United Way of Champaign County
Savoy, IL · EIN 37-0662519. Reported 175 grants totalling $8,818,657 to 83 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 of Champaign County, 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. 83 distinct organizations, with 8% 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. 83% 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 $29,802. Half of what it reported fell between $12,121 and $69,681; the smallest was $5,047 and the largest $246,203. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club | Champaign, IL | $714,249 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crisis Nursery | Urbana, IL | $548,507 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dreaam Opportunity Center | Champaign, IL | $528,164 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastern Illinois Foodbank | Urbana, IL | $458,039 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regional Planning Commission | Champaign, IL | $404,890 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Developmental Services Center of Champaign County Inc | Champaign, IL | $356,657 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Promise Healthcare Nfp | Champaign, IL | $354,692 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Well Experience | Urbana, IL | $347,845 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Service of Champaign County | Champaign, IL | $305,340 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rantoul City Schools | Rantoul, IL | $285,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Courage Connection | Urbana, IL | $243,529 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cunningham Childrens Home of Urbana Illinois | Urbana, IL | $230,436 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation | E Saint Louis, IL | $212,869 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carle Development Foundation | Urbana, IL | $201,305 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Mclean County | Bloomington, IL | $193,287 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rape Advocacy Counseling & Education Services | Urbana, IL | $187,623 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Champaign County CASA | Urbana, IL | $182,368 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Daily Bread Soup Kitchen Inc | Champaign, IL | $180,730 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| C-U at Home | Champaign, IL | $157,465 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Service Center of Northern Champaign County | Rantoul, IL | $144,790 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Housing Authority of Champaign County Youthbuild Nfp | Champaign, IL | $138,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center | Urbana, IL | $133,853 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Champaign, IL | $128,636 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Personal Assistance Telephone Help Inc | Bloomington, IL | $127,980 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Cntrl Ill Rfug Mutl Assist Ctr | Champaign, IL | $120,093 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Champaign School District Unit 4 Operation Hope | Champaign, IL | $117,850 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Carle Foundation Hospital | Urbana, IL | $103,125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the University of Illinois | Champaign, IL | $91,088 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Immigrant Services of Champaign Urbana | Champaign, IL | $76,850 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crimestoppers of Champaign County Inc | Champaign, IL | $75,672 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Parkland Foundation | Dallas, TX | $74,078 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heart of Illinois United Way Inc | Peoria, IL | $67,879 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Youth and Family Solutions | Peoria, IL | $66,317 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salt and Light Nfp | Urbana, IL | $65,403 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Banks Bridgewater Lewis Fine Arts Academy | Urbana, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation | Champaign, IL | $57,469 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Womens Christian Association of the University of Illinois | Champaign, IL | $54,207 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $43,611 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Women in Need Recovery | Champaign, IL | $40,470 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Champaign Public Library Foundation | Champaign, IL | $39,504 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Champaign County Christian Health Center | Champaign, IL | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Champaign, IL | $36,771 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Up Center of Champaign County | Champaign, IL | $36,769 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities | Peoria, IL | $35,477 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stephens Family YMCA | Champaign, IL | $33,929 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peacemeal Program | Mattoon, IL | $31,130 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Administrators in Child Welfare of Illinois Inc | Midlothian, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bridgewater Sullivan Community Life Center | Champaign, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Oz | Bloomington, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois | Decatur, IL | $27,974 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Crosspoint Human Services | Danville, IL | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trauma & Resilience Initiative Inc | Urbana, IL | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Champaign, IL | $26,496 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Decatur and Mid Illinois | Decatur, IL | $26,443 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Anti-Violence Collective Inc | Urbana, IL | $25,031 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow | Peoria, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Macomb Police Department | Macomb, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Illinois University Board of Trustees | Macomb, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Mclean County | Bloomington, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $24,234 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Lee County Inc | Fort Myers, FL | $22,508 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Champaign County Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Champaign, IL | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akwaabaqc | Moline, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healthy Champaign County | Champaign, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth for Christ USA Inc | Champaign, IL | $19,585 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Reading Group | Urbana, IL | $18,931 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Supportive Housing Providers Association | Springfield, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| C-U Public Health District | Champagin, IL | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cris Healthy Aging | Urbana, IL | $13,137 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Foundation of East Central Illinois | Champaign, IL | $12,976 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $12,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Danville Area Inc | Danville, IL | $11,361 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Not on My Watch | Rantoul, IL | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Copper Creek Church | Champaign, IL | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Community AIDS Project | Champaign, IL | $9,895 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Business Elevator | Champaign, IL | $8,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Champaign Firefighters Benevolent Fund | Champaign, IL | $8,122 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Shares of Illinois | Champaign, IL | $7,248 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forest Preserve Friends Foundation | Mahomet, IL | $7,241 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dream Girls Academy | Urbana, IL | $6,333 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peoria Friendship House of Christian Service | Peoria, IL | $6,312 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc | Chicago, IL | $6,084 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
50 of 83 (60%) 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.
- Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club
UNDESIGNATED AND PROGRAM RESTRICTED FUNDS TO FURTHER ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 of 83 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 | 50 | $2,478,236 | $26,187 |
| 2022 | 57 | $3,110,785 | $41,763 |
| 2023 | 68 | $3,229,636 | $27,250 |
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
98% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. 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 $29,802 -- 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 Illinois.
- 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 of Champaign County'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 68 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: 5 Dunlap Ct, Savoy, IL, 61874.
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