North Carolina · Public charity
Burke County United Way
Building a stronger burke county community by empowering self sufficiency, increasing housing stability, and fostering opportunities and success for youth. We envision a community where all burke county individuals and families are equipped to live independently and thrive.
- $249k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $196k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $95,178
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $739k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Burke County United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $196k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $189k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $119k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $175k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $251k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Options Inc | $242,470 | 5 | 16% |
| The Outreach Center | $120,128 | 4 | 4% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Catawba Valley Inc | $116,678 | 2 | 0% |
| The Meeting Place One Inc | $109,155 | 5 | 16% |
| Burke Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency Inc | $106,716 | 4 | 5% |
| Burke County Public School | $86,302 | 2 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $59,030 | 5 | 0% |
| Burke County Literacy Council Inc | $49,404 | 5 | 10% |
| Foothills Service Project | $41,675 | 5 | 2% |
| Big BrothersBig Sisters of WNC Inc | $38,290 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Options Inc | $242,470 | 5 | 16% |
| The Outreach Center | $120,128 | 4 | 4% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Catawba Valley Inc | $116,678 | 2 | 0% |
| The Meeting Place One Inc | $109,155 | 5 | 16% |
| Burke Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency Inc | $106,716 | 4 | 5% |
| Burke County Public School | $86,302 | 2 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $59,030 | 5 | 0% |
| Burke County Literacy Council Inc | $49,404 | 5 | 10% |
| Foothills Service Project | $41,675 | 5 | 2% |
| Big BrothersBig Sisters of WNC Inc | $38,290 | 4 | 2% |
| Open Hearts Place | $25,388 | 1 | 13% |
| American Red Cross- Burke County Chapter | $19,350 | 3 | n/a |
| AIDS Leadership Foothills Area Alliance Inc | $18,783 | 2 | 2% |
| East Burke Christian Ministries | $6,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Burke County React Team 3420 Inc | $5,900 | 2 | 9% |
| Repay Inc | $2,544 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Burke County United Way supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Burke County · Rostan Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Grace Episcopal Church Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · Morganton Womans Club Foundation Inc · Co Ta Huffman-Cornwell Foundation · Gateway Wellness Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Burke County United Way
- How much does Burke County United Way give?
- Burke County United Way reported 3 itemized grants totaling $195,566, out of $249,025 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Burke County United Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (22%), Housing & Shelter (19%), Health (17%).
- Who are Burke County United Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Options Inc ($242k), The Outreach Center ($120k), Young Men's Christian Association of Catawba Valley Inc ($117k).
- Does Burke County United Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Burke County United Way?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Burke County, Rostan Family Foundation, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.
- Where is Burke County United Way based?
- Burke County United Way is based in NC.
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