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First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$62k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
74%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 24
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 74% of the organizations First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving22$62k77%
FY202323$68k74%
FY202224$58kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$43kHuman Services$32kYouth Development$27kCivil Rights$19kArts & Culture$15kRecreation & Sports$12kHealth$10kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IN
PA
CA
WV
VA
MD
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 19 grantees
All grantees of First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$16,50130%
The Martinsburg Rock School$15,000132%
Garrett County Maryland Community Action Committee$6,65020%
Aging & Family Services of Mineral County Inc$5,00010%
Aspire Services Center Inc$3,50011%
Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Resource Ctr Inc$3,00010%
The Martinsburg Initiative Inc$2,50010%
Rim2rim Elite Inc$2,50014%
Garrett Mentors Inc$2,50014%
Tony M Music and Arts Foundation In$2,0001n/a
Friends of Bridgeport Recreation Inc$2,00010%
Reflection House Inc$2,0001n/a
Cindy's Fund Inc$2,00011%
Doleman Black Heritage Museum$1,60010%
Spanish-Speaking Community of Maryland Inc$1,50010%
Special Olympics Inc$1,35010%
Unity Within the Communities Inc$1,2001n/a
Fairness West Virginia Inc$1,00010%
Garrett County Habitat for Humanity Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWest Virginia University Foundation Inc: $16,501 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Martinsburg Rock School: $15,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetGarrett County Maryland Community Action Committee: $6,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAging & Family Services of Mineral County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAspire Services Center Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDomestic Violence Sexual Assault Resource Ctr Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Martinsburg Initiative Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRim2rim Elite Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetGarrett Mentors Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFriends of Bridgeport Recreation Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCindy's Fund Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDoleman Black Heritage Museum: $1,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSpanish-Speaking Community of Maryland Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpecial Olympics Inc: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairness West Virginia Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGarrett County Habitat for Humanity Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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.

Garrett Cooperative Ministry IncMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Garrett Cooperative Ministry Inc · Roy and Gwen Steeley Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

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How do I get to First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc

How much does First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc give?
First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $62,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 24 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Human Services (17%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: West Virginia University Foundation Inc ($17k), The Martinsburg Rock School ($15k), Garrett County Maryland Community Action Committee ($7k).
Does First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Garrett Cooperative Ministry Inc, Roy and Gwen Steeley Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc based?
First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 59 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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