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United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

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United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of people in our community.

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
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States reached
$357k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$8.3MHuman Services$4.2MHealth$2.0MPhilanthropy$1.6MYouth Development$1.3MFood & Nutrition$542kEmployment$391kCrime & Legal$239kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $162k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $597k
  • $250k+6 grants · $1.9M
$69,706
Median grant
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States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CREATIVE KIDS CHILDCARE$356,788
ALLEGHANY HIGHLANDS YMCA$332,220
FRANKLIN COUNTY FAMILY YMCA$327,343
CRAIG COUNTY CHILDCARE CENTER$308,934
SMALL STEPS LEARNING ACADEMY INC$296,522
YELLOW BRICK ROAD EARLY LEARNING CENTER$281,922
ONE STEP FURTHER CHILDCARE CENTER$177,911
YMCA OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE$106,246
TOTAL ACTION FOR PROGRESS$99,224
CHILD HEALTH INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP (CHIP) OF ROANOKE VALLEY$73,540
FAMILY SERVICE OF ROANOKE$70,788
STEP INC$69,706
NEW HORIZONS HEALTHCARE$39,807
THE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC$27,387
HIGHLAND CHILDREN'S HOUSE$24,494
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 55 repeat orgs$831k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
42

Total granted

$18M
$824k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+3%

Still filing today

80%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    TOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +29%
  • FC
    Franklin County Family YMCA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +88%
  • FS
    FAMILY SERVICE OF ROANOKE VALLEY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • CC
    Carilion Clinic
    one grant, 2019 · $81k · revenue -1%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDRY
    one grant, 2021 · $79k
  • IM
    IMAGINE ME MENTORING
    one grant, 2021 · $63k
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.

03Its 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
Wayne County Community Services Organization

Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv

Community Improvement
2
Ywca of Central Virginia

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, dignity, and freedom for all.

Human Services
3
United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of people in our community. united way of virginia's blue ridge serves people in the cities of roanoke and salem, the town of vinton, and the counties of botetourt, craig, roanoke, and…

Philanthropy
4
Fauquier Community Child Care Inc

Our mission is to provide an accessible, safe, and nurturing environment in which school-aged children learn, grow, and play to promote the development of the whole child.

Human Services
5
Virginia Community Action Partnership Inc

Virginia community action partnership (vacap) is the statewide membership association for virginia's thirty-one non-profit and public community action agencies. vacaps mission is to build the capacity and competencies of virginias…

Human Services
6
West Virginia Community Action Partnersh

West virginia community action partnership is an alliance of community action agencies that supports and strengthens our members, advocates for low-income and families and promotes partnerships.

Community Improvement
7
River Valley Child Development Services Services Inc

To provide quality services and support to children, families, and the early childhood community

Human Services
8
West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition

Work to improve the health of children and families in west virginia through leadership. to provide a forum for diverse organizations to discuss, coordinate and collaborate on issues that improve the health and well-being of west virginia…

Health
9
Community Care of West Virginia Inc

The mission of ccwv is to help our communities live the healthiest lives possible by meeting their immediate and long-term healthcare needs. this mission is accomplished by providing high quality, accessible, comprehensive, culturally…

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10
Rooftop of Virginia Cap

Combat poverty by focusing on increasing self-sufficiency of low-income citizens.

Community Improvement
11
Federation of Virginia Food Banks

Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.

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12
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems Inc

Provide comprehensive primary medical care to the communities served.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Rockbridge Inc; the most unlike its peers is Renovation Alliance Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

