How much does Orange County's United Way give?

Orange County's United Way reported 35 itemized grants totaling $1,656,812, out of $20,234,972 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 137 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Orange County's United Way fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (14%), Health (11%), Education (9%).

Who are Orange County's United Way's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Abrazar Inc ($4.9M), People For Irvine Community Health ($1.5M), Orange County Superintendent of Schools ($1.3M).

Does Orange County's United Way fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Orange County's United Way?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.

Where is Orange County's United Way based?

Orange County's United Way is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Orange County's United Way

To improve lives in orange county by delivering measurable long-term solutions to complex issues in education, financial stability, and housing. Orange county united way (ocuw) is committed to breaking barriers and improving lives for everyone who lives here. Though our key initiatives - united for student success, united for financial…

$20M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 35
Itemized grants FY2025: 137
Organizations funded FY2024: 48%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.7M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $711,500
Organizations funded a year: 34 to 137; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $39M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations Orange County's United Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	34	$1.6M	24%
FY2024	137	$6.8M	48%
FY2023	76	$8.4M	55%
FY2022	34	$2.6M	32%
FY2021	45	$42M	9%
FY2020	42	$2.5M	14%
FY2019	34	$3.0M	18%
FY2018	46	$3.2M	11%

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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$10MHealth$8.1MEducation$6.4MHousing & Shelter$4.6MYouth Development$1.2MFood & Nutrition$932kEmployment$719kReligion$621kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Abrazar Inc	$4,944,412	9	8%
People For Irvine Community Health	$1,511,754	7	26%
Orange County Superintendent of Schools	$1,347,195	7	n/a
Anaheim Union High School District	$1,293,671	9	n/a
Mercy House Living Centers	$1,112,690	8	1%
Community Action Partnership of Orange County	$970,101	9	1%
Anaheim Elementary School District	$894,470	9	n/a
Garden Grove Unified School District	$792,491	9	n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast	$688,750	9	4%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc	$647,247	9	0%

