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Catawba County United Way Inc

The mission of catawba county united way is to build relationships and to support our community through collaboration, compassion and purpose.

$711k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$2.8MHousing & Shelter$1.3MYouth Development$772kHealth$325kEducation$312kFood & Nutrition$188kPublic Safety & Disaster$160kPhilanthropy$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $677,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $710,621 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $33,621 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $263k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $408k
$27,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS$105,000
CATAWBA COUNTY COUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS$90,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$88,000
ADULT LIFE PROGRAMS$75,000
CATAWBA VALLEY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$50,000
EXODUS HOMES$48,000
CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN$40,000
SIPES ORCHARD HOME$37,000
GREATER HICKORY COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY$27,000
PATRICK BEAVER LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER$27,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$27,000
THE SALVATION ARMY JR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$25,000
BLUE RIDGE PIEDMONT CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS$22,000
HICKORY SOUP KITCHEN$10,000
CATAWBA COUNTY DSS SENOIR NUTRITION PROGRAM$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Family Guidance Center: $341k → 12%SHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS: $105k → 16%Family Guidance Center: $339k → 12%Family Guidance Center: $310k → 12%Family Guidance Center: $303k → 12%FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $223k → 12%FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $167k → 12%FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $108k → 12%FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER: $95k → 12%Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry: $59k → 12%Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry: $59k → 12%Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry: $59k → 12%Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry: $57k → 12%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $37k → 12%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $25k → 12%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $22k → 12%Sipe's Orchard Home: $21k → 12%Sipe's Orchard Home: $17k → 12%Sipe's Orchard Home: $17k → 12%Sipe's Orchard Home: $17k → 12%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $15k → 12%SIPES ORCHARD HOME: $15k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.8M · 21 repeat orgs$144k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
2

Total granted

$5.8M
$27k

Still filing today

76%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EO
    EXODUS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $461k · revenue +50%
  • AL
    ADULT LIFE PROGRAMS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $362k · revenue +18%
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $280k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • CV
    CATAWBA VALLEY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
    one grant, 2023 · $22k
  • BU
    Bethany UCC After School
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

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2
Haywood Pathways Center Inc

Guided by faith, love, and respect, we provide food, shelter, and individualized supportive services for Haywood County residents.

Housing & Shelter
3
Helping Hands High Point Inc

Providing food and assistance to the disadvantaged in high point, nc

Human Services
4
Cumberland County Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put gods love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

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5
Allied Churches of Alamance County Inc

Provide food & shelter for the homeless, offer support to those that desire to develop or enhance their life goals and assist others in the community with financial assistance for emergency household utility needs.

Philanthropy
6
New Directions of Horry County Inc

To assist the needs of individuals, help them navigate past obstacles that prevent them from getting out of the cycle of homelessness and poverty, and assist them with achieving independent living.

Human Services
7
The Hunger and Health Coalition Inc

The hunger and health coalition relieves poverty and hunger for households experiencing economic hardship and food insecurity. we serve low-income and uninsured residents of avery, watauga and ashe counties who are forced to choose between…

Food & Nutrition
8
First Choice Community Health Ctrs

Providing healthcare to the underserved population of Harnett County NC and the surrounding area.

Health
9
Carolina Family Connections

Recruit and train and license foster parents to receive foster children from county government agencies.

Human Services
10
Caramore Community

To empower adults living with severe and persistent mental illness in north carolina with the tools to lead meaningful and independent lives.

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11
Albany County Opportunity Inc

Acap works in partnership with families and communities to empower people to achieve economic self-sufficiency and an improved quality of life.

Human Services
12
Hope Harbor Home Inc

Hope Harbor Home strives to break the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry; the most unlike its peers is United Way of Alexander County. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $1,886,294 · Human ServicesFAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INCAshure Ministry Inc: $233,123 · Human ServicesAshure Ministry IncSIPES ORCHARD HOME: $185,906 · Human ServicesSIPES ORCHARD HOMECOMMUNITY RIDGE DAY CARE CENTER INC: $160,255 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY RIDGE DAY CARE CENTER INCSHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesTHE SALVATION ARMY: $784,501 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYADULT LIFE PROGRAMS INC: $362,360 · OtherADULT LIFE PROGRAMS INCCOUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY INC: $279,833 · OtherCOUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY I…CATAWBA COUNTY COUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS: $269,580 · OtherCATAWBA COUNTY COUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTSCounty of Catawba: $178,371 · OtherCounty of CatawbaCatawba Valley Chapter American Red Cross: $159,534 · OtherCatawba Valley Chapter American Red CrossHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $75,000 · Other+6 more: $114,153 · OtherEXODUS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $460,960 · HealthEXODUS OUTREACH …GREATER HICKORY COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $107,275 · HealthGREATER HICKORY …AIDS LEADERSHIP FOOTHILLS AREA ALLIANCE INC: $107,259 · HealthAIDS LEADERSHIP …THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND INC DBA CATAWBA VALLEY HEALTHCARE: $85,000 · HealthTHE MENTAL HEALT…CHILDRENS ADVOCACY AND PROTECTION CENTER OF CATAWB: $49,547 · HealthCHILDRENS ADVOCA…HEARTS AND HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $30,813 · HealthCATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $202,613 · EducationPATRICK BEAVER LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER INC: $108,950 · Education
Human Services$2,570,578Other$2,223,332Health$840,854Education$311,563

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $1,886,294 over 8y, 40% of budgetEXODUS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC: $460,960 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetADULT LIFE PROGRAMS INC: $362,360 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetCOUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY INC: $279,833 over 4y, 24% of budgetAshure Ministry Inc: $233,123 over 4y, 9.2% of budgetCATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $202,613 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetSIPES ORCHARD HOME: $185,906 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY RIDGE DAY CARE CENTER INC: $160,255 over 6y, 20% of budgetPATRICK BEAVER LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER INC: $108,950 over 7y, 26% of budgetGREATER HICKORY COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY: $107,275 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetAIDS LEADERSHIP FOOTHILLS AREA ALLIANCE INC: $107,259 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetSHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS INC: $105,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE MENTAL HEALTH FUND INC DBA CATAWBA VALLEY HEALTHCARE: $85,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY AND PROTECTION CENTER OF CATAWB: $49,547 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetCALDWELL COUNTY UNITED FUND INC: $48,861 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetHEARTS AND HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $30,813 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ALEXANDER COUNTY: $26,343 over 4y, 20% of budgetHICKORY SOUP KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EXODUS OUTREACH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADULT LIFE PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Ashure Ministry Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATAWBA COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds SIPES ORCHARD HOME ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY RIDGE DAY CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PATRICK BEAVER LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER HICKORY COOPERATIVE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds AIDS LEADERSHIP FOOTHILLS AREA ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SHELTER HOME OF THE FOOTHILLS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND INC DBA CATAWBA VALLEY HEALTHCARE ↗
  • Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS ADVOCACY AND PROTECTION CENTER OF CATAWB ↗
  • Who funds CALDWELL COUNTY UNITED FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS AND HOPE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ALEXANDER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds HICKORY SOUP KITCHEN INC ↗

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.

George Foundation IncNC34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation · Beaver Family Foundation Inc · The Bolick Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Underdown Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Richard M Griffin Sr Family Foundation · Tsh Charitable Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Hambrick Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Catawba County United Way Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catawba County United Way Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 26 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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