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United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland

The United Way of Wilson County exists to enhance the quality of life through a combined effort of individuals and organizations pulling together to address health and human service needs in Wilson County and the Upper Cumberland.

$283k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Itemized grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$206k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$18,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 24
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$507k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthCrime & LegalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$206k0%
FY202424$252k21%
FY202314$176k7%
FY202219$313k11%
FY202116$214k0%
FY202020$234k15%
FY201918$213k0%
FY201818$254k6%
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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$733kYouth Development$252kFood & Nutrition$196kCrime & Legal$165kEducation$150kHealth$137kEmployment$136kReligion$135kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Stars Nashville$214,17991%
Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency$212,20090%
Wilson County Community Help Center$190,13093%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$155,65390%
Prospect Inc$135,54490%
Wilson County Casa$124,739910%
Love One Another Embassy Inc$118,17591%
Lebanon Senior Citizens Center$100,17193%
Wilson County Civic League$96,91796%
Salvation Army$93,0329n/a
Show all 28 grantees
All grantees of United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Stars Nashville$214,17991%
Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency$212,20090%
Wilson County Community Help Center$190,13093%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$155,65390%
Prospect Inc$135,54490%
Wilson County Casa$124,739910%
Love One Another Embassy Inc$118,17591%
Lebanon Senior Citizens Center$100,17193%
Wilson County Civic League$96,91796%
Salvation Army$93,0329n/a
Adult Education Advisory Council of Wilson County Tennessee Inc$81,1839n/a
Rest Stop Ministries Inc$72,26462%
Wilson County Business and Education Coalition Inc$68,38898%
Mt Juliet Help Center$64,924911%
Charis Health Center$60,20683%
Cedarcroft Home Inc$46,06260%
Helping Hands of Putnam County$39,95044%
Mt Juliet West Wilson County Senior$38,7054n/a
Empower Me Center a Nonprofit Corporation$32,46333%
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc$32,10980%
Easter Seals Tennessee Inc$26,00020%
Exchange Club Holland J Stephens Center$24,78450%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$16,97420%
Fifteenth Judicial District Child Advocacy Center$14,99344%
Cookeville Rescue Mission Inc$14,7902n/a
Mannas Hana Riding Center$11,7652n/a
Restoration Community Outreach Inc$11,5323n/a
Cookeville Regional Charitable Foundation Inc$5,00020%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStars Nashville: $214,179 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency: $212,200 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWilson County Community Help Center: $190,130 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc: $155,653 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetProspect Inc: $135,544 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetWilson County Casa: $124,739 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetLove One Another Embassy Inc: $118,175 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetLebanon Senior Citizens Center: $100,171 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetWilson County Civic League: $96,917 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetRest Stop Ministries Inc: $72,264 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetWilson County Business and Education Coalition Inc: $68,388 over 9y, 8.2% of budgetMt Juliet Help Center: $64,924 over 9y, 11% of budgetCharis Health Center: $60,206 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetCedarcroft Home Inc: $46,062 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHelping Hands of Putnam County: $39,950 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetEmpower Me Center a Nonprofit Corporation: $32,463 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetGirl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc: $32,109 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEaster Seals Tennessee Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetExchange Club Holland J Stephens Center: $24,784 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Middle Tennessee Inc: $16,974 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFifteenth Judicial District Child Advocacy Center: $14,993 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetCookeville Regional Charitable Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budget

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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 22.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN36.1× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Evelyn S & Jim Horne Hankins Fnd · Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Nashville Predators Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Kharis Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland

How much does United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland give?
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland reported 18 itemized grants totaling $206,158, out of $282,560 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (35%), Youth Development (12%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
Who are United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stars Nashville ($214k), Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency ($212k), Wilson County Community Help Center ($190k).
Does United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Evelyn S & Jim Horne Hankins Fnd.
Where is United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland based?
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland is based in TN.

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 29 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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