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United Way Association of South Carolina Inc

The mission of united way association of south carolina is to maximize the capacity and effectiveness of local united ways and to provide leadership on issues of significance to the united way system.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
5%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$147,763
Largest grant, FY2024
$533,185
Organizations funded a year
16 to 52
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$3.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 5% of the organizations United Way Association of South Carolina Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthCrime & LegalOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving23$4.2M9%
FY202320$6.0M5%
FY202252$14M46%
FY202130$3.3M33%
FY202020$2.8M30%
FY201919$2.5M21%
FY201816$2.5M19%
FY201722$3.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$10.0MEducation$7.6MHuman Services$7.0MHealth$3.9MCommunity Improvement$2.5MEnvironment$2.0MPublic Benefit$1.9MCrime & Legal$1.2MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 71 grantees
All grantees of United Way Association of South Carolina Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
City Year Inc$2,998,54980%
United Way of Greenville County Inc$2,709,71284%
Trident United Way$2,363,986813%
United Way of Anderson County$2,268,884821%
United Way of the Lowcountry$2,127,180653%
Black River United Way Inc$1,905,355840%
Palmetto Trail$1,766,061828%
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees$1,550,77851%
United Way of Sumter Clarendon and Lee Counties Inc$1,541,003856%
Reading Partners$1,271,57841%
United Way of the Piedmont Inc$1,204,03983%
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development$1,000,000125%
United Way of Kershaw County$938,115417%
United Way of the Midlands$853,31161%
United Way of the Lakelands$724,960250%
Mental Health America of Greenville County Inc$691,953713%
South Carolina Free Clinic Assoc$679,306263%
South Carolina Legal Services$650,00015%
Healthy Learners$649,948511%
Able South Carolina Inc$615,69144%
United Way of Pickens County$602,200233%
Furman University$581,48350%
Spartanburg School Dist 7$518,6805n/a
Anderson Interfaith Ministries$505,25134%
Taking the City Community Development Corporation$500,0001n/a
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$500,0001n/a
Pattison's Academy for Comprehensive Edu Cation$483,2754n/a
Teach for America Inc$481,82670%
United Way of Aiken County Inc$434,207312%
The St Bernard Project Inc$428,14221%
United Way of Laurens County Inc$355,896189%
Barnwell County United Way$312,700175%
United Way of Florence County$292,770228%
Indian Waters Council Boy Scouts of America Inc$258,47137%
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center$250,000115%
Marion County Long Term Recovery$250,000154%
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education$226,3013n/a
Lancaster County School District$203,5403n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Crescent Region$194,598236%
Root & Rebound$190,00014%
Sustainability Institute$187,284314%
Limitless Community Development Corp$150,000150%
One-Eighty Place$150,00011%
Medical University of South Carolina$128,6381n/a
Lancaster County School District$119,2621n/a
United Way of Chesterfield County Inc$107,900247%
Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault$100,00012%
United Way of Chester County Inc$100,00013%
United Way of Oconee County Inc$100,000117%
United Way of Lancaster County$100,00011%
The Brookland Foundation$98,000120%
Claflin University$89,50110%
United Way of Horry County Inc$76,57135%
Brookland Center for Community Economic Change$59,18012%
Multiplying Good Inc$45,01121%
Communities in Schools of South Carolina$44,59111%
Impact America$40,50612%
Neighbor to Neighbor of South Carolina Inc$36,098110%
Community Initiatives$31,43920%
The Samaritan House of Orangeburg County Inc$30,00015%
Faith Works Internationalministries$29,5311n/a
Georgetown County$25,1581n/a
Fairfield County Council on Aging$20,00012%
Marion County$17,4601n/a
Mission Lexington$17,29012%
Together Sc$14,29413%
South Carolina Conference$12,2491n/a
United Way of York County SC$7,79921%
Hope Center for Children$6,63310%
Marlboro County Branch NAACP$6,0001n/a
United Fund of Dillon County Inc$5,60018%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way Association of South Carolina Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCity Year Inc: $2,998,549 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Greenville County Inc: $2,709,712 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetTrident United Way: $2,363,986 over 8y, 13% of budgetUnited Way of Anderson County: $2,268,884 over 8y, 21% of budgetUnited Way of the Lowcountry: $2,127,180 over 6y, 53% of budgetBlack River United Way Inc: $1,905,355 over 8y, 40% of budgetPalmetto Trail: $1,766,061 over 8y, 28% of budgetSouth Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Board of Trustees: $1,550,778 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetUnited Way of Sumter Clarendon and Lee Counties Inc: $1,541,003 over 8y, 56% of budgetReading Partners: $1,271,578 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way of the Piedmont Inc: $1,204,039 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Association for Community Economic Development: $1,000,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetUnited Way of Kershaw County: $938,115 over 4y, 17% of budgetUnited Way of the Midlands: $853,311 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetUnited Way of the Lakelands: $724,960 over 2y, 50% of budgetMental Health America of Greenville County Inc: $691,953 over 7y, 13% of budgetSouth Carolina Free Clinic Assoc: $679,306 over 2y, 63% of budgetSouth Carolina Legal Services: $650,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetHealthy Learners: $649,948 over 5y, 11% of budgetAble South Carolina Inc: $615,691 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetUnited Way of Pickens County: $602,200 over 2y, 33% of budgetFurman University: $581,483 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAnderson Interfaith Ministries: $505,251 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $481,826 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Aiken County Inc: $434,207 over 3y, 12% of budgetThe St Bernard Project Inc: $428,142 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way of Laurens County Inc: $355,896 over 1y, 89% of budgetBarnwell County United Way: $312,700 over 1y, 75% of budgetUnited Way of Florence County: $292,770 over 2y, 28% of budgetIndian Waters Council Boy Scouts of America Inc: $258,471 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetSouth Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center: $250,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetMarion County Long Term Recovery: $250,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Crescent Region: $194,598 over 2y, 36% of budgetRoot & Rebound: $190,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetSustainability Institute: $187,284 over 3y, 14% of budgetLimitless Community Development Corp: $150,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetOne-Eighty Place: $150,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUnited Way of Chesterfield County Inc: $107,900 over 2y, 47% of budgetPee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUnited Way of Chester County Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetUnited Way of Oconee County Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetUnited Way of Lancaster County: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Brookland Foundation: $98,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetClaflin University: $89,501 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Horry County Inc: $76,571 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetBrookland Center for Community Economic Change: $59,180 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetMultiplying Good Inc: $45,011 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCommunities in Schools of South Carolina: $44,591 over 1y, 0.9% 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 58.

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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.

Central Carolina Community FoundationSC65.4× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · United Way of the Midlands · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · Trident United Way · Truist Foundation Inc · The Duke Endowment · Foundation for the Carolinas · BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina 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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About United Way Association of South Carolina Inc

How much does United Way Association of South Carolina Inc give?
United Way Association of South Carolina Inc reported 23 grants totaling $4,234,366 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does United Way Association of South Carolina Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (26%), Education (20%), Human Services (18%).
Who are United Way Association of South Carolina Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: City Year Inc ($3.0M), United Way of Greenville County Inc ($2.7M), Trident United Way ($2.4M).
Does United Way Association of South Carolina Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way Association of South Carolina Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc.
Where is United Way Association of South Carolina Inc based?
United Way Association of South Carolina Inc is based in SC.

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 72 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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