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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 44 grants below total $757,799, the rows itemized in this filing. The $888,254 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $130,455 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 · 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
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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 (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 its 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
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 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.

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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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Center for Grieving Children; 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.
03the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
31/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

York County Community Action Corp: $60,600 · Human ServicesYork County Community Action CorpCaring Unlimited Corp: $50,500 · Human ServicesCaring Unlimited CorpCatholic Charities of Maine: $33,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities of MaineSouthern Maine Agency on Aging: $24,000 · Human ServicesSouthern Maine Agency on AgingLearning Works: $23,050 · Human ServicesLearning WorksSweetser: $21,650 · Human ServicesSweetserAmerican Red Cross of Southern Maine: $19,775 · Human ServicesAmerican Red Cross of Southern MaineThe Opportunity Alliance: $13,600 · Human ServicesThe Opportunity Alliance+1 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesSpurwink: $34,500 · OtherSpurwinkThe Salvation Army - Old Orchard Beach Corps: $19,840 · OtherThe Salvation Army - Old …YMCA of Southern Maine (Northern York Branch): $17,000 · OtherYMCA of Southern Maine (N…YMCA of Sanford-Springvale: $16,470 · OtherYMCA of Sanford-Springval…Big BrothersBig Sisters of Southern Maine: $14,775 · OtherBig BrothersBig Sisters o…Frannie Peabody Center Inc: $10,000 · OtherFrannie Peabody Center In…Literacy Volunteers of Greater Sanford: $8,100 · OtherConfocal Communications: $7,650 · OtherVolunteers of America NNE: $5,800 · OtherSouthern Maine Health Care: $5,775 · OtherYouth Full Maine: $14,250 · OtherYouth Full MaineRiver Tree Arts: $7,200 · OtherSeeds of Hope: $6,000 · Other+1 more: $5,500 · OtherSexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine: $32,400 · HealthSexual Assault Resp…2-1-1 Maine Inc: $24,929 · Health2-1-1 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: $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 Inc: $11,340 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts…Biddeford Public Schools Education Foundation: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBiddeford P…Strategies for a Stronger Sanford: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentStrategies …Count ME In: $25,000 · EducationWoodfords Family Services: $14,250 · EducationSt George Episcopal Church: $12,500 · EducationLegal Services for the Elderly: $27,500 · Crime & LegalKids Free to Grow: $10,530 · Crime & LegalPine Tree Legal Assistance: $10,000 · Crime & LegalYCSP: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Human Services$252,175Other$172,860Health$132,294Youth Development$75,690Education$51,750Crime & Legal$48,030Community Improvement$25,000

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 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
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 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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