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United Way of York County

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

$888k
Granted FY2020
44
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$61k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2020 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 44 grants below total $757,799 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $888,254 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $130,455 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k12 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $565k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $111k
$13,600
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
York County Community Action Corp$60,600
Caring Unlimited Corp$50,500
Spurwink$34,500
Catholic Charities of Maine$33,000
Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine$32,400
Apex Youth Connection$29,250
Legal Services for the Elderly$27,500
Count ME In$25,000
YCSP$25,000
2-1-1 Maine Inc$24,929
Southern Maine Agency on Aging$24,000
Learning Works$23,050
Sweetser$21,650
Day One$21,465
Community Dental$20,000
02The need
02

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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–20, $219k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Learning Works: $23k → 7%York County Community Action Corp: $61k → 9%American Red Cross of Southern Maine: $20k → 7%Caring Unlimited Corp: $51k → 9%Southern Maine Agency on Aging: $24k → 7%The Opportunity Alliance: $14k → 7%Community Outreach Services: $6k → 9%Sweetser: $22k → 9%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 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
MaineHealth

MaineHealth is a voluntary, not-for-profit community and referral system of hospitals, dedicated to providing high quality health care services to all persons who seek care regardless of their sex, race, religion, age, color, sexual…

Health
2
Maine Behavioral Healthcare

Maine Behavioral Healthcare provides a seamless and compassionate continuum of care through a community of providers collaborating to promote recovery and the overall mental and physical well-being of those we are privileged to serve.

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3
Maine Council on Aging

A broad multi-disciplinary network that works to ensure we can all live healthy, engaged, and secure lives as we age in our homes and communities. With the voices of people with lived experience, we work on policy issues related to…

Unclassified
4
Penobscot Bay Medical Center

Penobscot Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is an acute care hospital that offers inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, patient and community education, and a full range of specialty services through…

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5
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
6
Community Health and Nursing Services

Community Health and Nursing Services (CHANS) provides home health andcommunity health promotion services in Brunswick, Bath, andsurrounding communities.

Health
7
Community Health and Counseling Services

Providing Adult, children, and family mental health and social services. Providing home health and hospice services.

Health
8
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine Inc

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well being of children statewide; provides affordable home away from home lodging which increases access to medical care for…

Health
9
Western Maine Health Care Corp

Ensured a high quality, accessible, affordable and appropriate integrated health care system to improve the health and well being of the community.

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10
Maine & Company

Maine & Company is a private, non-profit business development sales organization. Its purpose is to improve Maine's success in attracting new business and expanding and retaining existing business by providing a focused, statewide sales…

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11
MaineGeneral Health and Affiliates

MaineGeneral Health is a comprehensive non-profit system with the mission of enhancing, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities.

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12
Maine Media College

Maine Media Workshops & College educates and inspires visual artists and storytellers to achieve their creative potential. We provide lifelong learning opportunities for those pursuing the fine arts and media-related professions. We are…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Grieving Children and the most unlike its peers is Biddeford Public School Education Foundation. 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 backsteadyMaine Community DevelopmentAnimal Rescue and AdoptionYouth Sports ProgramsChild and Family Support Se…Maine Nonprofit Infrastruct…Private Membership ClubsCommunity Theater & Perform…Independent Schools and Ear…Transitional Housing & Supp…Service Club Networks
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 48 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr14%3%5–10yr21%8%10–20yr19%14%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr16%38%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%2%<5yr14%2%5–10yr21%4%10–20yr19%15%20–35yr13%43%35–55yr16%35%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/42
the rest of the field
10%
332/3,345

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.

03the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
32/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION — $60,600 · Human ServicesYORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORAT…CARING UNLIMITED — $50,500 · Human ServicesCARING UNLIMITEDCatholic Charities Maine — $33,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities MaineSouthern Maine Agency on Aging — $24,000 · Human ServicesSouthern Maine Agency on AgingLEARNINGWORKS — $23,050 · Human ServicesLEARNINGWORKSSweetser — $21,650 · Human ServicesSweetserAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $19,775 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Con…The Opportunity Alliance — $13,600 · Human ServicesThe Opportunity Alliance+1 more — $6,000 · Human ServicesSpurwink Services Inc — $34,500 · OtherSpurwink Services IncTHE SALVATION ARMY — $19,840 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYYMCA of Southern Maine (Northern York Branch) — $17,000 · OtherYMCA of Southern Maine (N…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SANFORD-SPRINGVALE — $16,470 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSO…Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern ME — $14,775 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters …FRANNIE PEABODY CENTER — $10,000 · OtherFRANNIE PEABODY CENTERLiteracy Volunteers of Greater Sanford — $8,100 · OtherConfocal Communications — $7,650 · OtherVolunteers of America Northern New England — $5,800 · OtherSOUTHERN MAINE HEALTH CARE — $5,775 · OtherYouth Full Maine — $14,250 · OtherYouth Full MaineRiver Tree Center for the Arts — $7,200 · OtherSEEDS OF HOPE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER — $6,000 · Other+1 more — $5,500 · OtherSEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE SERVICES OF SOUTHERN MAINE — $32,400 · HealthSEXUAL ASSAULT RESP…211 Maine Inc — $24,929 · Health211 Maine IncDAY ONE — $21,465 · HealthDAY ONECOMMUNITY DENTAL — $20,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY DENTALYork Hospital — $12,000 · HealthYork HospitalMORRISON CENTER — $11,500 · HealthMORRISON CENTERPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc — $10,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood …APEX YOUTH CONNECTION — $29,250 · Youth DevelopmentAPEX YOUTH …THE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $19,100 · Youth DevelopmentTHE CENTER …GIRL SCOUTS OF MAINE — $11,340 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS…BIDDEFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIDDEFORD P…STRATEGIES FOR A STRONGER SANFORD — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTRATEGIES …Educate Maine — $25,000 · EducationWOODFORDS FAMILY SERVICES — $14,250 · EducationSt Georges Child Care Center — $12,500 · EducationLEGAL SERVICES FOR MAINE ELDERS INC — $27,500 · Crime & LegalKids Free to Grow — $10,530 · Crime & LegalPINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC — $10,000 · Crime & LegalYork County Shelter Programs Inc — $25,000 · Community Improvement
Human Services$252,175Other$172,860Health$132,294Youth Development$75,690Education$51,750Crime & Legal$48,030Community Improvement$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetYORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION — $60,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARING UNLIMITED — $50,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSpurwink Services Inc — $34,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities 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 MAINE ELDERS INC — $27,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetEducate Maine — $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetYork County Shelter Programs Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget211 Maine Inc — $24,929 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSouthern Maine Agency on Aging — $24,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLEARNINGWORKS — $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 National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $19,775 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN — $19,100 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SANFORD-SPRINGVALE — $16,470 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Southern ME — $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 Georges Child Care Center — $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 — $11,340 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKids Free to Grow — $10,530 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRANNIE PEABODY CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRiver Tree Center for the Arts — $7,200 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetSEEDS OF HOPE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER — $6,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSTRATEGIES FOR A STRONGER SANFORD — $6,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetVolunteers of America Northern New England — $5,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan L Curtis Foundation — $5,500 over 1y, 0.8% 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 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

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 York 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report 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 42 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 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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