Michigan · Public charity
United Way of Washtenaw County
To connect people, organizations, and resources together to create a thriving community for everyone.
- $4.1M
- Granted FY2020
- 122
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 110
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $3.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $226,225
- Organizations funded a year
- 93 to 110
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 10
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 29% of the organizations United Way of Washtenaw County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $640k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 110 | $3.8M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 93 | $3.5M | 15% |
| FY2018 | 103 | $4.0M | 17% |
| FY2017 | 102 | $3.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakthrough T1d | $769,025 | 4 | 0% |
| Child Care Network | $633,339 | 4 | 8% |
| Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County | $540,302 | 4 | 3% |
| Food Gatherers | $518,909 | 4 | 2% |
| Michigan Advocacy Program | $484,487 | 4 | 2% |
| Corner Health Center | $484,306 | 4 | 7% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $478,368 | 4 | n/a |
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | $387,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Nonprofit Enterprise at Work Inc | $374,183 | 4 | 9% |
| Michigan Theater Foundation Inc | $358,842 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 165 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Washtenaw County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 126 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: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · James a and Faith Knight Foundation · Trinity Health - Michigan · DTE Energy Foundation · Food Gatherers · Duffy Foundation · The Martin Family Foundation · Michigan Health Endowment Fund · Thrift Shop Association of Ann Arbor
How this is measured
About United Way of Washtenaw County
- How much does United Way of Washtenaw County give?
- United Way of Washtenaw County reported 122 itemized grants totaling $3,866,667, out of $4,110,134 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 93 and 110 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does United Way of Washtenaw County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Human Services (16%), Health (14%), Education (8%).
- Who are United Way of Washtenaw County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Breakthrough T1d ($769k), Child Care Network ($633k), Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County ($540k).
- Does United Way of Washtenaw County fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Washtenaw County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Harry a and Margaret D Towsley Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan.
- Where is United Way of Washtenaw County based?
- United Way of Washtenaw County is based in MI.
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