United Way of Northern Shenandoah
Winchester, VA · EIN 54-0525106. Reported 150 grants totalling $2,251,647 to 57 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 57 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. 67% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,800 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,940 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah County Free Clinic Inc | Woodstock, VA | $174,360 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Winchester, VA | $120,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childsafe Center Cac | Winchester, VA | $115,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Blue Ridge Hospice Inc | Winchester, VA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dr Terry Sinclair Health Clinic Inc | Winchester, VA | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Laurel Center Intervention for Domestic & Sexual Violence | Winchester, VA | $98,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Congregational Community Action Project Inc | Winchester, VA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Council on Domestic Violence for Page County Inc | Luray, VA | $89,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Faithworks Inc | Winchester, VA | $79,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Shenandoah County Inc | Woodstock, VA | $78,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter | Winchester, VA | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Shenandoah Dental Clinic Inc | Woodstock, VA | $73,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Literacy Volunteers - Winchester Area Inc | Winchester, VA | $58,430 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Blue Ridge Legal Services Inc | Harrisonburg, VA | $54,765 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Highland Food Pantry Inc | Winchester, VA | $54,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum Inc | Winchester, VA | $52,767 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community Care and Learning Center | New Market, VA | $52,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Valley Health System | Winchester, VA | $48,670 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Strength in Peers | New Market, VA | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Winchester Day Nursery Inc | Winchester, VA | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Catholic Diocese of Arlington | Arlington, VA | $42,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Response Inc | Woodstock, VA | $40,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Just Neighbors Ministry Inc | Annandale, VA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Collins Center | Harrisonburg, VA | $39,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Page One of Page County Inc | Luray, VA | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Shenandoah Valley Substance Use Coalition | Winchester, VA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Shenandoah Valley Local Ministries Inc | Toms Brook, VA | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Phoenix Project | Front Royal, VA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| AIDS Response Effort Inc | Winchester, VA | $29,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army World Service Office Sawso | Alexandria, VA | $29,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nw Works Inc | Winchester, VA | $23,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Valley Health System | Woodstock, VA | $18,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Luke Community Clinic Inc | Front Royal, VA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fremont Street Nursery Incorporated | Winchester, VA | $16,800 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Opportunity Scholars | Winchester, VA | $15,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Abbacare Inc | Winchester, VA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Winchester Union Rescue Mission Inc | Winchester, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Inc | Harrisonburg, VA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Laurel Ridge Community College Educational Foundation Inc | Middletown, VA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blue Ridge Housing Network Inc | Front Royal, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christ Church Cares Food Pantrychrist Church Millwood | Millwood, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Concern Hotline Inc | Winchester, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family Promise Winchester Area Inc | Winchester, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Love Inc | Winchester, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Staunton Virginia | Staunton, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter | Woodstock, VA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Families Reaching Out Group | Winchester, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warren County Habitat for Humanity Inc | Front Royal, VA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging Inc | Front Royal, VA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shenandoah Arts Council Inc | Winchester, VA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adult Care Center of the Northern Shenandoah Valley | Winchester, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brain Injury Connections of the Shenandoah Valley Inc | Harrisonburg, VA | $5,765 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dementiamatters | Boyce, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dental Clinic of Northern Shenandoah Valley Inc | Winchester, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Winchester-Frederick-Clarke Faith in Action | Winchester, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Glass-Glen Burnie Museum Inc | Winchester, VA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hagerstown Goodwill Industries Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $1,940 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
35 of 57 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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.
- Congregational Community Action Project
TO PROVIDE MOTEL ASSISTANCE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE LINKING THEM WITH AGENCIES TO HELP SECURE AND STABILIZE LONG TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS. - Shenandoah County Free Clinic
TO PROVIDE 20 HOURS PER WEEK OF COUNSELING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY SCHOOLS BY A PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR. - Habitat for Humanity
TO SUPPORT THE CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IN WINCHESTER, FREDERICK COUNTY, AND CLARKE COUNTY. THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO HOMEOWNERS LIVING AT OR BELOW 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WITH PRIORITY TOWARDS AGING ADULTS WHO HAVE MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES, TO HELP KEEP HOMEOWNERS IN THEIR HOMES. - Sinclair Health Clinic
TO UNITE CARING DONORS IN THE WORKPLACE WITH OUR NATION'S MOST TRUSTED HEALTH CHARITIES. - Faithworks Inc
TO SUPPLEMENT THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PAY IT FORWARD) AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES EXPERIENCING TEMPORARY CRISIS. FUNDS WILL SUPPORT ALICE FAMILIES IN PAYING RENT/MORTGAGE,UTILITIES, OR UTILITY PAYMENTS WHEN AN UNEXPECTED EMERGENCY OCCURS. - Blue Ridge Hospice
TO MAKE QUALITY END OF LIFE CARE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING SERIOUS ILLNESS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 of 57 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 36 | $505,047 | $10,882 |
| 2021 | 30 | $522,300 | $16,500 |
| 2022 | 32 | $478,500 | $12,315 |
| 2023 | 24 | $348,600 | $13,500 |
| 2024 | 28 | $397,200 | $10,000 |
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
100% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. 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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
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 $12,000 -- 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 Virginia.
- 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 Northern Shenandoah's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 460, Winchester, VA, 22604.
EIN 54-0525106 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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