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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 FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

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
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $206,158, the rows itemized in this filing. The $282,560 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $76,402 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $154k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$507k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wilson County Community Help Center$18,000
Mid Cumberland HRA$17,000
STARS Nashville$16,667
Second Harvest Food Bank$15,131
Josephs Store House$15,000
Reststop Ministries$11,251
Lebanon Senior Citizens Center$11,000
United Way of Greater Nashville$10,091
Easterseals TN$10,000
Cedarcroft Home Inc$10,000
Wilson County CASA$10,000
The Salvation Army of Wilson County$10,000
Helping Hands of Putnam County TN$9,950
Wilson County Civic League$9,637
Cookeville Rescue Mission$9,204
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $581k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Wilson County Community Help Center: $22k → 7%Wilson County Community Help Center: $22k → 7%Wilson County Community Help Center: $22k → 7%Wilson County Community Help Center: $22k → 7%Wilson County Community Help Center: $21k → 7%Mid Cumberland HRA: $43k → 14%Wilson County Community Help Center: $21k → 7%Mid Cumberland HRA: $28k → 14%Wilson County Community Help Center: $21k → 7%Mid Cumberland HRA: $28k → 14%Wilson County Community Help Center: $21k → 7%Mid Cumberland HRA: $26k → 14%Mid Cumberland HRA: $23k → 14%Wilson County Community Help Center: $18k → 7%Mid Cumberland HRA: $18k → 14%Mid Cumberland HRA: $17k → 14%Mid Cumberland HRA: $17k → 14%Mid Cumberland HRA: $11k → 14%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $12k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $12k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $11k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $11k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $11k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $11k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $11k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $11k → 7%Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $10k → 7%Reststop Ministries: $18k → 14%Reststop Ministries: $12k → 14%Reststop Ministries: $11k → 14%Reststop Ministries: $11k → 14%Reststop Ministries: $10k → 14%Reststop Ministries: $10k → 14%Reststop Ministries: $6k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 27 repeat orgs$12k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
2

Total granted

$2.1M
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-5%

Still filing today

78%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SN
    STARS NASHVILLE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $214k · revenue +272%
  • MH
    MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $212k · revenue +26%
  • WC
    WILSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HELP CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $190k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $7k
  • CR
    COOKEVILLE REGIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue -5%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Robertson County Child Advocacy Cen

Effective prosecution of child abuses, providing therapy and education for the abused, and providing a safe haven for the abused.

Crime & Legal
2
Homesafe of Sumner Wilson and Robertson Counties

Homesafe provides safe, temorary shelter, and support services for indivduals who have suffered or have been threatened with emotional or physical abuse.

Human Services
3
Family Counseling Center of Middle Tennessee Inc

To provide quality, affordable counseling to families and individuals.

Recreation & Sports
4
Wilsonville Community Sharing

Wilsonville community sharing is a community based organization which exists to serve those in need in the local community by directing them to the appropriate agencies and through the provision of assistance to needy families in the form…

Human Services
5
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.

Human Services
6
Casa of Northeast Tennessee

Advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children with the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and stable home.

Crime & Legal
7
Casa Corridor of East Tennessee

Our mission is to recruit and train deverse volunteers to act as advocates for the best interests of children in mcminn, meigs and rhea counties.

Human Services
8
Child Advocacy Center of Cullman Inc

Nurturing hope, encouraging health, and promoting healing in troubled families through community collaboration, communication and cooperation

Human Services
9
Community Resource Center of Robertson County
Human Services
10
Tennessee Court Appointed Special Advocate Assoc

To support, develop, expand, and unite local casa programs in recruiting and training volunteers to advocate for tennessees children who have been abused and neglected.

Civil Rights
11
Talladega County Child Advocacy Center Inc

Interview facility for child abuse victims.

Human Services
12
Crisis Center of Russell County

The Crisis Center of Russell County was organized to provide assistance and temporary housing to victims of domestic abuse through secured temporary housing and education with job placement to transition them back into society. In…

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wilson County Community Help Center; the most unlike its peers is Cedarcroft Home Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
20/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $212,200 · Human ServicesMID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AG…WILSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HELP CENTER: $190,130 · Human ServicesWILSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HELP CEN…Lebanon Senior Citizens Center: $100,171 · Human ServicesLebanon Senior Citizens CenterREST STOP MINISTRIES INC: $72,264 · Human ServicesREST STOP MINISTRIES INCEMPOWER ME CENTER A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $32,463 · Human ServicesEMPOWER ME CENTER A NONPROFIT CO…PROSPECT INC: $135,544 · OtherPROSPECT INCWILSON COUNTY CIVIC LEAGUE: $96,917 · OtherWILSON COUNTY CIVIC LEAGUESALVATION ARMY: $93,032 · OtherSALVATION ARMYADULT EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL OF WILSON COUNTY TENNESSEE INC: $81,183 · OtherADULT EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL OF …Helping Hands of Putnam County: $39,950 · OtherHelping Hands of Putnam CountyMT JULIET WEST WILSON COUNTY SENIOR: $38,705 · OtherMT JULIET WEST WILSON COUNTY SENIORMT JULIET HELP CENTER: $64,924 · OtherMT JULIET HELP CENTEREXCHANGE CLUB HOLLAND J STEPHENS CENTER: $24,784 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC: $32,109 · Other+6 more: $76,812 · Other+6 moreSTARS NASHVILLE: $214,179 · HealthSTARS NASHVILLECHARIS HEALTH CENTER: $60,206 · HealthCHARIS HEALTH CENT…CEDARCROFT HOME INC: $46,062 · HealthCEDARCROFT HOME IN…EASTER SEALS TENNESSEE INC: $26,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS TENNE…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC: $155,653 · Food & NutritionWILSON COUNTY CASA: $124,739 · Housing & ShelterLOVE ONE ANOTHER EMBASSY INC: $118,175 · ReligionWILSON COUNTY BUSINESS AND EDUCATION COALITION INC: $68,388 · Education
Human Services$607,228Other$683,960Health$351,447Food & Nutrition$155,653Housing & Shelter$124,739Religion$118,175Education$68,388

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds STARS NASHVILLE ↗
  • Who funds MID-CUMBERLAND HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds WILSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HELP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF MIDDLE TN INC ↗
  • Who funds PROSPECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WILSON COUNTY CASA ↗
  • Who funds LOVE ONE ANOTHER EMBASSY INC ↗
  • Who funds Lebanon Senior Citizens Center ↗
  • Who funds WILSON COUNTY CIVIC LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds REST STOP MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds WILSON COUNTY BUSINESS AND EDUCATION COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds MT JULIET HELP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHARIS HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CEDARCROFT HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Helping Hands of Putnam County ↗
  • Who funds MT JULIET WEST WILSON COUNTY SENIOR ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWER ME CENTER A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds EXCHANGE CLUB HOLLAND J STEPHENS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ↗
  • Who funds FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COOKEVILLE REGIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 Foundat…Hca Healthcare Founda…The Evelyn S & Jim Ho…Second Harvest Food B…The Healing Trust For…Nashville Predators F…United Way of Middle …Kharis FoundationMemorial Foundation I…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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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