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All grantees of Orange County's United Way by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Abrazar Inc	$4,944,412	9	8%
People For Irvine Community Health	$1,511,754	7	26%
Orange County Superintendent of Schools	$1,347,195	7	n/a
Anaheim Union High School District	$1,293,671	9	n/a
Mercy House Living Centers	$1,112,690	8	1%
Community Action Partnership of Orange County	$970,101	9	1%
Anaheim Elementary School District	$894,470	9	n/a
Garden Grove Unified School District	$792,491	9	n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast	$688,750	9	4%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc	$647,247	9	0%
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation	$569,500	9	1%
Vital Access Care Foundation	$539,500	3	17%
Children's Hospital of Orange County	$539,143	2	0%
Orange County Congregation Community Organization	$527,000	2	47%
Volunteers of America Inc	$525,688	4	n/a
Hope Through Housing Foundation	$519,500	2	5%
Moms Orange County	$519,500	2	16%
Young Men's Christian Association of Orange County	$512,000	2	1%
The Kennedy Commission	$507,000	2	40%
Institute for Healthcare Advancement	$507,000	2	12%
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center	$465,250	2	0%
Sacred Path Indigenous Wellness Center	$427,637	1	21%
Families Forward	$406,500	5	2%
Second Baptist Church	$397,500	3	n/a
The Cambodian Family	$397,500	3	4%
Shanti Orange County	$397,500	3	7%
Coalition of Oc Community Clinics	$390,000	3	2%
Project Hope Alliance	$390,000	5	5%
Illumination Institute	$390,000	3	24%
Santa Ana Unified School District Public Facilities Corporation	$380,050	5	1%
Pacific Islander Health Partnership	$377,500	3	14%
Good Hands Foundation	$361,000	9	86%
Child Guidance Center Inc	$325,000	3	3%
Alzheimer's Orange County	$320,550	5	2%
Chrysalis Center	$306,516	4	0%
The Salvation Army	$290,053	3	n/a
Charitable Ventures of Orange County	$289,500	7	1%
Alianza Translatinx	$282,500	2	10%
Serving People In Need Inc	$275,000	4	7%
Abound Food Care	$250,000	2	6%
Access California Services	$245,166	3	3%
Girls Incorporated of Orange County	$238,000	6	4%
Serving Kids Hope	$236,500	2	17%
Children and Families Commission	$202,480	4	n/a
Women Helping Women	$188,344	3	6%
United American Indian Involvement Inc	$187,500	3	1%
Community Health Initiative of Oc	$173,677	9	3%
Working Wardrobes For A New Start	$165,000	1	n/a
Family Assistance Ministries	$152,618	5	1%
Roadtrip Nation Ltd	$146,715	5	1%
University of California Irvine Foundation	$144,750	4	0%
Segerstrom Center for the Arts	$143,268	7	0%
The Translatin Coalition	$140,000	2	1%
Huntington Beach Union High School District Financing Corporation	$137,502	7	n/a
Pure Game	$123,400	6	5%
Friendship Shelter Inc	$122,151	6	1%
Vital Link Education- Business Consortium	$121,457	3	6%
La Habra City School District	$117,245	3	n/a
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation	$116,250	3	0%
Girl Scouts of Orange County	$111,250	6	0%
Lestonnac Free Clinic	$100,000	2	3%
Providence Speech and Hearing Center	$100,000	3	0%
Love 2 Yeu	$89,956	2	33%
Latino Health Access	$82,500	3	2%
Orange County Amazing Grace Ministries Dba Soulrapha	$69,500	2	18%
Hope Community Services Inc	$69,500	2	0%
Arab American Civic Council	$69,500	2	7%
Cancer Kinship	$67,000	2	29%
Santiago de Compostela Church	$64,852	3	n/a
Haitian Bridge Alliance	$64,500	2	1%
National Action Network Orange County	$64,500	2	n/a
Peace and Justice Law Center	$64,500	2	17%
Grace Social and Medical Services Inc	$64,500	2	4%
Qazizada Multicultural Therapy Clinic	$64,500	2	30%
Caravan 4 Justice	$64,500	2	n/a
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander	$64,500	2	0%
Oak Health Foundation	$62,500	2	11%
Saahas for Cause	$62,000	2	4%
La Habra Collaborative	$62,000	2	n/a
Marshallese Youth of Orange County	$62,000	2	13%
Pathways of Hope	$58,630	3	1%
Coastline Community College Foundation	$58,189	5	4%
Kingdom Causes Inc City Net Bedrock Creek	$57,800	3	1%
Viet-Care Vietnamese Community Actions for Resources And	$57,000	2	88%
Zocalo Inc	$57,000	2	47%
The Enlightened Mentor Corp	$57,000	2	13%
Share Our Selves Corporation	$53,000	3	0%
Wiseplace	$52,000	4	1%
Centro Cultural de Mexico En El Condado de Orange	$50,000	2	6%
HANDS Together A Center for Children	$47,666	5	1%
Special Service for Groups Inc	$47,500	1	0%
Laguna Woods Village PC Club	$46,000	2	32%
Dayle Mcintosh Center for the Disabled	$45,166	2	1%
Goodwill Industries of Orange County California	$44,166	2	0%
Westminster School District Foun for Excellence in Education	$41,595	6	n/a
Her Story Inc	$40,000	2	13%
Community Partners	$40,000	2	0%
Poverty Stoplight USA	$40,000	1	n/a
Csu Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation	$40,000	2	0%
Serve the People Inc	$40,000	2	0%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Garden Grove Inc	$39,336	1	0%
Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange a Corporation Sole	$39,000	2	n/a
Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center Inc	$38,500	2	1%
Waymakers	$35,000	2	0%
Laguna Beach Community Clinic	$35,000	2	1%
Womens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures	$35,000	2	1%
Casa Youth Shelter	$35,000	2	2%
Community Seniorserv Inc	$35,000	2	0%
Abiding Savior Lutheran Church	$34,000	3	n/a
Coast Community College District	$34,000	2	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine	$32,500	3	n/a
Acacia Adult Day Services	$30,000	2	1%
Irvine Adult Day Health Services Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Age Well Senior Services Inc	$30,000	2	0%
