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· Public charity

Rowan County United Way Inc

To lead the community by mobilizing resources making a lasting impact for those in need and shape a better future for everyone.

$746k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$127k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$5.0MHealth$1.2MEducation$734kYouth Development$403kPublic Safety & Disaster$320kCommunity Improvement$310kCrime & Legal$200kEmployment$192kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $721,742, the rows itemized in this filing. The $745,843 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $24,101 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

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $146k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $576k
$50,018
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILIES FIRST NC$126,660
ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGAM$118,575
SALVATION ARMY$89,100
ROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES$83,332
FAMILY CRISIS COUNCIL$56,700
CAPSTONE RECOVERY$51,557
ROWAN COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL$50,018
NAZARETH CHILD & FAMILY$40,500
ROWANCABARRUS YMCA$36,450
ROWANSALISBURY SCHOOL$24,300
BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA$20,250
RUFTYHOMES SENOIR CENTER$14,175
MAIN STREET MISSION$10,125
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, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 15%ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAM: $175k → 15%ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAM: $168k → 15%ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAM: $158k → 15%ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAM: $158k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $156k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $141k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $139k → 15%ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAM: $132k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $127k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $125k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $125k → 15%ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGAM: $119k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $82k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $82k → 15%FAMILIES FIRST NC: $77k → 15%COVID-19 - FAMILIES FIRST: $12k → 15%NAZARETH CHILD & FAMILY: $200k → 15%NAZARETH CHILD & FAMILY: $180k → 15%NAZARETH CHILD & FAMILY: $180k → 15%NAZARETH CHILD & FAMILY: $50k → 15%NAZARETH CHILD & FAMILY: $45k → 15%NAZARETH CHILD & FAMILY: $41k → 15%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 24 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
14

Total granted

$9.0M
$290k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+41%

Still filing today

67%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionEmploymentHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FF
    FAMILIES FIRST-NC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +40%
  • OL
    ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $908k · revenue +94% · 81% of their budget
  • FC
    FAMILY CRISIS COUNCIL OF ROWAN INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $763k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $66k
  • CR
    COVID-19 RELIEF GRANTS
    one grant, 2020 · $59k
  • CG
    CI GRANT-CAPSTONE RECOVERY
    one grant, 2019 · $47k
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
Rowan Economic Development Council

Promoting economic and industrial development in rowan county, north carolina

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2
Robeson Health Care Corporation

Providing primary health care and professional counseling services to all indviduals who need it.

Health
3
Community Care Clinic of Rowan County Inc

Provides medical, dental and pharmaceutical care to uninsured or underserved rowan county residents using paid and volunteer medical professionals and skilled support staff.

Health
4
Roane County Anti Drug Coalition

To reduce youth substance use; to educate and raise awareness of drug issues; to promote community involvement; and to strengthen community partnerships and prevention strategies in Roane County.

Health
5
Family Promise of Roane County

To help homeless children and their families by providing food, shelter, and support services to help each family find safe and sustainable housing

Human Services
6
Rowan County Chamber of Commerce

Promote the industrial, commercial, agricultural, economic, civic and social welfare of the people of salisbury and rowan county north carolina

Community Improvement
7
Humane Society of Rowan County

To care for and provide homes for unwanted animals and to provide pet food to families in need.

Animals
8
Ruths House

Provide a community owned and operated shelter for a safe haven from domestic violence for women and their children in beaufort county, nc. provide counseling and guidance to allow these women to make decisions about their future.

Crime & Legal
9
Rowan Little League Id 3330202

Provide a program to assist youth in developing qualities of citizenship, discipline, teamwork, sportmanship and physical well-being through organized baseball and softball games. rowan little league is organized under little league…

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10
Robertson County Child Advocacy Cen

Effective prosecution of child abuses, providing therapy and education for the abused, and providing a safe haven for the abused.

