United Way of Olmsted County Inc
Rochester, MN · EIN 41-0695594. Reported 132 grants totalling $4,361,464 to 66 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 Olmsted County 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. 66 distinct organizations, with 14% 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 $14,690. Half of what it reported fell between $8,444 and $40,012; the smallest was $5,196 and the largest $285,213. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
3 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $115,287 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Service Rochester Inc | Rochester, MN | $627,261 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rochester Public Schools Isd 535 | Rochester, MN | $330,708 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association of Se Minnesota Inc | Rochester, MN | $323,696 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Child Care Resource and Referral Inc | Rochester, MN | $310,784 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Channel One Inc | Rochester, MN | $256,239 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Roseville, MN | $195,045 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bear Creek Services Inc | Rochester, MN | $187,110 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center City Housing Corporation | Duluth, MN | $152,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Womens Shelter Inc | Rochester, MN | $119,906 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Diversity Council | Rochester, MN | $105,732 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barbershop & Social Services | Rochester, MN | $97,603 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ability Building Center Inc | Rochester, MN | $96,456 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Recovery Is Happening | Rochester, MN | $94,617 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal Assistance of Olmsted County | Rochester, MN | $87,502 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Good News Childrens Center Inc | Rochester, MN | $84,866 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Next Chapter Reentry Project | Rochester, MN | $81,971 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Damascus Way Re-Entry Center Inc | Richfield, MN | $64,751 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sports Mentorship Academy | Rochester, MN | $60,532 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rochester Area Foundation | Rochester, MN | $60,130 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elder Network | Rochester, MN | $58,817 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Dodge County Minnesota | Dodge Center, MN | $58,087 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Promise Rochester | Rochester, MN | $55,144 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jeremiah Program | Minneapolis, MN | $46,704 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Celebration Church Assembly of God | Kasson, MN | $43,437 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Byron Public Schools Isd 531 | Byron, MN | $36,249 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester | Winona, MN | $35,281 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Southern Hills Christian Church Ltd | Carrollton, GA | $35,039 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Paws and Claws Inc | Rochester, MN | $33,346 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Rochester, MN | $31,564 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Health Service Inc | Moorhead, MN | $29,998 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Early Care and Education Innovations LLC Dba Family Circle Learning Center | Rochester, MN | $29,998 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Olmsted County Public Health Services | Rochester, MN | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia Inc | Atlanta, GA | $26,252 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Mower County Inc | Austin, MN | $24,418 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Goodhue Wabasha & Pierce Counties | Red Wing, MN | $23,967 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Winona Community Foundation Inc | Winona, MN | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zumbro Valley Medical Society | Rochester, MN | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Uw-Platteville Foundation Inc | Platteville, WI | $20,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul District of Council Rochester Mn | Rochester, MN | $20,180 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| NAMI Southeast Minnesota | Rochester, MN | $19,270 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross Southeast Minnesota | Rochester, MN | $18,597 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Steele County | Owatonna, MN | $17,929 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Two Rivers Habitat for Humanity | Rochester, MN | $17,137 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | Cannon Falls, MN | $16,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Childrens Dental Health Services | Rochester, MN | $15,002 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Propel Nonprofits | Minneapolis, MN | $15,002 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Legacy | Rochester, MN | $14,379 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Patricia D Wright Foundation Scholarship Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $14,040 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Rochester | Rochester, MN | $11,561 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthy Smiles Inc | Claremont, MN | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Praise Fellowship Church of Dodge Center Inc | Dodge Center, MN | $10,042 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota | Owatonna, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Thrive Family Resource Center | Rochester, MN | $9,999 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | Minneapolis, MN | $9,695 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Civic League Day Nursery | Rochester, MN | $8,249 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Semcac Inc | Rushford, MN | $7,622 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $7,463 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Patricia D Wright Foundation & Scholarship Fund Inc | Cincinnati, OH | $7,020 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith in Action in Dodge County | Kasson, MN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of the North | Minneapolis, MN | $6,769 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dodge County Dare Program | Mantorville, MN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Goodhue Wabasha and Pierce Counties | Redwing, MN | $5,722 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rideability | Pine Island, MN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dyslexia Institute of Minnesota Inc | Rochester, MN | $5,276 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
39 of 66 (59%) 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.
- Family Service Rochester Inc
PROGRAM AWARD AND DESIGNATIONS - Rochester Public Schools Isd 535
PROGRAM AWARD - $86,029; BACKPACKS DELIVERED TO THE DISTRICT - $36,589 - Families First of Minnesota
PROGRAM AWARD AND DESIGNATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 43 of 66 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 | 45 | $1,568,053 | $13,095 |
| 2022 | 38 | $1,441,479 | $19,792 |
| 2023 | 49 | $1,351,932 | $14,132 |
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
96% of its giving went to organizations in Minnesota. 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
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available that two funders have overlapping priorities -- and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
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 $14,690 -- 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 Minnesota.
- 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 Olmsted County 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 49 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: 903 West Center Street No 100, Rochester, MN, 55902.
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