About Batavia United Way
Batavia United Way’s giving is centered on local community organizations serving Batavia area residents in education, health, and financial stability, with a separate early childhood scholarship initiative built to expand preschool access. The foundation also runs a community assistance fund for urgent financial needs, which shows that its work includes both longer-term support and immediate help for residents facing rent, utilities, or other basic needs. In the recent grants list, Fox Valley Food for Health received $15,800 in 2024 and $14,668 in 2025, while Batavia RSVP received $13,560 in 2023, $12,600 in 2024, and $12,290 in 2025. Those repeat awards point to ongoing relationships with local nonprofits rather than isolated one-time gifts. The grantee mix also includes service providers tied to senior support, food security, mental health, housing stability, and family services, which aligns with the foundation’s stated emphasis on education, income stability, and healthy lives. Across the grant list, the pattern is consistent: Batavia United Way funds practical community services for residents in and around Batavia.
What Batavia United Way Funds
Health-related grants include $15,800 in 2024 and $14,668 in 2025 to Fox Valley Food for Health in Geneva for food and health support, along with $9,000 in 2024 and $7,336 in 2025 to Suicide Prev Services in Batavia. In senior services, the foundation supported Batavia RSVP with three awards across 2023-2025 and gave $8,640 in 2023, $8,600 in 2024, and $7,156 in 2025 to Kane Senior Services Council in Lombard. For housing and basic-needs stability, it awarded $9,840 in 2023 and $8,960 in 2025 to Lazarus House in Saint Charles, plus $6,500 in 2024 and $6,180 in 2025 to Valley Sheltered Works in Batavia. Education and family support also appear through grants such as $6,300 in 2024 to Tri-City Family Serv in Geneva.
How Batavia United Way Gives
Typical awards cluster tightly around the mid-$6,000 range: p25 is $5,926, median is $6,960, and p75 is $8,800. The recent record also shows repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, including Batavia RSVP, Fox Valley Food for Health, Kane Senior Services Council, and Valley Sheltered Works. That pattern suggests relationship-based local grantmaking rather than isolated project gifts. Batavia United Way is a community foundation-style local funder rather than a funder of individuals, and the listed programs include both a competitive community impact grant program and direct assistance channels such as preschool scholarships and emergency aid.
