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United Way of Ventura County Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

United Way of Ventura County Inc

To improve lives by inspiring and mobilizing the caring power and resources of our community.

$970k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$2.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$459kEmployment$406kHuman Services$278kFood & Nutrition$230kHealth$176kEducation$51kYouth Development$23kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $64,270, the rows itemized in this filing. The $969,910 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $905,640 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
$12,113
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD SHARE OF VENTURA COUNTY$18,378
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY SCHOOL$17,000
INTERFACE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES$12,113
UNITED WAY OF GREATER LOS ANGELES$10,150
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA$6,629
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $676k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Camp Noah: $10k → 14%American National Red Cross: $20k → 14%American National Red Cross: $9k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $8k → 14%American Red Cross: $386k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $5k → 14%Interface Children & Family: $89k → 10%Interface Children & Family: $60k → 10%INTERFACE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 10%Interface Children & Family: $13k → 10%INTERFACE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $12k → 10%INTERFACE CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $9k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: $7k → 10%CASA PACIFICA CENTERS FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: $5k → 10%Catholic Charities Of Ventura County: $7k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF VENTURA COUNTY: $5k → 10%Young Mens Christian Association Of Southeast Ventura County: $5k → 10%Help of Ojai: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
IA
IN
NJ
CA
TN
DC
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 13 repeat orgs$569k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
16

Total granted

$3.7M
$552k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+52%

Still filing today

92%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1.5M · revenue +8% · 30% of their budget
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1.2M · revenue +5% · 27% of their budget
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2018–2025 · $449k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • DP
    DIRECT PAY BY BANK OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $406k
  • HS
    HUENEME SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2018 · $18k
  • UM
    United Methodist Church
    one grant, 2019 · $17k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc

To end hunger and transform the health of our community by providing nourishment to those in need by acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies and by providing education to solve hunger and nutritional problems in…

Food & Nutrition
2
Food in Need of Distribution Inc

Food in need of distribution, inc. (find food bank) is dedicated to relieving hunger, the causes of hunger, and the problems associated with hunger through awareness, education, and mobilization of resources and community involvement.

Food & Nutrition
3
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles

The ymca of metropolitan los angeles ("ymca "la y "the y") advances community well-being by addressing root causes and improving equitable access to services across three integrated areas of impact: healthy living, youth development, and…

Human Services
4
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'

TCC Family Health mission is to provide innovative, integrated, quality health care that will contribute to a healthy community, focusing on those in need and working with patients and the community as partners in their overall well-being.

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5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.

Food & Nutrition
7
Alliance for Children's Rights

The alliance has improved the lives of more than 178,000 young clients with stability through adoption and legal guardianship, and with access to healthcare, education, and other critical supports, serving over 5,600 children and young…

Unclassified
8
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

—
9
Public Health Foundation Enterprises Inc

To enhance the health, wellness, and resilience of every community we serve - see schedule o for more details

—
10
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
11
Union Station Homeless Services

We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.

Human Services
12
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

Dedicated to assisting those in need by alleviating their immediate pain and problems and moving them toward self-sufficiency and financial independence.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $1,454,302 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INCUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $1,167,924 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC+1 more: $29,420 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $448,882 · Human ServicesAmerican National …Interface Children Family Services: $198,002 · Human ServicesInterface Children…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $26,320 · Human Services+5 more: $48,612 · Human Services+5 moreDIRECT PAY BY BANK OF AMERICA: $406,251 · OtherDIRECT PAY BY …American Cancer Society Inc: $49,615 · OtherAmerican Cance…+9 more: $109,846 · Other+9 moreFOOD SHARE INC: $206,082 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $11,860 · Food & NutritionST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $97,078 · HealthChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $23,607 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,572 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY: $16,140 · Youth DevelopmentPathpoint: $9,775 · EducationBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER OXNARD & PORT HUENEME: $6,460 · Crime & Legal
Philanthropy$2,651,646Human Services$721,816Other$565,712Food & Nutrition$217,942Health$126,257Youth Development$16,140Education$9,775Crime & Legal$6,460

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC: $1,454,302 over 3y, 30% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC: $1,167,924 over 2y, 27% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $448,882 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD SHARE INC: $206,082 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetInterface Children Family Services: $198,002 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $97,078 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY INC: $29,420 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $26,320 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $23,607 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIXTECO INDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT: $17,767 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA CLARA VALLEY: $16,140 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $12,196 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $11,860 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELP OF OJAI INC: $10,144 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPathpoint: $9,775 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER OXNARD & PORT HUENEME: $6,460 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,572 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST VENTURA COUNTY: $5,427 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCasa Pacifica Centers for Children & Families: $5,274 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Ventura County Commun…Santa Barbara Foundat…Sherwood Country Club…California Community …The Wood-Claeyssens F…Mufg Union Bank Found…Weingart FoundationConrad N Hilton Found…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…
Ventura County Community FoundationCA21.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ventura County Community Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Sherwood Country Club Charitable Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · Weingart Foundation · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Ventura County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Ventura County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 30 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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