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United Ways of Iowa

UNITED WAYS OF IOWA brings together 21 local united ways from across the state of iowa to drive impact in education, income, and health.

$445k
Granted FY2022
8
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$185k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2022.

Philanthropy$687kPublic Safety & Disaster$180kHuman Services$68kCrime & Legal$23kEducation$21k
02FY2022 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $356k
$44,330
Median grant
1
States reached
$402k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UW EAST CENTRAL IOWA$185,063
UW CENTRAL IOWA$94,380
UW MUSCATINE$76,872
UW STORY COUNTY$44,330
UW NORTH CENTRAL IOWA$13,131
UW CEDAR VALLEY$10,221
UW GREATER FORT DODGE$8,840
UW GREAT RIVER REGION$5,035
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY21–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $16k → 12%WAVERLY SHELL ROCK UNITED WAY: $10k → 7%UNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY: $23k → 9%UW EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $185k → 9%UW CENTRAL IOWA: $94k → 10%UNITED WAY OF MAHASKA COUNTY: $25k → 10%UNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES: $25k → 11%MARSHALLTOWN AREA UNITED WAY: $28k → 11%UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA: $20k → 12%UNITED WAY OF QUAD CITIES AREA: $20k → 12%UW MUSCATINE: $77k → 12%UW GREATER FORT DODGE: $9k → 13%UNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND: $75k → 13%UNITED WAY OF CLINTON COUNTY: $20k → 13%UNITED WAY OF GREAT RIVER REGION: $25k → 14%UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON CO: $10k → 15%UNITED WAY OF WAPELLO COUNTY: $25k → 16%UW STORY COUNTY: $44k → 17%CEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY: $75k → 17%UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA: $20k → 9%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $57k → 10%UW NORTH CENTRAL IOWA: $13k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE: $25k → 12%UW GREAT RIVER REGION: $5k → 14%UNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY: $10k → 17%UW CEDAR VALLEY: $10k → 17%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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$659k · 7 repeat orgs$319k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$659k
$311k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-3%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
PhilanthropyEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $205k · revenue -33%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA
    3× · 2021–2023 · $152k · revenue -20%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE IOWA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $101k · revenue -2%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue -8%
  • MA
    MARSHALLTOWN AREA UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2021 · $28k · revenue +13%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -7%

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

04Your 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
United Way of Waco-Mclennan County

United way of waco-mclennan county strengthens the community by mobilizing resources to measurably improve lives.

Philanthropy
2
United Way of the Midlands

United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. united way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to…

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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4
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
5
United Way Manitowoc County Inc

United way's mission is to improve lives.

Philanthropy
6
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
7
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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8
United Way of Green County Inc

Building a stronger community by uniting people and resources to solve problems and improve lives.

Human Services
9
United Way of Etowah County Inc

United way brings together people and resources and collaborates with over 27 local non-profit agencies to advance the common good in etowah county.

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10
United Way of Mcminn and Meigs Counties

To build a stronger, caring community by uniting our resources and enhance the human services available in mcminn and meigs counties.

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11
United Way of Umatilla & Morrow Counties

United way of umatilla and morrow counties empowers individual givers to support their communities in caring for those in need.

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12
United Way of Comal County

To engage the community and focus resources for those in need in comal county

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of East Central Iowa and the most unlike its peers is United Way of Jasper County. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 63 years old; the field is 46. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number13%5%<5yr8%0%5–10yr12%0%10–20yr10%0%20–35yr11%25%35–55yr45%70%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value13%0%<5yr8%0%5–10yr12%0%10–20yr10%0%20–35yr11%12%35–55yr45%88%55yr+

The field is 13% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 7% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/23
the rest of the field
7%
1,259/18,974

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.

04the grantee network

21 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
9/21
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA — $204,563 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWACEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY — $84,721 · PhilanthropyCEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAYUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC — $75,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INCUNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INC — $53,830 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INCUnited Way of North Central Iowa — $33,131 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of North Central IowaMARSHALLTOWN AREA UNITED WAY — $28,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES — $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WAPELLO COUNTY INC — $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY QUAD CITIES — $20,000 · Philanthropy+3 more — $35,733 · Philanthropy+3 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA — $151,643 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWAUNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE IOWA — $101,372 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE IOWAUNITED WAY OF THE GREAT RIVER REGION — $30,035 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE GREAT RIVER REGIONUNITED WAY OF MAHASKA COUNTY — $25,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF MAHASKA COUNTYUNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY — $23,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTYUNITED WAY OF CLINTON COUNTY IOWA — $20,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CLINTON COUNTY IOWAIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY — $12,853 · Other+1 more — $8,840 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION — $20,980 · Education
Philanthropy$584,978Other$372,743Education$20,980

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA — $204,563 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA — $151,643 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MUSCATINE IOWA — $101,372 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetCEDAR VALLEY UNITED WAY — $84,721 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND INC — $75,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INC — $53,830 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetUnited Way of North Central Iowa — $33,131 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE GREAT RIVER REGION — $30,035 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetMARSHALLTOWN AREA UNITED WAY — $28,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DUBUQUE AREA TRI-STATES — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WAPELLO COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MAHASKA COUNTY — $25,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JASPER COUNTY — $23,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUNITED WAY QUAD CITIES — $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS — $15,733 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWAVERLY-SHELL ROCK AREA UNITED WAY — $10,000 over 2y, 4.1% 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Grinnell Mutual Group…Lumen Clarke M Willia…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Grinnell Mutual Group Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Ways of Iowa 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.

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no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your 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
    3report 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

    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 21 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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