253 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetScopa Has a Dream Inc Dba Corazon Healdsburg: $251,710 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetExtended Child Care Coalition of Sonoma County: $200,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetVolunteer Center of Sonoma County: $190,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetHope Crisis Response Network Inc- Hcrn: $175,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetNorthern California Center For Well-Being: $168,310 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetNorth Bay Organizing Project: $162,427 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $152,150 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNuestra Alianza de Willits: $137,087 over 7y, 7.6% of budgetWest County Community Services: $93,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetHumboldt Community Access and Resource Center: $90,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCommunity Child Care Council of Sonoma County: $82,700 over 1y, 0.4% of budget2-1-1 Humboldt Information and Resource Center: $67,231 over 3y, 15% of budgetLa Luz Center: $66,941 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetPetaluma People Services Center: $57,611 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRiver to Coast Children's Services Inc: $46,858 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSocial Science Research Council: $32,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern California Indian Development Council Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSonoma County Grape Growers Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetNorth Bay Jobs With Justice: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLatino Service Providers: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetDaily Acts Organization: $24,915 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFriends of the Round Valley Public Library: $24,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetUnited Way of Nevada County: $24,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetYuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way: $24,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetUpvalley Family Centers of Napa County: $23,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTLC Child and Family Services: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Young Women's Christian Association of Sonoma County: $22,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLandPaths: $22,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFood for Thought: $22,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPuertas Abiertas Community Resource Center: $21,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSonoma Land Trust: $20,585 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSonoma Family Meal: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCRESER Capital Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHuman Response Network Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLake County Economic Development Corporation: $19,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetFace to Face Sonoma County AIDS Network: $18,550 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOn the Move: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPositive Images: $15,138 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetLarkfield Resilience Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Harwood Memorial Park Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCalifornia Human Development Corporation: $14,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLos Cien Sonoma County Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetCommunity Matters: $11,600 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRussian River Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% 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 55.

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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.

Sonoma County Community FoundationCA92.5× affinity46 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · Peter E Haas Jr Family Fund · The Heck Foundation · California Fire Foundation · Latino Community Foundation · Healthcare Foundation Northern Sonoma County · The San Francisco 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 Wine Country

How much does United Way of the Wine Country give?
United Way of the Wine Country reported 8 grants totaling $169,163 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of the Wine Country fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (52%), Human Services (31%), Health (4%).
Who are United Way of the Wine Country's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County ($812k), Lutheran Social Services of Northern California ($791k), Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa ($715k).
Does United Way of the Wine Country 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 Wine Country?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sonoma County Community Foundation, Sonoma County Vintners Foundation, McNabb Foundation.
Where is United Way of the Wine Country based?
United Way of the Wine Country is based in CA.

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 98 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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