· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WASHINGTON COUNTY CHAMBER FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK | $5,000 |
| SCOTTS RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE BACKPACK PROGRAM | $5,000 |
| OAKLAND YOUTH BASEBALL ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| LANDON'S LIBRARY FBO WGW TOURNAMENT | $5,000 |
| CUMBERLAND SALVATION ARMY | $4,000 |
| ASPIRE SERVICES CENTER | $3,500 |
| UNITED WAY FBO FROSTBURG LUNCH PROGRAM | $3,500 |
| EVERGREEN CENTER FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| THE MARTINSBURG INITIATIVE | $2,500 |
| COMMUNITY MARKETS FOOD BOX PROGRAM | $2,500 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB | $2,500 |
| HOBY MARYLAND LEADERSHIP SEMINAR | $2,500 |
| BLACK OWNED BERKELEY COUNTY | $2,400 |
| EMBASSY THEATRE CORPORATION | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WVWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC3× · 2022–2024 · $17k · revenue -31%
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB3× · 2022–2024 · $17k
- UWUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK2× · 2023–2024 · $10k
Funded once
- TMTHE MARTINSBURG ROCK SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +153% · 32% of their budget
- T1TEAM 1629 GARRETT COALITIONone grant, 2022 · $8k
- AFAGING & FAMILY SERVICES OF MINERAL COUNTY INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +3%
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.
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.
Mountain state justice provides free legal services to low income people in west virginia and assures that low income people have access to the court system.
To help revitalize downtown Martinsburg, WV
To provide quality ambulance service to the residents of marion county, west virginia.
To provide services and advocacy to help empower persons with disabilities to lead self-directed, independent and productive lives in their community.
To provide housing, food and religious counseling for the needy and underprivileged.
Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv
Disability Rights Maryland (DRM) is the only non-profit organization exclusively focused on providing free legal advocacy services to people with all types of disabilities, of all ages and in all settings, statewide.
To assist in the economic revitalization of the historic greenmount avenue commercial district in baltimore city through business development, events and promotions and beautification efforts.
Inspire volunteerism and connect motivated people and businesses to nonprofit organizations leading to stronger communities. our programs connect the right people with the right organizations.
Create opportunities for independence and personal success for people with different abilities in inclusive communities.
To serve the general public as an independent, civic news organization that tells stories of importance to West Virginians about issues and challenges facing their communities.
Promotion of tourism
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 59 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARTINSBURG ROCK SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE ↗
- Who funds AGING & FAMILY SERVICES OF MINERAL COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASPIRE SERVICES CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE CTR INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARTINSBURG INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds RIM2RIM ELITE INC ↗
- Who funds GARRETT MENTORS INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BRIDGEPORT RECREATION INC ↗
- Who funds REFLECTION HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds CINDY'S FUND INC ↗
- Who funds DOLEMAN BLACK HERITAGE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF MARYLAND 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.
Open a dossier: Garrett Cooperative Ministry Inc · Roy and Gwen Steeley Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First United Community Dreams Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Garrett County Maryland Community Action Committee: 32% of income from government
- Spanish-Speaking Community of Maryland Inc: 10% of income from government
How this is measured
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