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Valley United Way Inc

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community through philanthropy, volunteerism, and collaboration.

$290k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$66k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.2MYouth Development$906kHousing & Shelter$220kCrime & Legal$144kHealth$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$73kPhilanthropy$59kRecreation & Sports$29kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $255,852, the rows itemized in this filing. The $290,032 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $34,180 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $153k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $66k
$19,200
Median grant
2
States reached
$622k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE LNV$66,350
VALLEY YMCA$27,850
PARENT CHILD RESOURCE CENTER$26,900
BSAHOUSATONIC COUNCIL$22,295
AREA CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER$22,189
CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER$20,000
BHCARE - CENTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES$19,200
RAPE CRISIS CENTER$15,000
TEAM INC MEALS ON WHEELS$9,600
CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER$9,600
UNITED WAY OF CT$5,968
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$5,800
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,100
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 (FY17–25, $697k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $18k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $14k → 11%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $20k → 9%TEAM INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $18k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $10k → 9%TEAM INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $16k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $9k → 9%TEAM INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $12k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $8k → 9%TEAM INC MEALS ON WHEELS: $12k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $8k → 9%TEAM INC MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $8k → 9%TEAM INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $8k → 9%TEAM INCMEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE CENTER: $8k → 9%TEAM INC MEALS ON WHEELS: $10k → 12%CHRISTIAN COUNSELING & FAMILY LIFE: $6k → 9%TEAM INCFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 12%ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $9k → 12%TEAM INCFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $9k → 12%TEAM INCFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $9k → 12%FATHER MCKENNA ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $8k → 12%FATHER MCKENNA ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $8k → 12%FATHER MCKENNA ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $6k → 12%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $6k → 12%TEAM INCFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 12%FATHER MCKENNA ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $5k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $42k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $36k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $33k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $30k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $29k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $28k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $28k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $28k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $28k → 12%VALLEY YMCA: $28k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $11k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES - FAMILY SERVICE CENTER: $10k → 12%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 17 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$2.6M
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+24%

Still filing today

82%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER NAUGATUCK VALLEY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $653k · revenue +25%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 69 HOUSATONIC COUNCIL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $253k · revenue +2%
  • CC
    CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $244k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • VY
    VALLEY YMCA
    one grant, 2017 · $42k
  • US
    UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
    one grant, 2017 · $36k
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEELS-TEAM INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
United Services Inc

United services mission is to provide an effective response to the youth, family, and adult social and behavioral health needs in the community. united services is the most comprehensive private, non-profit center in connecticut providing…

Human Services
2
Connecticut Counseling Centers Inc

To provide substance abuse and mental health treatment services. programs include methadone maintenance, outpatient, hiv, detoxification and dually diagnosed treatments and counseling.

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3
Rushford Center Inc

Rushford Center, Inc., is dedicated to meeting the substance abuse and mental health needs of children, adults and families. Working cooperatively with our Hartford HealthCare network partners and others who share our goals, Rushford…

Health
4
Community Guidance Clinic for Central Connecticut Inc

Community guidance clinic for central connecticut, an established and trusted community resource, provides comprehensive evidence-based behavioral health services that promote wellness and resilience. our collaborative, family-focused,…

Human Services
5
Child Advocates of Connecticut Inc

Child Advocates of Connecticut (CAC) transforms the lives of vulnerable children and youth by providing trained and supervised one-on-one volunteer advocates in the community, classroom and courtroom.

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6
Connecticut Community Care Inc

Connecticut community care, inc provides person-centered care coordination and transition services for elders and individuals with disabilities to help ensure they can live safely in the place they choose to live. people served experience…

Health
7
Mental Health Connecticut Inc

Mhc partners with individuals, their families, and surrounding communities to create environments that support long-term health and wellness.