Crime & Legal
11
Rowan Growth Partners

To provide relief of poverty, unemployment and underemployment for persons in rowan county caused in part by the substantial job loss related to the downfall of textile manufacturing and other manufacturing industries

Community Improvement
12
Restoration House Wnc

The restoration house wnc seeks to provide a holistic approach to restoring life and hope to the outcasts and others in need of healing who come to us for help.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rowan County Youth Services Bureau Inc; the most unlike its peers is Main Street Mission of China Grove. 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 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROWAN COUNTY NC INC: $1,134,583 · OtherTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROWAN COUNTY NC …THE SALVATION ARMY: $912,853 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYFAMILY CRISIS COUNCIL OF ROWAN INC: $762,550 · OtherFAMILY CRISIS COUNCIL OF ROWAN INCBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CENTRAL NC COUNCIL #416: $403,041 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CENTRAL NC COUNCIL #416THE ARC: $254,178 · OtherTHE ARCRUFTY-HOLMES SENIOR CENTER INC: $237,446 · OtherROWAN-SALISBURY SCHOOL: $165,300 · OtherROWAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC: $158,567 · Other+17 more: $619,871 · Other+17 moreFAMILIES FIRST-NC INC: $1,066,135 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST-NC INCONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC: $907,825 · Human ServicesONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INCNAZARETH CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $695,500 · Human ServicesNAZARETH CHILDREN'S HOME INCROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES: $250,000 · Human ServicesROWAN HELPING MINISTRIESAbundant Living Adult Day Services Inc: $112,271 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ROWAN COUNTY: $285,351 · EducationROWAN COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $261,988 · EducationSMART START ROWAN INC: $95,558 · EducationCAPSTONE RECOVERY CENTER INC: $369,992 · HealthMAIN STREET MISSION OF CHINA GROVE: $320,401 · Community ImprovementROWAN VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC: $191,742 · EmploymentMEALS ON WHEELS OF ROWAN: $76,588 · Food & NutritionBREAD RIOT: $5,250 · Food & Nutrition
Other$4,648,389Human Services$3,031,731Education$642,897Health$369,992Community Improvement$320,401Employment$191,742Food & Nutrition$81,838

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROWAN COUNTY NC INC: $1,134,583 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetFAMILIES FIRST-NC INC: $1,066,135 over 9y, 21% of budgetONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC: $907,825 over 6y, 81% of budgetFAMILY CRISIS COUNCIL OF ROWAN INC: $762,550 over 9y, 19% of budgetNAZARETH CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $695,500 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CENTRAL NC COUNCIL #416: $403,041 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetCAPSTONE RECOVERY CENTER INC: $369,992 over 6y, 35% of budgetMAIN STREET MISSION OF CHINA GROVE: $320,401 over 6y, 27% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ROWAN COUNTY: $285,351 over 6y, 32% of budgetROWAN COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $261,988 over 6y, 38% of budgetROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES: $250,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetRUFTY-HOLMES SENIOR CENTER INC: $237,446 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetROWAN VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC: $191,742 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetROWAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC: $158,567 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetAbundant Living Adult Day Services Inc: $112,271 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF ROWAN: $76,588 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetROWAN COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU INC: $20,626 over 1y, 9.6% 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 THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROWAN COUNTY NC INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FIRST-NC INC ↗
  • Who funds ONE LOVE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CRISIS COUNCIL OF ROWAN INC ↗
  • Who funds NAZARETH CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CENTRAL NC COUNCIL #416 ↗
  • Who funds CAPSTONE RECOVERY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET MISSION OF CHINA GROVE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ROWAN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ROWAN COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds RUFTY-HOLMES SENIOR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROWAN VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ROWAN COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds Abundant Living Adult Day Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMART START ROWAN INC ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF ROWAN ↗
  • Who funds ROWAN COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAD RIOT ↗

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.

Foundation for the Ca…Margaret C Woodson Fo…The Cannon Foundation…Joe L & Hester Sims F…Novant Health IncDuke Energy FoundationClifford a & Lillian …The Wilson L Smith Fa…Rowan Regional Medica…The Hurley-Trammell F…Mariam & Robert Hayes…Raymond James Charita…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC36.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Margaret C Woodson Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Joe L & Hester Sims Family Foundation · Novant Health Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Clifford a & Lillian C Peeler Foundation Inc · The Wilson L Smith Family Foundation the Smith Foundation · Rowan Regional Medical Center Inc · The Hurley-Trammell Foundation · Mariam & Robert Hayes Charitable Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%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 · 0–50%
    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 38 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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