Montana · Public charity
United Way of Yellowstone County Inc
To address the needs of yellowstone county and to improve lives by connecting and collaborating for a thriving community.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,196
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations United Way of Yellowstone County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 | $300k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $240k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $248k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $248k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $289k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $330k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $350k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $350k | 0% |
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 Billings Montana | $375,543 | 9 | 3% |
| Friendship House of Christian Service Inc | $373,750 | 7 | 8% |
| Yellowstone Casa Inc | $311,875 | 9 | 7% |
| Big Sky Senior Services Inc | $283,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County | $246,250 | 8 | 2% |
| Family Service | $241,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc | $184,375 | 9 | 2% |
| Adult Resource Alliance of Yellowstone County | $164,292 | 8 | 1% |
| District 7 Human Resources Development Council Inc | $159,375 | 7 | 0% |
| Young Families Early Head Start | $125,625 | 9 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Women's Christian Association of Billings Montana | $375,543 | 9 | 3% |
| Friendship House of Christian Service Inc | $373,750 | 7 | 8% |
| Yellowstone Casa Inc | $311,875 | 9 | 7% |
| Big Sky Senior Services Inc | $283,000 | 8 | 9% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County | $246,250 | 8 | 2% |
| Family Service | $241,250 | 9 | 1% |
| Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc | $184,375 | 9 | 2% |
| Adult Resource Alliance of Yellowstone County | $164,292 | 8 | 1% |
| District 7 Human Resources Development Council Inc | $159,375 | 7 | 0% |
| Young Families Early Head Start | $125,625 | 9 | 2% |
| Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools | $68,915 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of the Children - Austin | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Veterans Navigation Network | $45,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Head Start Inc | $38,196 | 1 | 1% |
| Billings Family YMCA Inc | $29,306 | 2 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Montana Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aware Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Yellowstone County Inc supplied at peak.
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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: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Brosovich Family Foundation · Donald & Carol Roberts Foundation in Memory of Virginia K Weston Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Charles M Bair Family Trust · The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Billings Community Foundation · Scl Health - Montana · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Otto Bremer Trust
How this is measured
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About United Way of Yellowstone County Inc
- How much does United Way of Yellowstone County Inc give?
- United Way of Yellowstone County Inc reported 14 grants totaling $300,001 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Yellowstone County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Youth Development (25%), Crime & Legal (14%).
- Who are United Way of Yellowstone County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Women's Christian Association of Billings Montana ($376k), Friendship House of Christian Service Inc ($374k), Yellowstone Casa Inc ($312k).
- Does United Way of Yellowstone County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Yellowstone County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Town Pump Charitable Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Yellowstone County Inc based?
- United Way of Yellowstone County Inc is based in MT.
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