United Way Of Ross County, Inc.

Name

United Way Of Ross County, Inc.

Legal name

United Way of Ross County, Inc.

Website

https://unitedwayross.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Community Food Services (624210), Child and Youth Services (624110)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services (BPAGAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC), Financial Assistance & Benefits Navigation Services (BPAGAEAK), Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB), Family Resource Centers & Wraparound Support Services (EDACALAH)

Keywords

• Community fundraising
• Nonprofit social services
• Food assistance programs
• Early childhood literacy
• Community impact grants

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Annual Campaign Fundraising: Annual fundraising campaign targeting workplace employees and community members. Campaign goal reached $750,000. Includes payroll deduction and one-time donation options.
2. Individual Donations: Direct donations from individuals via website (one-time, monthly recurring, or quarterly recurring options), checks, or cash.
3. Dine United Program: Restaurant partnership program where local establishments donate a portion of sales on designated dates to support United Way initiatives.
4. Kroger Community Rewards: Loyalty program where Kroger donates a portion of qualifying purchases to United Way when customers select United Way of Ross County as their recipient.
5. Community Impact Grants: Grants distributed to 501(c)(3) partner organizations serving Ross County in areas of health, education, and financial stability. In 2025, supported 18 partner organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

United Way of Ross County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes community resources to deliver social-service programs across Ross County, Ohio. Its portfolio includes a 24/7 resource helpline (United Way 2-1-1), early-literacy book delivery via Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, weekend food packs for school children (Mighty Active Pack Club), free drive-thru produce markets, free tax preparation (VITA), kindergarten readiness classes (Success By 6), prescription savings (SingleCare), a food rescue program, and an annual restaurant fundraising campaign (Dine United). It also distributes Community Impact Grants to local 501(c)(3) partner organizations.

Product overview

United Way of Ross County operates as a nonprofit community services organization offering a portfolio of distinct programs addressing education, health, financial security, and community resiliency. The core offerings include: United Way 2-1-1 (a 24/7 resource helpline), Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (book delivery for children ages 0-5), Success By 6 (kindergarten readiness), Mighty Active Pack Club (food for school children), Produce Market Program (free produce distribution), Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (free tax prep), SingleCare (prescription savings), Food Rescue Program, and Dine United (restaurant fundraising). The organization also administers Community Impact Grants to local nonprofits. The portfolio functions as a unified suite of social service programs rather than a single software product or platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ross County: A free program that delivers age-appropriate books each month to children in Ross County from birth to age 5, supporting early literacy and kindergarten readiness.
• United Way 2-1-1
• Mighty Active Pack (M.A.P.) Club
• Produce Market Program
• Success By 6
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)
• Ross County Hunger Coalition

