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United Way of Williamson County

UNITED WAY OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY fights for a community where every person - no matter their background, circumstances or zip code - has an equal chance at a bright future.

$3.7M
Granted FY2019
57
Grants FY2019
4
States reached
$935k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2019.

Health$2.1MHuman Services$1.9MYouth Development$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.6MEducation$294kCommunity Improvement$264kPublic Safety & Disaster$240kEmployment$217kOther$0
02FY2019 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k11 grants · $76k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $579k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.8M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$23,394
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS - UNDER 5000$935,335
STARSWILLIAMSON$325,188
MCHRA WM$223,695
BRIDGES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER$195,695
COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER$175,188
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TN$133,644
UW OF METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE$115,541
UW OF MID-SOUTHSHELBY CO TN$107,648
FIFTY FORWARD$106,718
FRANKLIN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$98,910
MERCY COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE$86,535
WAVES INC$80,876
UW OF GREATER KNOXVILLE$70,996
42428 AMERICAN RED CROSSWILLIAMSON$66,250
HIGH HOPES INC$56,302
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY17–19, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 31% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TUCKER'S HOUSE: $17k → 10%TUCKER'S HOUSE: $17k → 10%TUCKER'S HOUSE: $15k → 10%FIFTY FORWARD: $117k → 4%FIFTY FORWARD: $116k → 4%URBAN LEAGUEMEMPHIS: $9k → 17%FIFTY FORWARD: $107k → 4%URBAN LEAGUEMEMPHIS: $7k → 17%BRENTWOOD FAMILY YMCA: $21k → 4%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER: $188k → 4%MCHRA WM: $230k → 14%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER: $184k → 4%COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER: $175k → 4%MCHRA WM: $224k → 14%MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENC: $217k → 14%WAVES INC: $87k → 4%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SVCSWILLIAMSON: $26k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SVCSWILLIAMSON: $26k → 14%WAVES INC: $86k → 4%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SVCSWILLIAMSON: $7k → 14%WAVES INC: $81k → 4%42428 AMERICAN RED CROSSWILLIAMSON: $72k → 4%42428 AMERICAN RED CROSSWILLIAMSON: $69k → 4%42428 AMERICAN RED CROSSWILLIAMSON: $66k → 4%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $56k → 4%REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING: $55k → 4%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $54k → 4%MY FRIEND'S HOUSEFAM & CHILD SVCS: $52k → 4%MY FRIEND'S HOUSEFAM & CHILD SVCS: $52k → 4%GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $50k → 4%REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING: $50k → 4%42296 AMERICAN RED CROSSDAVIDSON C: $16k → 14%MY FRIEND'S HOUSEFAM & CHILD SVCS: $48k → 4%REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING: $47k → 4%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $15k → 14%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $9k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNSWM: $28k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNSWM: $24k → 14%NURSES FOR NEWBORNSWM: $23k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$8.5M · 59 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

59 repeat relationships — 52 still active in FY2019, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

59
12

Total granted

$8.5M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
0%

Still filing today

90%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $967k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SN
    STARS NASHVILLE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1.0M · revenue +272%
  • MH
    MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $671k · revenue +11%
  • CC
    Community Child Care Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $547k · revenue +74% · 39% of their budget

Funded once

  • VO
    VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000
    one grant, 2017 · $629k
  • VA
    VARIOUS AGENCIES LESS THAN 5000
    one grant, 2018 · $540k
  • MU
    METRO UNITED WAY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue -32%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Way of Etowah County Inc

United way brings together people and resources and collaborates with over 27 local non-profit agencies to advance the common good in etowah county.

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2
United Way of Cleveland County Inc

The United Way of Cleveland County helps people by uniting resources and programs to responsibly meet the needs of our community.

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Calhoun County

The mission of the united way of calhoun county is to help increase the organized capacity of people in calhoun county to care for one another.

Philanthropy
4
United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties

United way works to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. united way is a funder, a mobilizer, a convener and a fundraiser. united way is a community builder, connecting people through philanthropy,…

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5
United Way of Waco-Mclennan County

United way of waco-mclennan county strengthens the community by mobilizing resources to measurably improve lives.

Philanthropy
6
Greene County United Way Inc

To be clearly recognized as the most effective way to serve the most people through organizing voluntary efforts aimed at strengthening the Greene County community.

Philanthropy
7
United Way of Kentucky Inc

As a focused team of leaders, united way of kentucky will align resources and work to advance education, income and health.

Philanthropy
8
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc

The mission of the united way of bristol is to bring together the resources to help people in the regional community to live healthy and productive lives. united way bristol works with dozens of community partner agencies that provide…

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10
United Way of the Ocoee Region

To be a community-based organization that leads the efforts in identifying community needs, facilitating collaboration, and maximizing resources to positively impact our community and surrounding areas.

