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United Way California Capital Region

The UNITED WAY CALIFORNIA CAPITAL REGION was organized to raise funds for the financing of a variety of charitable, not-for-profit health and welfare organizations.

$8.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
88
Grants FY2025
86
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$9,486
Largest grant, FY2025
$6,582,748
Organizations funded a year
86 to 136
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$27M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations United Way California Capital Region funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving82$8.0M6%
FY202486$6.6M12%
FY2023101$6.3M6%
FY2022100$7.2M6%
FY2021123$6.4M21%
FY2020136$2.7M33%
FY2019130$2.8M16%
FY201893$2.7M12%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$29MHuman Services$6.6MHealth$3.7MMembership Benefit$1.5MHousing & Shelter$1.4MAnimals$1.3MFood & Nutrition$1.2MInternational$901kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
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AR
TN
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GA
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Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way California Capital Region$16,067,703541%
Fii - National$3,112,12414%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$1,516,19192%
Chc Creating Healthier Communities$1,421,11881%
Americas Best Local Charities$1,242,30092%
America's Charities$840,74090%
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes$813,94091%
United Way Inc$714,64890%
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services$611,35390%
Weave Inc$467,53291%
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All grantees of United Way California Capital Region by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way California Capital Region$16,067,703541%
Fii - National$3,112,12414%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$1,516,19192%
Chc Creating Healthier Communities$1,421,11881%
Americas Best Local Charities$1,242,30092%
America's Charities$840,74090%
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes$813,94091%
United Way Inc$714,64890%
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services$611,35390%
Weave Inc$467,53291%
Environmental Federation of California Earthshare California$418,355751%
United Way of Fresno and Madera Counties$395,49795%
Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$371,38361%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$344,37780%
Sacramento Children's Home$310,78090%
California Association of Highway Patrolmen Widows and Orphans Trust$306,813812%
United Way of San Diego County$300,10791%
The Center of Praise Ministries$293,7069n/a
Animal Charities of America$292,77134%
Make-A-Wish Northeastern & Central California$291,52491%
Arrowhead United Way$281,64693%
Inland Empire United Way$253,56993%
Childrens Receiving Home of Sacramento$246,54590%
Neighbor to Nation$243,26379%
Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary$225,30697%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Inc$218,39591%
Asian Resources Inc$200,58415%
United Way of Slo County$177,00094%
United Way of San Joaquin County$174,75092%
California Transportation Foundation$163,12498%
Inland Southern California United Way$161,45891%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$150,96060%
United Way of Northern California$149,93593%
American Cancer Society Inc$148,27770%
Saint John's Program for Real Change$143,90890%
United Way of Central Eastern California Dba United Way of Kern County$137,33692%
Capital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc$136,65890%
American Red Cross Capital Region$135,7098n/a
Childrens Med Res Charities of Amer Dba Childrens Med & Res Char of Amer$131,69835%
United Way of the Wine Country$126,74391%
Health & Medical Research Charities of America$124,16032%
The Salvation Army$123,3898n/a
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc$119,24160%
United Way of Monterey County$110,67491%
My Sisters House$107,81891%
Military Family and Veterans Service Organizations of America$100,78832%
Elk Grove Food Bank$100,21590%
Wind Youth Services Inc$100,00290%
California Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation$96,50793%
Cmc Employee Benefit Fund$95,2517n/a
Childrens Charities of America$92,25933%
Bayside Covenant Church Granite Bay Roseville Ca$87,8156n/a
River City Food Bank$85,42990%
The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA$84,70990%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Sacramento Inc$82,87990%
Yolo County Childrens Alliance$81,66212%