Products and services

• United Way 2-1-1 A free, confidential 24/7 helpline that connects Ross County residents to community resources such as food, housing, health care, and crisis intervention services.
• Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ross County A free program that mails an age-appropriate book each month to children in Ross County from birth to age 5, supporting early literacy and kindergarten readiness.
• SingleCare A prescription savings program that helps Ross County residents access affordable medications.
• Mighty Active Pack (M.A.P.) Club A school-year program that provides shelf-stable food packs weekly to children in Ross County school districts so they have healthy meals over weekends.
• Produce Market Program Monthly drive-thru produce markets held in Chillicothe, Huntington, and Bainbridge that distribute free fresh fruits and vegetables to Ross County families.
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) A free, IRS-supported tax preparation service for low- and moderate-income Ross County residents that helps filers maximize credits including the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.
• Success By 6 A kindergarten readiness initiative that funds school districts to deliver four-week readiness classes with meals, transportation, and 56 hours of instruction for up to 15 children each.
• Food Rescue Program A program, run with Ross County Health District and Good Samaritan Food Pantry, that diverts edible surplus food from local restaurants, grocers, and Adena Regional Medical Center to families in need via biweekly deliveries.
• Dine United An annual fundraising campaign in which participating local restaurants donate a portion of their sales on designated days to support United Way of Ross County programs.
• Community Impact Grants An annual grant program that funds 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving Ross County in the focus areas of health, education, financial stability, and community resiliency.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,835+ children receive free books monthly; 200+ children receive food packs weekly; 8,371+ individuals served through Produce Market in 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 18 Community Impact Partner OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit organizations receiving grants to deliver services in health, education, and financial stability. Partners include: The Assistance House, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Carver Community Center, Easterseals, Good Samaritan Food Pantry, First Capital PRIDE Coalition, Frankfort Senior Center, Hope Clinic, Harrison Township Fire & Rescue, Paper City Mentoring Project, Project School Tools, Ross County Community Action, The Rose House, Ross County Reentry Coalition, and YMCA of Ross County.
• Local Restaurants (Dine United)minorGTM or Marketing Partner16+ local restaurants participate in annual Dine United campaign, donating portions of sales on designated dates. Includes Fifty West Brewing Company, Steiner's Speakeasy, Penn Station, Frisch's Big Boy, Paper City Coffee, Main Street Pizza, The Dock at Water, The Pour House, Raising Cane's, The Lunch Box, Chipotle, Bob Evans, Crispie Creme Donuts, Cristy's Pizza, Texas Roadhouse, and others.
• KrogerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKroger Community Rewards program allows customers to select United Way of Ross County as recipient of donations based on qualifying purchases.
• Ross County Health DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for food rescue program to divert edible food from restaurants, grocery stores, and Adena Regional Medical Center to families in need. Also partners on Creating Healthy Communities program.
• Unidine Corp.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFood donor for the food rescue program, providing surplus food from hospitality services to be distributed through Good Samaritan Food Pantry.
• Good Samaritan Food PantrycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary recipient of food rescue program donations. Located at 255 N. Woodbridge Ave in Chillicothe, serves as distribution point for rescued food.
• Ross County School DistrictscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Huntington Local School District and other districts for Success By 6 program ($4,500 grants per district), Mighty Active Pack Club distribution, and Success By 6 kindergarten readiness classes.
• Chillicothe & Ross County Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost site for Produce Market Program at the Library Annex location (140 S. Paint Street) and Imagination Library book distribution support.
• Feeding AmericaminorOthersNational organization cited as source of food waste statistics (92 billion pounds of food go to waste annually in US) informing the food rescue program initiative.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Feeding America: National food-rescue and anti-hunger network cited by United Way of Ross County as a reference point; sets the operating playbook and standards for the food-rescue and produce-market programs.
• United Way Worldwide: National umbrella organization providing brand, infrastructure, and best-practice support to local United Way affiliates including United Way of Ross County.
• United Way of Central Ohio: Larger regional United Way serving the Columbus metro area with similar program pillars (211, VITA, Imagination Library, community grants), providing a benchmark for how a more mature United Way scales fundraising and partner funding.
• 211 Service (United Way 211): National 211 helpline infrastructure operated across the United Way network that United Way of Ross County's 2-1-1 service plugs into; comparable operating model and metrics.

Direct peers

• Ross County Community Action Commission: Current Community Impact grant recipient that also runs Head Start, weatherization, food, and poverty-reduction programs in Ross County — a direct functional peer delivering overlapping social services to the same population.
• United Way of Fairfield County: Another small Ohio United Way affiliate with a similar program portfolio (community impact grants, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, VITA, 211 helpline) serving a single county, making it the closest functional comparable for benchmarking fundraising and program operations.
• United Way of Muskingum, Perry, Morgan and Noble Counties: Multi-county Ohio United Way affiliate operating similar workplace campaigns, partner grants, and youth/financial stability programs in a comparable rural-Appalachian setting with overlapping employer base dynamics.
• Good Samaritan Food Pantry: Current United Way of Ross County Community Impact grant recipient serving as the primary distribution point for the Food Rescue Program — directly comparable food-assistance peer operating in the same geography.

Emerging players

• Dollar General Literacy Foundation: National nonprofit funder of early-childhood and family literacy programs that complements — and competes for funding with — Dolly Parton's Imagination Library-style book distribution programs.

Regional players

• Adena Health Foundation: Regional nonprofit foundation that is also a current partner (food rescue) and community funder in Ross County, competing for some of the same donor dollars in the local health-and-basic-needs space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/unitedwayrossco
• Facebookfacebook.com/UFSWE
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/william-clarence-education

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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