Illinois · Public charity
United Way of Whiteside County
Providing dynamic leadership in uniting people and resources to create lasting change that improves lives and strengthens our communities.
- $400k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $383k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $121,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations United Way of Whiteside County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $383k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $381k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $392k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $395k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $410k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $439k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $482k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $468k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Women's Christian Association of the Sauk Valley | $1,105,000 | 9 | 10% |
| Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA | $667,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Whiteside County Senior Center | $346,800 | 9 | 3% |
| Lutheran Social Services of Illinois | $247,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Hope Cancer Wellness Centers | $181,000 | 9 | 12% |
| Woodlawn Arts Academy | $160,600 | 9 | 4% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley | $139,100 | 9 | 2% |
| Rock River Hospice and Home | $135,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Dioses of Rockford | $109,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Rock Falls Civic Fund | $100,620 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Whiteside County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Dillon Foundation · Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust · Quad Cities Community Foundation · United Way of Lee County Inc · United Way of Rock River Valley · Community Foundation of Northern IL · Kunes Family Foundation · William & Beverly Burkardt Family Foundation Nfp · Do It Best Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Verizon Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of Whiteside County
- How much does United Way of Whiteside County give?
- United Way of Whiteside County reported 13 itemized grants totaling $382,700, out of $399,562 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Whiteside County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (68%), Health (10%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are United Way of Whiteside County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Women's Christian Association of the Sauk Valley ($1.1M), Sterling-Rock Falls Family YMCA ($667k), Whiteside County Senior Center ($347k).
- Does United Way of Whiteside County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Whiteside County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dillon Foundation, Sterling Rock Falls Community Trust, Quad Cities Community Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Whiteside County based?
- United Way of Whiteside County is based in IL.
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