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Utility Workers Union of America Uwua at a glance

· Public charity

Utility Workers Union of America Uwua

To unite workers employed in the utility industries.

$71k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$210kMembership Benefit$92kEducation$75kEnvironment$67kPublic Benefit$61kRecreation & Sports$41kArts & Culture$38kYouth Development$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $39,250, the rows itemized in this filing. The $70,618 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $31,368 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO$25,000
CLIMATE JOBS NY INC$7,500
UNION SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE$6,750
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%CLIMATE JOBS NY INC: $13k → 17%CLIMATE JOBS NY INC: $8k → 17%CLIMATE JOBS NY INC: $8k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
TN
DC
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$233k · 5 repeat orgs$374k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
19

Total granted

$233k
$374k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+12%

Still filing today

80%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO BUILDING CORPORATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $77k · revenue -59% · 33% of their budget
  • NM
    National Merit Scholarship Corporation
    4× · 2018–2021 · $55k · revenue +13%
  • US
    UNION SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE
    3× · 2020–2024 · $41k · revenue -8%

Funded once

  • UP
    UWUA POWER FOR AMERICA TRAINING TRUST FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -52%
  • TW
    TOM WOLFE FOR GOVERNOR
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • 2C
    21st Century School Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +28%
How this is measured

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

04Its 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.

1
Laborers International Union of 341 Hcl

Union hall devoted to the betterment of members compensation and working conditions, to secure recognition of workers rights to engage in collective bargaining, and to promote the development and maintenance of on-the-job safety practices…

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2
Unite Here Local 21

Union organization serving as bargaining agent for its members

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3
Washington State Labor Council Afl-Cio

To protect and strengthen the rights and conditions of working people and their families.

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4
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 27 Afl-Cio

To conduct a local union of persons engaged in the performance of work within its jurisdiction; to organize, unite, and assist persons, without regard to race, creed, color, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or national…

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5
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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6
International Union of Operating Engineers' Local 324

To anticipate for, and capitalize on the ever-changing economic, social, political and legal challenges facing our union; to provide an unmatched level of services to members through a dedicated, loyal team of professionals.

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7
Laborers International Union of State of Mi

Collective bargaining and representation

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8
Center for Union Facts

Educate the public on us and international labor unions and their leadership

Public Benefit
9
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

To organize all workers for the economic, moral, and social advancement of their condition and status.

Employment
10
American Federation of Labor Ohio Afl-Cio

To advance middle class and working class values by promoting social and economic justice. we join together over 263,000 union members to make our voice heard in the policy and political arenas. the ohio afl-cio represents 1,787 local…

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11
Contra Costa Labor Council Afl-Cio

The council is a federation of approximately 85 affiliated unions. the organizaton engages in a wide range of activities. the activities are designed to improve the lives of working families, to bring economic justice to the workplace, and…

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12
Laborers' International Union of North America

To improve working conditions and living standards of members through collective bargaining, education, training, and employee benefits.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Climate Jobs Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is 21st Century School Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 24 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/16
Grantees still filing
8/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UWUA POWER FOR AMERICA TRAINING TRUST FUND: $200,000 · EducationUWUA POWER FOR AMERICA TRAINING TRUST FUNDNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $55,225 · EducationNational Merit Scholarship CorporationPLATFORM ART INC: $20,000 · EducationPLATFORM ART INCMICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO BUILDING CORPORATION: $76,667 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO BUILDING CORPORA…CALIFORNIANS FOR BALANCED ENERGY SOLUTIONS: $33,000 · OtherCALIFORNIANS FOR BALANCED ENERGY SOLUTI…TOM WOLFE FOR GOVERNOR: $25,000 · OtherTOM WOLFE FOR GOVERNORNew Jersey State AFL-CIO COPE: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS: $10,000 · OtherKALMANOVITZ INITIATIVE FOR LABOR AND THE WORKING POOR: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF JOE SCHIAVONI: $9,999 · OtherIRISH ECHO NEWSPAPER: $8,500 · Other+6 more: $30,650 · Other+6 moreUNION SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE: $40,500 · EnvironmentWest Harlem Environmental Action Inc: $6,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE JOBS NY INC: $27,500 · Human Services21st Century School Fund: $20,000 · Community ImprovementNational Vote At Home Institute: $10,000 · Civil RightsGREATER NEW YORK COUNCILS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentTHE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK: $6,000 · Public Benefit
Education$275,225Other$213,816Environment$46,500Human Services$27,500Community Improvement$20,000Civil Rights$10,000Youth Development$7,500Public Benefit$6,000

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 budgetUWUA POWER FOR AMERICA TRAINING TRUST FUND: $200,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetMICHIGAN STATE AFL-CIO BUILDING CORPORATION: $76,667 over 4y, 33% of budgetNational Merit Scholarship Corporation: $55,225 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNION SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE: $40,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIANS FOR BALANCED ENERGY SOLUTIONS: $33,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetCLIMATE JOBS NY INC: $27,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budget21st Century School Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNew Jersey State AFL-CIO COPE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Vote At Home Institute: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER NEW YORK COUNCILS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UTILITY REFORM NETWORK: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Harlem Environmental Action Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLA VERITAS FOUNDATION INC: $5,650 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL UNION - UAW: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Communications Worker…International Union o…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio ClcDC17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Utility Workers Union of America Uwua funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Utility Workers Union of America Uwua. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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