How much does United Ways of the Pacific Northwest give?

United Ways of the Pacific Northwest reported 28 grants totaling $2,455,752 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.

What does United Ways of the Pacific Northwest fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Philanthropy (28%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).

Who are United Ways of the Pacific Northwest's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Dollywood Foundation ($1.6M), United Way of Pierce County ($357k), United Way of Jackson County Inc ($236k).

Does United Ways of the Pacific Northwest fund new organizations?

In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as United Ways of the Pacific Northwest?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation.

Where is United Ways of the Pacific Northwest based?

United Ways of the Pacific Northwest is based in WA.

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Washington · Public charity

United Ways of the Pacific Northwest

To equitably advance the common good throughout the pacific northwest by enhancing the individual and collective ability of member united ways to impact their communities and collaborate on regional and statewide issues.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 28
Grants FY2024: 2
Organizations funded FY2021: 0%
First-time grantees FY2021

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Median grant, FY2024: $8,350
Largest grant, FY2024: $1,625,179
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 20; FY2020 to FY2021
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $2.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 0% of the organizations United Ways of the Pacific Northwest funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	27	$2.4M	85%
FY2021	2	$109k	0%
FY2020	20	$516k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.6MPhilanthropy$902kPublic Safety & Disaster$471kCommunity Improvement$90kEmployment$57kFood & Nutrition$21kYouth Development$21kEducation$16kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Dollywood Foundation	$1,625,179	1	2%
United Way of Pierce County	$356,631	2	4%
United Way of Jackson County Inc	$236,227	2	9%
United Way of King County	$161,250	2	0%
United Way of Spokane County	$95,673	2	4%
United Way of Central Washington	$75,532	2	6%
United Way of Whitman County	$36,047	1	21%
United Way of Cowlitz County	$34,706	1	8%
United Way of the Blue Mountains	$32,860	1	6%
United Way of Lane County	$32,823	2	0%

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All grantees of United Ways of the Pacific Northwest by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
The Dollywood Foundation	$1,625,179	1	2%
United Way of Pierce County	$356,631	2	4%
United Way of Jackson County Inc	$236,227	2	9%
United Way of King County	$161,250	2	0%
United Way of Spokane County	$95,673	2	4%
United Way of Central Washington	$75,532	2	6%
United Way of Whitman County	$36,047	1	21%
United Way of Cowlitz County	$34,706	1	8%
United Way of the Blue Mountains	$32,860	1	6%
United Way of Lane County	$32,823	2	0%
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette	$30,537	1	0%
Women of Wisdom Wow Tricities	$25,000	1	2%
United Way of Whatcom County	$19,584	1	1%
United Way of Thurston County	$15,467	1	1%
United Way of Kitsap County	$14,623	1	1%
Greater Seattle Business Association	$13,500	1	1%
United Way of Skagit County	$12,619	1	1%
Black Healing Fund	$10,000	1	5%
Black Education Strategy Roundtable	$8,350	1	5%
Community Network Council	$8,000	1	1%
Freedom Project	$8,000	1	0%
Tabor 100 Inc	$8,000	1	0%
Wa Therapy Fund Foundation	$8,000	1	1%
Philanthropy Northwest	$7,422	1	0%
Oregon Food Bank	$7,422	1	0%
The Foundation WA	$6,500	1	2%
Cjk Community Homes	$6,500	1	1%
Leveled Up Re-Entry	$6,500	1	2%
Making a Difference Foundation	$6,500	1	0%
Mi Centro	$6,500	1	0%
Progress House Association	$6,500	1	0%
Millennia Ministries	$6,000	1	1%
Greater Douglas United Way	$5,737	1	n/a
United Way of Mason County	$5,000	1	3%
Twin County United Way Inc	$5,000	1	1%
United Way of Grant County	$5,000	1	7%
United Way of Lewis County	$5,000	1	1%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Ways of the Pacific Northwest supplied at peak.

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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 36.

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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.

Puget Sound Energy FoundationDE30.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Inatai Foundation · Gates Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Philanthropy Northwest · The Norcliffe Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Perigee Fund · United Way of King County

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 Ways of the Pacific Northwest

How much does United Ways of the Pacific Northwest give?: United Ways of the Pacific Northwest reported 28 grants totaling $2,455,752 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
What does United Ways of the Pacific Northwest fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Philanthropy (28%), Public Safety & Disaster (14%).
Who are United Ways of the Pacific Northwest's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Dollywood Foundation ($1.6M), United Way of Pierce County ($357k), United Way of Jackson County Inc ($236k).
Does United Ways of the Pacific Northwest fund new organizations?: In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Ways of the Pacific Northwest?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation.
Where is United Ways of the Pacific Northwest based?: United Ways of the Pacific Northwest is based in WA.