Saint Kilian Catholic Church	$29,500	3	n/a
American Family Housing	$29,130	1	0%
Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce	$28,885	2	3%
Multi Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies	$25,166	1	0%
Operation Clean Slate	$23,925	1	14%
Korean Community Services Inc	$22,666	1	0%
Orange County Business Council	$22,500	1	1%
Parent Institute for Quality Education Inc	$21,000	1	0%
Willow International Everfree	$20,000	1	n/a
Faces of Mankind	$19,890	2	16%
Kidworks Community Development Corp	$19,333	2	0%
Southland Integrated Services Inc	$17,500	2	0%
Chapman University	$17,500	2	0%
OMID Multicultural Institute for Development	$17,500	2	1%
Creer Communidad y Familia	$17,500	2	10%
Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County	$16,166	1	1%
International Sanctuary	$15,000	1	2%
Building Skills Partnership	$15,000	2	0%
Homeaid America Inc	$15,000	2	1%
Capistrano Unified School District School Facilities Corporation	$15,000	1	1%
National Academy of Sciences	$12,939	1	0%
Orangewood Foundation	$12,575	1	0%
I-5 Freedom Network	$12,000	1	6%
Laura's House	$10,000	1	0%
Colette's Children's Home Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Straight Talk Clinic Inc	$10,000	1	1%
County of Orange	$10,000	1	n/a
Human Options Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Fieldstone Leadership Network	$10,000	1	n/a
UNIDOS South OC Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Orange County Family Justice Center Foundation	$7,500	1	1%
Sonrise Community Christian Ch	$7,500	1	n/a
Cor Community Development Corp	$7,500	1	1%
American Academy of Pediatrics Distric IX Chater IV	$7,500	1	2%
Promotores de Salud de OC	$7,500	1	21%
Vision y Compromiso	$7,500	1	0%
Mercy Health	$7,500	1	2%
Poppy Life Care Foundation Inc	$7,500	1	79%
American Lung Association	$7,500	1	0%
Vietnamese Language Access-Assistance	$7,500	1	n/a
Council on Aging - Southern California	$7,500	1	0%
Orange County Chinese Community Service	$7,500	1	n/a
Peer Voices United	$7,500	1	2%
Sabil USA	$7,500	1	1%
Families Forward Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Integrated Solutions 360	$7,500	1	4%
Oc United Together	$7,500	1	0%
Orange County Childrens Therapeutic Arts Center	$7,500	1	0%
Mariposa Women and Family Center	$7,500	1	0%
Orange County Association for Mental Health	$7,500	1	0%
Ektaa Center	$7,500	1	5%
America on Track	$7,500	1	0%
Delhi Center	$7,500	1	1%
Higher Ground Youth and Family Services Inc	$7,500	1	0%
South Coast Chinese Cultural Association	$7,500	1	0%
Net Family Support	$7,500	1	6%
Dwelling Place Anaheim	$7,500	1	n/a
Kherut	$7,500	1	1%
Viet Rainbow of Orange County	$7,500	1	25%
The Eli Home Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development	$7,500	1	1%
Walking Shield Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Orange Unified Public Schools Foundation	$7,500	1	9%
Boat People Sos Inc Center for Community Advancement	$7,500	1	n/a
The African Methodist Epsicopal Church Incorporated	$7,500	1	n/a
Southern California Youth Engagement Association	$7,500	1	n/a
Chinese Christian Herald Crusades Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Olive Community Services Inc	$7,500	1	2%
Latino Muslim Unity	$7,500	1	n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach	$7,500	1	0%
We Are Groundswell	$7,500	1	0%
Sakya Community Service Center	$7,500	1	14%
Tiyya Foundation Inc	$7,500	1	1%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Cuautla Los Hijos Ausentes Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Wellness and Prevention Foundation	$7,500	1	1%
Break Every Chain Foundation Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Horse Nation Inc Dba Free Rein Foundation	$7,500	1	3%
Lutheran Social Services of Southern California	$7,500	1	0%
Vanguard University of So Cal	$7,500	1	0%
New Hope Presbyterian Church	$7,500	1	n/a
Saint Kilian Church	$7,000	1	n/a
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour of San Clemente	$6,000	1	n/a
Foster Greatness	$6,000	1	n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($40M), not named here.

Orange County's United Way supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 159 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 159.

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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.

Orange County Community FoundationCA115.7× affinity88 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · O L Halsell Foundation · Charitable Ventures of Orange County · Oneoc · St Joseph Health System Foundation · Weingart Foundation · Samueli Foundation · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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.

Compare Orange County's United Way with peer funders

About Orange County's United Way

How much does Orange County's United Way give?: Orange County's United Way reported 35 itemized grants totaling $1,656,812, out of $20,234,972 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 137 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Orange County's United Way fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (14%), Health (11%), Education (9%).
Who are Orange County's United Way's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Abrazar Inc ($4.9M), People For Irvine Community Health ($1.5M), Orange County Superintendent of Schools ($1.3M).
Does Orange County's United Way fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Orange County's United Way?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Where is Orange County's United Way based?: Orange County's United Way is based in CA.