United Way of Decatur and Mid Il
Decatur, IL · EIN 37-0673475. Reported 115 grants totalling $4,753,096 to 78 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 Decatur and Mid Il, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70).
- How spread out its giving is. 78 distinct organizations, with 10% 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. 46% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $23,077. Half of what it reported fell between $12,087 and $41,707; the smallest was $5,025 and the largest $456,687. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Community Fund | Decatur, IL | $476,435 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield | Springfield, IL | $442,684 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army Services Inc | Hoffman Estates, IL | $326,620 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northeast Community Fund | $282,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Central Illinois Foodbank | Springfield, IL | $215,696 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Good Samaritan Inn | Decatur, IL | $184,025 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities | $144,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Heartland CASA Nfp | Decatur, IL | $137,297 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | $136,813 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Heritage Behavioral Health Center Inc | Decatur, IL | $134,805 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corporation | Decatur, IL | $130,952 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baby Talk Inc | Decatur, IL | $125,333 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Decatur | Decatur, IL | $119,690 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association | Decatur, IL | $116,508 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Macon Resources Inc | Decatur, IL | $112,735 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Health Improvement Center | Decatur, IL | $110,342 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Samaritan Inn | $85,125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Old Kings Orchard Community Center Inc | Decatur, IL | $82,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Prairieland Service Coordination Inc | Decatur, IL | $82,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Child 1ST Center | Decatur, IL | $76,636 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Decatur Family YMCA | $55,352 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Decatur Day Care Center | Decatur, IL | $52,903 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Empowerment Opportunity Center | $51,171 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Dove Inc | $47,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Lutheran Child and Family Services of Illinois | Oakbrook Ter, IL | $45,169 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Old King's Orchard Center | $44,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Prairieland Service Coordination | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Boys & Girls Culb of Decatur | $36,078 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Baby Talk | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Decatur Township | Decatur, IL | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Growing Strong Sexual Assault Center | Decatur, IL | $35,534 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois | Decatur, IL | $35,412 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Macon County CASA | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Growing Strong | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| New Vision Community Services | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Heritage Behavioral Health Center | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Richland Community College Foundation | Decatur, IL | $28,959 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Illinois Inc | Springfield, IL | $27,555 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Champaign County Illinois Inc | Savoy, IL | $26,437 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crossing Healthcare Center | $26,187 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Decatur Public Schools Foundation | Decatur, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Decatur, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amelca Food Pantry | $24,863 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Macon Resources Inc | $24,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Macon Piatt Regional Supt Office | Decatur, IL | $22,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lutheran Child and Family Services | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Interchurch Council Blue Mound - Boody and Stonington | $20,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Central Illinois Christians in Mission Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Mid Illinois Chapter American Red Cross | Decatur, IL | $17,129 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child 1ST Center | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| First Evangelical Lutheran Church | Decatur, IL | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interchurch Council of Blue Mound-Boody and Stonington | Blue Mound, IL | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Millikin University | Decatur, IL | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Church of Nazarene | Decatur, IL | $14,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Il | $12,602 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| God's Shelter of Love | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Osf Healthcare System | Peoria, IL | $12,427 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gods Shelter of Love Inc | Decatur, IL | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Zion Church of God | Mt Zion, IL | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc | Memphis, TN | $11,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood Care Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Central Illinois | Springfield, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Water Street Mission | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Tri-County Special Education Assn | $9,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Encore Developmental Services | Clinton, IL | $9,360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dewitt Piatt Bi-County Health | Clinton, IL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dove Inc | Decatur, IL | $8,123 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rcc - Project Read | $7,692 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| New Vision Community Services | Decatur, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Decatur Day Care Center | $6,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Mt Zion United Methodist Church Food Pantry | $6,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Helping Hands Food Pantry & Clothing Room | $6,375 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $6,307 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tri-County Special Education | Bloomington, IL | $6,191 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Logan County | Lincoln, IL | $6,144 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Niantic Christian Church | $5,620 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| South Central Illinois Chapter American Red Cross | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Prairieland United Way Inc | Jacksonville, IL | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
22 of 78 (28%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 28 of 78 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 | 35 | $2,234,900 | $17,129 |
| 2022 | 24 | $468,828 | $19,284 |
| 2023 | 23 | $720,040 | $30,136 |
| 2024 | 33 | $1,329,328 | $24,863 |
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
99% 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 $23,077 -- 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 Decatur and Mid Il'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: 201 W Eldorado Street, Decatur, IL, 62522.
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