Philanthropy
11
River Region United Way

The mission of the river region united way is to improve the quality of life in the communities it serves by creating lasting and sustainable changes in the community conditions. in its daily operation, river region united way will unite…

Philanthropy
12
United Way of Mcminn and Meigs Counties

To build a stronger, caring community by uniting our resources and enhance the human services available in mcminn and meigs counties.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc and the most unlike its peers is Company D. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Philanthropic Fou…Residential Care and Suppor…Early Childhood Care CentersChristian International Rel…Affordable Senior HousingUrban Youth DevelopmentTennessee Policy & Advocacy…Substance Abuse & Recovery …Memphis Education & Leaders…Community Support ServicesBaptist Memorial Health Sys…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 23. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr15%7%10–20yr12%30%20–35yr8%26%35–55yr34%37%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr15%2%10–20yr12%34%20–35yr8%40%35–55yr34%25%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 7% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
7%
5/72
the rest of the field
14%
2,270/16,616

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 67 of the 76 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/67
Grantees still filing
49/67
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VARIOUS - UNDER 5000 — $935,335 · OtherVARIOUS - UNDER 5000VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000 — $629,082 · OtherVARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 5000VARIOUS AGENCIES LESS THAN 5000 — $539,886 · OtherVARIOUS AGENCIES LESS THAN 5000UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC — $242,538 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINCHIGH HOPES INC — $169,198 · OtherCENTER FOR LIVING AND LEARNING INC — $161,760 · OtherUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE — $147,439 · OtherWILLIAMSON COUNTY CASA INC — $140,270 · Other+25 more — $820,121 · Other+25 moreMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY — $670,816 · Human ServicesMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURC…Community Child Care Inc — $546,941 · Human ServicesCommunity Child Care IncSENIOR CITIZENS INC — $339,706 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS INCWAVES INC — $253,646 · Human ServicesWAVES INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $222,981 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross …GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC — $160,229 · Human ServicesGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INCMy Friend's House Family and Children Services Inc — $152,307 · Human ServicesMy Friend's House Family and…THE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING INC — $151,418 · Human ServicesTHE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSE…+7 more — $324,979 · Human Services+7 moreSTARS NASHVILLE — $1,023,954 · HealthSTARS NASHVILLEBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY — $543,335 · HealthBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON C…MERCY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $383,459 · HealthMERCY HEALTH SERVICES I…SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER — $135,200 · HealthSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER+6 more — $250,432 · Health+6 moreUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $413,034 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…UNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH — $338,189 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $295,339 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY…UNITED WAY OF MAURY COUNTY INC — $62,850 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA — $59,717 · Philanthropy+8 more — $175,218 · Philanthropy+8 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $310,602 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $177,817 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP — $166,309 · Housing & ShelterSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $108,842 · Food & NutritionFEED AMERICA FIRST OF TENNESSEE — $5,416 · Food & Nutrition
Other$3,785,629Human Services$2,823,023Health$2,336,380Philanthropy$1,344,347Youth Development$488,419Housing & Shelter$166,309Food & Nutrition$114,258

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY — $670,816 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCommunity Child Care Inc — $546,941 over 3y, 39% of budgetBRIDGES OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY — $543,335 over 3y, 22% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $413,034 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMERCY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $383,459 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS INC — $339,706 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID SOUTH — $338,189 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $310,602 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC — $295,339 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWAVES INC — $253,646 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC — $242,538 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $222,981 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 560 MIDDLE TENNESSEE — $177,817 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHIGH HOPES INC — $169,198 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP — $166,309 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetCENTER FOR LIVING AND LEARNING INC — $161,760 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC — $160,229 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE REFUGE CENTER FOR COUNSELING INC — $151,418 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE — $147,439 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetWILLIAMSON COUNTY CASA INC — $140,270 over 3y, 12% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER — $135,200 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC — $108,842 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNURSES FOR NEWBORNS — $75,081 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTULSA AREA UNITED WAY — $70,948 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBEGIN ANEW — $68,814 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetUnited Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland — $67,077 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MAURY COUNTY INC — $62,850 over 3y, 13% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $60,195 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC OF NASHVILLE — $59,755 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA — $59,717 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE — $58,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS — $57,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSADDLE UP — $54,215 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTUCKER'S HOUSE — $48,320 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetGENTRYS EDUCATION CENTER AT THE STORE FRONT INC — $46,872 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Middle Tennessee (6273) — $45,260 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center — $44,141 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMNER COUNTY — $39,981 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetOASIS CENTER INC — $33,775 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF EAST TENNESSEE HIGHLANDS INC — $32,199 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CLARKSVILLE REGION INC — $29,326 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BLOUNT COUNTY — $27,923 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER KINGSPORT INC — $26,654 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC — $23,924 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC — $20,126 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMETRO UNITED WAY INC — $18,050 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Mid-South Inc — $17,637 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetTHISTLE FARMS INC — $16,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Middle …The Community Foundat…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Frist FoundationMemorial Foundation I…The Healing Trust For…Nashville Predators F…Dorothy Cate and Thom…T & T Family Foundati…Aetna Foundation IncPublix Super Markets …Franklin Noon Rotary …
United Way of Middle Tennessee IncTN88× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Frist Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Nashville Predators Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · T & T Family Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Franklin Noon Rotary Charitable Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization United Way of Williamson County funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 76 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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