United Way Inc
Hartford, CT · EIN 06-0646653. Reported 141 grants totalling $9,113,856 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For United Way Inc, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T700).
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 9% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 79% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $47,500. Half of what it reported fell between $21,502 and $81,500; the smallest was $7,000 and the largest $360,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Village for Families & Children Inc | Hartford, CT | $785,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens League Inc | Hartford, CT | $500,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc | New Britain, CT | $476,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $436,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Womens Christian Association New Britain | New Britain, CT | $417,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Inc Archdiocese of Hartford | Hartford, CT | $414,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Our Piece of the Pie Inc | Hartford, CT | $393,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Connecticut | Rocky Hill, CT | $380,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way Inc Dba United Way of Central & Northeastern Ct | Hartford, CT | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Hartford Public Schools | East Hartford, CT | $244,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Park Inn Inc | Hartford, CT | $243,998 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hartford Interval House Inc | Hartford, CT | $223,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | Wallingford, CT | $210,248 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harc Inc | Hartford, CT | $206,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $187,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Inc | Hartford, CT | $184,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hispanic Health Council Inc | Hartford, CT | $174,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Journey Home Incorporated | West Hartford, CT | $173,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YWCA Hartford Region Inc | Hartford, CT | $160,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford Inc | Hartford Ct, CT | $144,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Consolidated School District of New Britain | New Britain, CT | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Educational Resources for Children Inc | Enfield, CT | $137,502 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Metropolitan Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $136,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connectikids Inc | Hartford, CT | $130,498 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Network Against Domestic Abuse Inc | Enfield, CT | $127,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc | Hartford, CT | $124,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hartford Healthcare at Home Inc | Wethersfield, CT | $122,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Opportunities Industrialization Center of New Britain Inc | New Britain, CT | $104,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Meriden-New Britain-Berlin Young Mens Christian Association Inc | Meriden, CT | $103,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Connecticut Foundation Incorporated | Storrs, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Courant Incorporated | Farmington, CT | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford | Hartford, CT | $93,752 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Urban League of Greater Hartford Inc | Hartford, CT | $92,502 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Compass Youth Collaborative Inc | Hartford, CT | $92,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Childrens Advocacy Inc | Hartford, CT | $88,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prudence Crandall Center Inc | New Britain, CT | $83,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | Wallingford, CT | $81,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Connecticut Inc | Hartford, CT | $74,502 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Waim Windham Area Interfaith Ministry | Willimantic, CT | $71,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| H O P E Partners of Farmington | Unionville, CT | $66,002 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Arc of the Farmington Valley Inc | Canton, CT | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater New Britain Teen Pregnancy Prevention Inc | New Britain, CT | $62,498 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community First School Inc | Hartford, CT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town of Windham - Board of Education | Willimantic, CT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut Inc | New Britain, CT | $50,502 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Norwich Inc | Norwich, CT | $45,502 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Manchester Public Schools | Manchester, CT | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urise Ventures Inc | Hartford, CT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ccarc Inc | New Britain, CT | $39,002 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | New York, NY | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| John J Driscoll United Labor Agency | Rocky Hill, CT | $37,498 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Knox Inc | Hartford, CT | $33,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hockanum Valley Community Council Inc | Vernon, CT | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prudence Crandall Center Inc | New Britain, CT | $30,498 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sexual Assault Crisis Center of Eastern Connecticut Inc | Willimantic, CT | $29,502 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Windham Public Schools | Willimantic, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Our Companions Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc | Manchester, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connecticut Legal Services Inc | Middletown, CT | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American College of the Building Arts | Charleston, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics Connecticut Inc | Hamden, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Watkinson School | Hartford, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
48 of 62 (77%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- The Village for Families & Children Inc
K-3 LITERACY ENRICHMENT/EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENT, READY TO READ: EARLY CHILDHOOD/PRESCHOOL, FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY CENTER/VITA - Catholic Charities Inc - Archdiocese of Hartford
COMMUNITY IMPACT; ALICE; UNITED WE READ; BASIC NEEDS - Human Resources Agency of New Britain Inc
BASIC NEEDS; ALICE; UNITED WE READ - Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS COLLABORATIVE OF METRO HARTFORD - YWCA of New Britain Inc
BASIC NEEDS; COMMUNITY IMPACT; ALICE - The Salvation Army Southern New England Division
BASIC NEEDS; UNITED WE READ
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 39 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51 | $3,937,006 | $50,002 |
| 2022 | 39 | $2,422,250 | $47,000 |
| 2023 | 51 | $2,754,600 | $45,800 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
93% of its giving went to organizations in Connecticut. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $47,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Connecticut.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Way Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 52 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: One State Street 1710, Hartford, CT, 06103.
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