Health
8
Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Men's Christian Association Inc

The meriden-new britain-berlin ymca seeks to become a 'master link' in our communities to enhance the quality of life for all people who live and work in meriden, new britain and berlin. the meriden-new britain-berlin ymca provides all…

Human Services
9
St Vincent's Special Needs Center Inc

None

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10
Family and Children's Aid Inc

Fca is a community-based behavioral health center that offers innovation, responsive and traditional mental health care and services for children, adolescents, adults and their families.

Human Services
11
Connecticut Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc

Empower a statewide network of caring, consistent volunteer court appointed special advocates to advance the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect so every child can find a safe, permanent home to thrive.

Crime & Legal
12
The Rowan Center Inc

We counsel victims and survivors as they process their experiences of sexual violence from the past, we advocate for them as they navigate the circumstances of the present, and we educate our communities to prevent sexual violence in the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Connecticut Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

18 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. 18 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LNV PARENT CHILD RESOURCE CENTER: $289,874 · OtherLNV PARENT CHILD RESOURCE CEN…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 69 HOUSATONIC COUNCIL: $253,259 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 69 HOUS…VALLEY YMCA: $41,500 · OtherVALLEY YMCAUNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE: $36,000 · OtherVisiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut Inc: $27,300 · Other+4 more: $49,769 · Other+4 moreCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $243,935 · Human ServicesCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOU…TEAM INC: $127,952 · Human ServicesTEAM INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD: $125,628 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDI…HOPE COUNSELING AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER: $84,521 · Human ServicesHOPE COUNSELING AND BEHAVIORA…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $72,823 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross &…ST VINCENT DEPAUL OF THE VALLEY INC: $42,057 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DEPAUL OF THE VALL…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER NAUGATUCK VALLEY: $653,053 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LO…BHcare Inc: $211,003 · HealthBHcare IncRAPE CRISIS CENTER OF MILFORD INC: $143,554 · HealthRAPE CRISIS CEN…+2 more: $12,495 · HealthAREA CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER INC: $219,579 · Housing & ShelterAREA CONG…UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC: $59,221 · PhilanthropyRECREATION CAMP INC: $12,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$697,702Human Services$696,916Youth Development$653,053Health$367,052Housing & Shelter$219,579Philanthropy$59,221Recreation & Sports$12,000

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER NAUGATUCK VALLEY: $653,053 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 69 HOUSATONIC COUNCIL: $253,259 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetCENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $243,935 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAREA CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER INC: $219,579 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetBHcare Inc: $211,003 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER OF MILFORD INC: $143,554 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetTEAM INC: $127,952 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD: $125,628 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE COUNSELING AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER: $84,521 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $72,823 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC: $59,221 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST VINCENT DEPAUL OF THE VALLEY INC: $42,057 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetVisiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut Inc: $27,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC: $16,838 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRECREATION CAMP INC: $12,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $7,477 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDERBY DAY CARE CENTER INC: $5,490 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $5,018 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.

  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE LOWER NAUGATUCK VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 69 HOUSATONIC COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL CONNECTICUT COAST YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AREA CONGREGATIONS TOGETHER INC ↗
  • Who funds BHcare Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAPE CRISIS CENTER OF MILFORD INC ↗
  • Who funds TEAM INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ARCHDIOCESE OF HARTFORD ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COUNSELING AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DEPAUL OF THE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds RECREATION CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
  • Who funds DERBY DAY CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗

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.

The Valley Community …The Community Foundat…Ion Bank Foundation I…Ge Aerospace Foundati…United Way of Milford…United Way of Greater…William Caspar Graust…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Valley Community Foundation IncCT22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Valley Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Ion Bank Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · United Way of Milford Inc · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Valley United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Valley United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • United Way of Connecticut Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Team Inc: 84% of income from government
  • BHcare Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford: 39% of income from government
  • Area Congregations Together Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley: 19% of income from government
  • Central Connecticut Coast Young Men's Christian Association Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Rape Crisis Center of Milford Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.
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How do I get to Valley United Way Inc?

Find your warmest path to Valley United Way Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 23 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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