United Way of Central Missouri Inc
Jefferson City, MO · EIN 44-0595184. Reported 154 grants totalling $7,727,397 to 91 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 of Central Missouri Inc, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 91 distinct organizations, with 7% 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. 70% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $29,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,200 and $65,000; the smallest was $5,400 and the largest $199,800. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson City Day Care Inc | Jefferson Cty, MO | $551,595 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $546,313 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jefferson City Rape and Abuse Crisis Service | Jefferson Cty, MO | $458,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Capital City Area Council for Special Services | Jefferson City, MO | $452,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jefferson City Area YMCA | Jefferson Cty, MO | $444,361 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Jefferson City | Jefferson Cty, MO | $368,561 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $300,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Compass Health Inc | Clinton, MO | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Council for Drug Free Youth | Jefferson Cty, MO | $222,987 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Jefferson City, MO | $199,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Senior Nutrition Council of Jefferson City and Cole County | Jefferson City, MO | $176,981 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Little Explorers Discovery Center | Jefferson City, MO | $172,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rape and Abuse Crisis Service | Jefferson City, MO | $157,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Learning Center | Jefferson City, MO | $153,835 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Health Ctr of Central Missouri | Jefferson Cty, MO | $147,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Compass Health Network | Jefferson City, MO | $141,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Homemaker Health Care Inc | Jefferson Cty, MO | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association | Jefferson Cty, MO | $138,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pathways Community | Jefferson City, MO | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Club | Jefferson City, MO | $122,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri Inc | Columbia, MO | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Sneaker Project | Jefferson Cty, MO | $114,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland Inc | Springfield, MO | $104,150 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Columbia, MO | $98,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Irving, TX | $93,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Jefferson City, MO | $91,540 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Council for Drug Free Youth | Jefferson City, MO | $73,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capital City CASA | Jefferson Cty, MO | $71,003 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jefferson City Area YMCA | Jefferson City, MO | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Senior Nutrition Center | Jefferson City, MO | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dreams to Reality | Jefferson Cty, MO | $63,452 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Mo Foster Care and Adoption | Jefferson City, MO | $58,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Jefferson City, MO | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jefferson City Area Community Services | Jefferson Cty, MO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Health Center | Jefferson City, MO | $49,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Sneaker Project | Jefferson City, MO | $49,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Cerebral Palsy Heartland | Saint Louis, MO | $48,775 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adult Basic Literacy Education | Jefferson Cty, MO | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hhc (respitetransequip) | Jefferson City, MO | $46,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tri-County YMCA of the Ozarks | Osage Beach, MO | $43,534 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Osage County Community Living Inc | Linn, MO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Capitol Projects Inc | Jefferson Cty, MO | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 4-H Youth | Jefferson City, MO | $35,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Common Ground Community Building | Jefferson City, MO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| El Puente-Hispanic Ministry | Jefferson City, MO | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Jefferson Cty, MO | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tri-County YMCA | Osage Beach, MO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Missouri Inc | Jefferson Cty, MO | $34,816 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Scouting America | Columbia, MO | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Citizens Against Domestic Violence Inc | Camdenton, MO | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri | Jefferson Cty, MO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts | Springfield, MO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Transformational Housing | Jefferson Cty, MO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Missouri Area Agency on Aging | Columbia, MO | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Independent Living Resource Center | Jefferson Cty, MO | $27,008 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dreams to Reality | Jefferson City, MO | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Chance for Children | Columbia, MO | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jc Housing Authority | Jefferson City, MO | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Missouri Stop Human Trafficking Coalition Inc | Columbia, MO | $22,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Day Solutions Foundation | Jefferson Cty, MO | $22,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Capital City CASA | Jefferson City, MO | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Learning Center of Camden County Inc | Camdenton, MO | $21,826 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aging Best | Columbia, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ucp Heartland - Gibbs Center | Jefferson City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unlimited Play | St Peters, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gateway Industries of Eldon | Eldon, MO | $19,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 4-H Youth | Columbia, MO | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capitol Projects | Jefferson City, MO | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Rolla Mission | Rolla, MO | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Senior Companion Program Advisory Council Incorporation | Rolla, MO | $15,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Able Learning Center | Jefferson City, MO | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wonderland Camp | Rocky Mount, MO | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Independent Living Resource Center | Jefferson City, MO | $12,587 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Russell House Response to Domestic and Sexual Violence | Rolla, MO | $12,305 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Russell House | Rolla, MO | $10,422 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coyote Hill | Harrisburg, MO | $10,364 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chads Coalition for Mental Health | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Citizens Against Domestic Violence | Camdenton, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Area Industries | Camdenton, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rolla Mission | Rolla, MO | $9,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| River City Habitat for Humanity | Jefferson City, MO | $8,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing House and New Beginnings | Jefferson Cty, MO | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pat | Jefferson City, MO | $8,173 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics Missouri | Jefferson Cty, MO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gateway Industries of Eldon | Eldon, MO | $7,959 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saving Kidsight | Kansas City, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Missouri | Jefferson City, MO | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moniteau Christian Ministries Center Inc | California, MO | $6,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital City Diaper Bank Inc | Jefferson Cty, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Mo Stop Human Trafficking | Columbia, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Horses Therapeutic Riding Program | Linn, MO | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
36 of 91 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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.
- Day Solutions Foundation
COMMUNITY INTEGRATION PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 of 91 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 | 44 | $1,965,096 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 38 | $1,865,683 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $1,930,097 | $33,000 |
| 2024 | 37 | $1,966,521 | $33,000 |
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
88% of its giving went to organizations in Missouri. 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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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 $29,000 -- 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 Missouri.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Way of Central Missouri Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 205 Alameda Drive, Jefferson City, MO, 65109.
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