How much does United Way of Will County give?

United Way of Will County reported 39 itemized grants totaling $1,005,000, out of $1,256,236 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does United Way of Will County fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Health (23%), Youth Development (17%).

Who are United Way of Will County's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet ($1.4M), George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club ($1.1M), Young Men's Christian Association Joliet ($904k).

Does United Way of Will County fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Will County?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Grundy County, The Community Foundation of Will County, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.

Where is United Way of Will County based?

United Way of Will County is based in IL.

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Illinois · Public charity

United Way of Will County

To unite will county communities and resources to empower people and create positive sustainable change through an extensive network of corporate partnerships, community members, and funded partners.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 39
Itemized grants FY2025: 33
Organizations funded FY2024: 6%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $92,500
Organizations funded a year: 30 to 50; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $3.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations United Way of Will 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; $23k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Food & NutritionHealthEmploymentPhilanthropyEducationOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	37	$1.0M	24%
FY2024	33	$984k	6%
FY2023	30	$942k	3%
FY2022	31	$985k	0%
FY2021	37	$1.2M	8%
FY2020	37	$1.7M	3%
FY2019	42	$2.1M	5%
FY2018	50	$2.5M	14%

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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$5.0MHealth$3.1MYouth Development$2.4MCrime & Legal$1.2MHousing & Shelter$623kPublic Safety & Disaster$427kFood & Nutrition$325kReligion$238kOther$0

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
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet	$1,378,000	9	1%
George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club	$1,109,500	9	37%
Young Men's Christian Association Joliet	$904,300	9	2%
Trinity Services Inc	$810,800	9	0%
Center for Correctional Concerns	$688,799	9	44%
Stepping Stones Inc	$617,900	9	3%
Spanish Community Center	$599,400	9	11%
United Cerebral Palsy Center for Disability Services	$535,600	9	2%
Marcy Newberry Association Inc	$465,501	7	n/a
Vilaseca Josephine Center	$459,000	9	10%

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All grantees of United Way of Will County by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet	$1,378,000	9	1%
George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club	$1,109,500	9	37%
Young Men's Christian Association Joliet	$904,300	9	2%
Trinity Services Inc	$810,800	9	0%
Center for Correctional Concerns	$688,799	9	44%
Stepping Stones Inc	$617,900	9	3%
Spanish Community Center	$599,400	9	11%
United Cerebral Palsy Center for Disability Services	$535,600	9	2%
Marcy Newberry Association Inc	$465,501	7	n/a
Vilaseca Josephine Center	$459,000	9	10%
Easter Seals of Joliet Region Inc	$441,400	9	1%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$426,600	9	0%
Warren Sharpe Community Center	$372,700	4	80%
Big Brothers - Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties	$341,200	8	24%
Boy Scouts of America Rainbow Council	$340,200	9	10%
Crisis Line of Will County	$305,510	5	44%
Cornerstone Services Inc	$290,900	8	0%
Will Grundy Medical Clinic	$247,060	9	9%
Agape Missions Nfp	$238,250	9	9%
South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse	$220,200	8	1%
Joliet Area Community Hospice Corp	$203,859	9	0%
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana	$196,400	7	0%
Friends of the Will County Childrens Advocacy Center	$195,000	7	53%
Community Service Council of Northern Will County	$191,550	8	6%
Casa of River Valley	$182,800	9	6%
Guardian Angel Community Services	$180,700	2	n/a
Prairie State Legal Services Inc	$168,400	9	0%
Will County Habitat for Humanity	$157,000	5	4%
Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living	$153,950	6	5%
Social Services and Community Development Foundation Inc	$140,200	3	34%
Northern Illinois Food Bank	$110,643	7	0%
The Salvation Army	$110,600	8	n/a
Bags of Hope	$101,000	8	28%
Kankakee County Community Services Inc	$92,400	4	1%
Nami Will-Grundy	$79,950	9	7%
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project	$65,900	4	2%
Meals on Wheels Chicago	$60,100	5	1%
Service Inc of Illinois	$58,000	3	0%
Shady Oaks Camp for People with Disabilities	$45,500	5	2%
Aunt Martha's Health and Wellness Inc	$42,100	2	0%
Will County Community Health Center	$36,600	3	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$35,200	2	n/a
Illinois-Wisconsin Sertoma Regional Center for Communicable Disorders	$33,800	4	1%
Jennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center	$32,700	5	1%
Bridges to a New Day	$31,400	5	n/a
Child Care Resource & Referral	$30,700	3	0%
University of Il Coop Ext	$24,000	2	n/a
Bridges to a New Day Nfp	$22,500	3	6%
Forest Park Community Center	$20,300	2	16%
Anew Building Beyond Violence and Abuse	$20,100	3	0%
Holsten Human Capital Development Nfp	$19,000	1	n/a
Lambs Fold Women's Center	$14,000	1	n/a
Camp Fire Illinois Prairie	$11,500	2	9%
Braidwood Area Healthy Community Coalition	$10,000	1	n/a
Institute for Community at Highpoint	$10,000	1	n/a
Blueprint Agency Nfp	$10,000	1	4%
Elevate Hope	$10,000	1	n/a
Play for Rings Inc Nfp	$10,000	1	n/a
Sharefest Will County	$10,000	1	2%
Samaritan Interfaith Counseling Center	$10,000	1	0%
Heart Haven Outreach	$9,000	1	2%
Ffighting Chance	$9,000	1	n/a
Navarro Farm Inc	$7,500	1	3%
Team Make a Difference	$5,000	1	7%
Harvey Brooks Foundation	$4,000	2	n/a
Bounce Back Social Services	$3,500	1	n/a

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.

United Way of Will County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 50.

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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.

United Way of Grundy CountyIL36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Grundy County · The Community Foundation of Will County · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Northern Illinois Food Bank · The Dupage Community Foundation · Midland States Bank Foundation · Community Foundation of Grundy County · George M Eisenberg Foundation for Charities · Crane Fund for Widows and Children · Rubino Family Foundation · Silver Cross Healthy Community Commission · Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging

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 Will County

How much does United Way of Will County give?: United Way of Will County reported 39 itemized grants totaling $1,005,000, out of $1,256,236 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Will County fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (36%), Health (23%), Youth Development (17%).
Who are United Way of Will County's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Joliet ($1.4M), George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club ($1.1M), Young Men's Christian Association Joliet ($904k).
Does United Way of Will County fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Will County?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Grundy County, The Community Foundation of Will County, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.
Where is United Way of Will County based?: United Way of Will County is based in IL.