71 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 71 of the 99 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/71
Grantees still filing
44/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CREATIVE KIDS CHILDCARE: $1,152,286 · OtherCREATIVE KIDS CHILDCAREYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC: $1,142,802 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE …CHILD HEALTH INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP DBA CHIP OF ROANOKE VALLEY: $1,100,436 · OtherCHILD HEALTH INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP DBA CHIP OF ROANO…SMALL STEPS LEARNING ACADEMY INC: $1,071,793 · OtherSMALL STEPS LEARNING ACADEMY INCUNITED WAY OF HENRY COUNTY & MARTINSVILLE: $807,269 · OtherUNITED WAY OF HENRY COUNTY & MARTINSVILLEONE STEP FURTHER CHILDCARE CENTER: $442,411 · OtherGREENVALE SCHOOL INC: $335,498 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $316,789 · OtherBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $309,422 · OtherWest End Center Inc: $345,604 · Other+45 more: $2,051,392 · Other+45 moreTOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY: $1,527,622 · Human ServicesTOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY IN THE RO…Franklin County Family YMCA: $1,384,407 · Human ServicesFranklin County Family YMCAFAMILY SERVICE OF ROANOKE VALLEY: $1,168,768 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF ROANOKE VALLEYCRAIG COUNTY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1,019,157 · Human ServicesCRAIG COUNTY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVI…Alleghany Highlands Young Men's Christian Association: $425,470 · Human ServicesAlleghany Highlands Young Men's Christ…COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY SERVICES: $256,944 · Human Services+13 more: $806,153 · Human Services+13 moreEO COMPANIES: $930,041 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $96,463 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA: $61,046 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $51,360 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $47,576 · Philanthropy+8 more: $95,554 · PhilanthropyKUUMBA COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER INC: $421,445 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $199,818 · HealthCarilion Clinic Foundation: $180,983 · HealthCarilion Clinic: $80,711 · HealthTHE HUMBLE HUSTLE COMPANY INC: $49,022 · HealthCarilion Medical Center: $39,467 · Health+1 more: $18,921 · HealthFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $283,385 · Food & NutritionLOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURE PROJECT LEAP: $147,353 · Food & NutritionSOLUTIONS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE INC: $421,744 · Community ImprovementBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $326,305 · Youth DevelopmentCULTURAL ARTS FOR EXCELLENCE: $61,105 · Youth Development
Other$9,075,702Human Services$6,588,521Philanthropy$1,282,040Health$990,367Food & Nutrition$430,738Community Improvement$421,744Youth Development$387,410

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTOTAL ACTION AGAINST POVERTY IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY: $1,527,622 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetFranklin County Family YMCA: $1,384,407 over 6y, 14% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF ROANOKE VALLEY: $1,168,768 over 9y, 12% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE INC: $1,142,802 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetCHILD HEALTH INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP DBA CHIP OF ROANOKE VALLEY: $1,100,436 over 9y, 11% of budgetCRAIG COUNTY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1,019,157 over 7y, 24% of budgetEO COMPANIES: $930,041 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HENRY COUNTY & MARTINSVILLE: $807,269 over 6y, 21% of budgetAlleghany Highlands Young Men's Christian Association: $425,470 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetSOLUTIONS THAT EMPOWER PEOPLE INC: $421,744 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetKUUMBA COMMUNITY HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER INC: $421,445 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetWest End Center Inc: $345,604 over 7y, 27% of budgetGREENVALE SCHOOL INC: $335,498 over 2y, 19% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $326,305 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetBRADLEY FREE CLINIC OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $309,422 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetFEEDING SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA: $283,385 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCOUNCIL OF COMMUNITY SERVICES: $256,944 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTH ATLANTIC INC: $199,818 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCarilion Clinic Foundation: $180,983 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE VALLEYS INC: $171,455 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetARCH SERVICES DBA ARCH/TRUST HOUSE/BETHANY HALL: $163,968 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGRICULTURE PROJECT LEAP: $147,353 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA INC: $145,265 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S TRUST FOUNDATION ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $144,683 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $141,840 over 3y, 29% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $127,747 over 2y, 16% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $124,081 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG: $110,951 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetADULT CARE CENTER OF ROANOKE VALLEY INC: $104,821 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetLOCAL OFFICE ON AGING: $102,354 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INC: $96,463 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetBLUE RIDGE LEGAL SERVICES INC: $94,071 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTHE ROANOKE VALLEY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $87,045 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $85,137 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarilion Clinic: $80,711 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommonwealth Catholic Charities: $76,810 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAPPLE RIDGE FARM INC: $75,186 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetCULTURAL ARTS FOR EXCELLENCE: $61,105 over 1y, 64% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA: $61,046 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $56,057 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of South Hampton Roads: $51,360 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHighland Children's House: $49,494 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetTHE HUMBLE HUSTLE COMPANY INC: $49,022 over 1y, 27% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTESVILLE: $47,576 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCarilion Medical Center: $39,467 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS SERVICE DOGS: $38,327 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetLAKE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC: $32,578 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: $29,862 over 1y, 3.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Carilion Medical Cent…Robertson Family Foun…Edgar a Thurman Fdn C…Cartledge Charitable …The Newbern FoundationThe Helen C Cobbs Fou…Truist Foundation IncThe Allstate Foundati…Roanoke Womens Founda…Investco FoundationMw Armistead III Fami…
Community Foundation Serving Western VirginiaVA89.9× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Carilion Medical Center · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect · Cartledge Charitable Foundation Inc · The Newbern Foundation · The Helen C Cobbs Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · Roanoke Womens Foundation · Investco Foundation · Mw Armistead III 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 99 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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