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Maine · Public charity

United Way of York County

United Way of York County improves lives by mobilizing peoples and resources.

$888k
Granted FY2020
44
Itemized grants FY2020
42
Organizations funded FY2020
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Itemized, FY2020
$758k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2020
$13,600
Largest grant, FY2020
$60,600
States reached, FY2020
2

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
York County Community Action Corp$60,60010%
Caring Unlimited Corp$50,50012%
Spurwink$34,50010%
Catholic Charities of Maine$33,00010%
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine$32,40013%
Apex Youth Connection$29,25016%
Legal Services for the Elderly$27,50011%
Ycsp$25,00011%
Count ME In$25,00012%
2-1-1 Maine Inc$24,92912%
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All grantees of United Way of York County by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
York County Community Action Corp$60,60010%
Caring Unlimited Corp$50,50012%
Spurwink$34,50010%
Catholic Charities of Maine$33,00010%
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine$32,40013%
Apex Youth Connection$29,25016%
Legal Services for the Elderly$27,50011%
Ycsp$25,00011%
Count ME In$25,00012%
2-1-1 Maine Inc$24,92912%
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$24,00010%
Learning Works$23,05011%
Sweetser$21,65010%
Day One$21,46511%
Community Dental$20,00010%
The Salvation Army - Old Orchard Beach Corps$19,8401n/a
American Red Cross of Southern Maine$19,77510%
The Center for Grieving Children$19,10012%
YMCA of Southern Maine (Northern York Branch)$17,0001n/a
YMCA of Sanford-Springvale$16,47011%
Big BrothersBig Sisters of Southern Maine$14,77513%
Youth Full Maine$14,25014%
Woodfords Family Services$14,25010%
The Opportunity Alliance$13,60010%
St George Episcopal Church$12,50015%
York Hospital$12,00010%
Morrison Center$11,50010%
Girl Scouts of Maine Inc$11,34010%
Kids Free to Grow$10,53015%
Biddeford Public Schools Education Foundation$10,0001n/a
Pine Tree Legal Assistance$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England$10,0001n/a
Frannie Peabody Center Inc$10,00010%
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Sanford$8,1001n/a
Confocal Communications$7,6501n/a
River Tree Arts$7,20012%
Strategies for a Stronger Sanford$6,00012%
Seeds of Hope$6,00012%
Community Outreach Services$6,0001n/a
Volunteers of America NNE$5,80010%
Southern Maine Health Care$5,7751n/a
The Susan L Curtis Charitable Foundation$5,50011%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of York County supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYork County Community Action Corp: $60,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCaring Unlimited Corp: $50,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSpurwink: $34,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of Maine: $33,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine: $32,400 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetApex Youth Connection: $29,250 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetLegal Services for the Elderly: $27,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYcsp: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCount ME In: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budget2-1-1 Maine Inc: $24,929 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $24,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLearning Works: $23,050 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSweetser: $21,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDay One: $21,465 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Dental: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Red Cross of Southern Maine: $19,775 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Grieving Children: $19,100 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYMCA of Sanford-Springvale: $16,470 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBig BrothersBig Sisters of Southern Maine: $14,775 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetYouth Full Maine: $14,250 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWoodfords Family Services: $14,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Opportunity Alliance: $13,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt George Episcopal Church: $12,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetYork Hospital: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorrison Center: $11,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Maine Inc: $11,340 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKids Free to Grow: $10,530 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPine Tree Legal Assistance: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFrannie Peabody Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRiver Tree Arts: $7,200 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetStrategies for a Stronger Sanford: $6,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSeeds of Hope: $6,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetVolunteers of America NNE: $5,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan L Curtis Charitable Foundation: $5,500 over 1y, 0.8% 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 34.

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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 IncMaine Community Found…Sam L Cohen FoundationJohn T Gorman Foundat…Saco & Biddeford Savi…Virginia Hodgkins Som…Simmons Foundation - …Maine Health Access F…Davis Family Foundati…Stephen & Tabitha Kin…Elmina B Sewall Found…Kennebunk Savings Ban…
United Way IncME59.7× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way Inc · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Sam L Cohen Foundation · John T Gorman Foundation · Saco & Biddeford Savings Charitable Foundation · Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation Inc · Simmons Foundation - PerkinsThompson · Maine Health Access Foundation Inc · Davis Family Foundation · Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation Inc · Elmina B Sewall Foundation · Kennebunk Savings Bank Foundation

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 York County

How much does United Way of York County give?
United Way of York County reported 44 itemized grants totaling $757,799, out of $888,254 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing.
What does United Way of York County fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2020, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Health (28%), Youth Development (9%).
Who are United Way of York County's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2020: York County Community Action Corp ($61k), Caring Unlimited Corp ($51k), Spurwink ($35k).
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of York County?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way Inc, Maine Community Foundation Inc, Sam L Cohen Foundation.
Where is United Way of York County based?
United Way of York County is based in ME.

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 42 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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