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United Way of Thurston County

UNITED WAY OF THURSTON COUNTY mobilizes the caring power of our community to fight for the health, education and financial stability of every person in thurston county.

$108k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$73,420
Organizations funded a year
2 to 26
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$720k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Thurston County 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 ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthEnvironmentOther
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 arriving2$78k50%
FY20242$75k0%
FY202317$760k0%
FY202216$1.2M25%
FY202126$2.7M31%
FY202023$865k52%
FY201910$277k20%
FY201810$401k40%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$2.1MYouth Development$1.4MHealth$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.0MEducation$439kReligion$313kCommunity Improvement$215kPhilanthropy$139kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Thurston County Public Health Department$1,109,9754n/a
Thurston County Food Bank$1,043,50935%
Senior Services for South Sound$732,550417%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County$639,17769%
South Sound Young Men's Christian Assn$569,38734%
The Family Support Center of South Sound$504,50967%
Interfaith Works$325,30037%
Community Action Council of Lewis Mason & Thurston Counties$266,85331%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$254,25030%
South Puget Sound Community College Found$223,1434n/a
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All grantees of United Way of Thurston County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Thurston County Public Health Department$1,109,9754n/a
Thurston County Food Bank$1,043,50935%
Senior Services for South Sound$732,550417%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County$639,17769%
South Sound Young Men's Christian Assn$569,38734%
The Family Support Center of South Sound$504,50967%
Interfaith Works$325,30037%
Community Action Council of Lewis Mason & Thurston Counties$266,85331%
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington$254,25030%
South Puget Sound Community College Found$223,1434n/a
Thurston County Chamber Foundation$105,00084%
Safeplace$103,82552%
Rochester Organization of Families$102,40038%
Community Youth Services$85,00040%
Together$84,12661%
Behavioral Health Resources$61,25020%
Kitchen Garden Project Inc Garden-Raised Bounty$60,25042%
Cielo Project at Radio Ranch$53,40842%
Thurston Economic Development Council Center for Business Innovation$53,00043%
United Way of Pierce County$50,07140%
YWCA of Olympia$45,00032%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington$40,62532%
South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity$40,00021%
South Sound Reading Foundation$37,80025%
Family Education & Support Services$26,69331%
Rochester School District$25,1101n/a
Rainier School District No 307$25,0001n/a
Child Care Action Council of Thurston County$24,84640%
Tumwater School District No33$24,8251n/a
North Thurston Public Schools$22,5001n/a
Wa-Id Volunteer Center Inc$18,548113%
Yelm School District No 2$17,8731n/a
Tenino School District$17,8401n/a
Pizza Klatch$17,50022%
Community Action of Skagit County$16,19810%
Whatcom Volunteer Center$15,5661n/a
Community in Motion$15,07710%
Scholar Fund$15,00010%
Griffin School District$15,0001n/a
Olympia Education Foundation$15,00014%
United Good Neighbors of Jefferson Count$14,64019%
United Way of Spokane County$13,1181n/a
United Way of King County$12,83210%
United Way of the Blue Mountains$10,86213%
United Way of Lewis County$10,30212%
Cielo Project$8,7441n/a
United Way of Kitsap County$8,01210%
United Ways of the Pacific Northwest$5,0001n/a
Confluence Consulting Nw-Masks$2,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Thurston County supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThurston County Food Bank: $1,043,509 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetSenior Services for South Sound: $732,550 over 4y, 17% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County: $639,177 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetSouth Sound Young Men's Christian Assn: $569,387 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetThe Family Support Center of South Sound: $504,509 over 6y, 6.7% of budgetInterfaith Works: $325,300 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetCommunity Action Council of Lewis Mason & Thurston Counties: $266,853 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCatholic Community Services of Western Washington: $254,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThurston County Chamber Foundation: $105,000 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetSafeplace: $103,825 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRochester Organization of Families: $102,400 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetCommunity Youth Services: $85,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTogether: $84,126 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetBehavioral Health Resources: $61,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKitchen Garden Project Inc Garden-Raised Bounty: $60,250 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetCielo Project at Radio Ranch: $53,408 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetThurston Economic Development Council Center for Business Innovation: $53,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetUnited Way of Pierce County: $50,071 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA of Olympia: $45,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington: $40,625 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSouth Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSouth Sound Reading Foundation: $37,800 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetFamily Education & Support Services: $26,693 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetChild Care Action Council of Thurston County: $24,846 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWa-Id Volunteer Center Inc: $18,548 over 1y, 13% of budgetPizza Klatch: $17,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCommunity Action of Skagit County: $16,198 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity in Motion: $15,077 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScholar Fund: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOlympia Education Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetUnited Good Neighbors of Jefferson Count: $14,640 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetUnited Way of King County: $12,832 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of the Blue Mountains: $10,862 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUnited Way of Lewis County: $10,302 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUnited Way of Kitsap County: $8,012 over 1y, 0.4% 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 35.

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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 Community Foundat…Puget Sound Energy Fo…Thurston County Econo…Dawkins Charitable Tr…Medina FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…The Norcliffe Foundat…Credit Unions in the …Pacific Mountain Work…Renah Blair Rietzke F…Seattle FoundationMulticare Health Syst…
The Community Foundation of South Puget SoundWA56.8× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Thurston County Economic Development Cou · Dawkins Charitable Trust · Medina Foundation · School's Out Washington · The Norcliffe Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington Peak Credit Union · Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council · Renah Blair Rietzke Family Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Multicare Health System

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 Thurston County

How much does United Way of Thurston County give?
United Way of Thurston County reported 3 grants totaling $108,420 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Thurston County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Youth Development (19%), Health (18%).
Who are United Way of Thurston County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Thurston County Public Health Department ($1.1M), Thurston County Food Bank ($1.0M), Senior Services for South Sound ($733k).
Does United Way of Thurston County 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 Thurston County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound, Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Thurston County Economic Development Cou.
Where is United Way of Thurston County based?
United Way of Thurston County is based in WA.

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 51 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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