United Way of Stanislaus County$79,60371%
Women's Empowerment$78,95291%
Firefighters Burn Institute$77,03591%
Koinonia Foster Homes Inc$75,70370%
Badge of Brothers Inc$75,081858%
Community Link Capital Region$72,64414%
First Baptist Church$72,4457n/a
Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue & Sanctuary Inc$71,30291%
Child Abuse Prevention Council of Sacramento$69,43250%
Cancercure of America- Care Understand Research & End$68,85632%
Meals on Wheels by ACC$68,36580%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Sacramento Area Inc$67,74795%
Poverello House$67,32190%
Feeding the Foothills$66,61670%
Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way$66,54586%
Friends of Front Street Shelter$63,52562%
Central California Food Bank$62,50780%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$59,43890%
Sacramento LGBT Community Center$58,81270%
Yolo Food Bank$58,78280%
United Way of Imperial County$58,06486%
Sacramento Life Center Inc$57,69081%
United Way of Tulare County$57,44461%
Animal Rescue League$52,472721%
Valley Children's Healthcare Foundation$52,46780%
Marjaree Mason Center Inc$51,79070%
La Familia Counseling Center Inc$51,31540%
Wellspring Women's Center$50,59781%
Legal Services of Northern California$50,39880%
California Highway Patrol Explorer Program$45,4064n/a
Bay Area Black United Fund Inc$45,03163%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Sacramento County$42,65061%
Sacramento Municipal Util Dist$42,5424n/a
Asian Community Center of Sacramento Valley Inc Dba Acc Senior Services$41,97050%
Next Move Homeless Services$41,51750%
American Heart Association Inc$41,21840%
Conservation & Preservation Charities of America Dba Conserve Now$39,58432%
United Way of Ventura County Inc$39,28550%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$38,63540%
Food Bank of El Dorado County$38,21060%
Educational Media Foundation$38,20960%
Robla School District$38,0001n/a
Fresno Rescue Mission Inc$37,50760%
Families for Early Autism Treatment Inc$36,318615%
Cold Springs Community Church$35,8315n/a
Stanford Settlement Inc$35,22841%
Kvie Inc$33,83250%
Sun River Church Inc$33,6242n/a
Christian Charities USA$33,51431%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$33,17110%
Charity Without Borders$33,04932%
United Negro College Fund Inc$31,57350%
Bayside of South Sacramento Sacramento Ca$31,0933n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$31,00830%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$30,98640%
Center for Fathers and Families$30,67140%
Ca Highway Patrol Explorer Program 645$29,9905n/a
Valley Children's Hospital$29,98440%
Susan G Komen Northern and Central California Affi$29,3583n/a
Greater Sacramento Urban League$28,88341%
Wild Animals Worldwide$28,28032%
Food Literacy Center$27,39022%
STANFORD YOUTH SOLUTIONS dba STANFORD SIERRA YOUTH & FAMILIES$27,37730%
CARES Community Health$26,20940%
Americas Most Cost Effective Charities$26,16231%
Society for the Blind Inc$25,46740%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25,43210%
Chinese Grace Bible Church$24,8643n/a
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$24,19540%
Phoebe a Hearst Elementary School PTO$23,751113%
NAMI Sacramento$23,44944%
Catholic Service Organizations of America$23,06031%
New Morning Youth and Family Services$22,88311%
Union Gospel Mission$22,10240%
Teaching Everyone Animals Matter$21,69737%
Francis House of Sacramento$21,3483n/a
Jubilare Evangelistic Ministries Inc$20,6464n/a
American River Parkway Foundation Inc$20,34322%
Midtown Covenant Church$20,1802n/a
Evangelical Covenant Church$20,0772n/a
Amador Tuolumne Community Resources$20,003146%
Bbmj Youth Health Sports Camp$19,1393n/a
Juma Ventures Inc$19,06720%
Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Sacramento$18,83731%
Pbsp Cares$18,8182n/a
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$18,67230%
Single Mom Strong Inc$18,24621%
Yolo Wayfarer Center Christian Fourth and Hope$18,24220%
Valley Animal Center$17,86530%
United Way of the Desert$17,79431%
Christian Brothers High School of Sacramento Inc$17,3013n/a
The Dollywood Foundation$16,52110%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno$16,28330%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$16,13120%
Faith Fellowship Community Church$16,1252n/a
Grace Community Church$15,5543n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$15,49820%
Breakthrough T1d$15,22120%
Military Support Groups of America$14,94921%
Macedonia Baptist Church of del Paso Heights California$14,1692n/a
Eskaton Foundation$13,60611%
Mutual Assistance Network of del Paso Heights$13,50910%
Lilliput Children's Services$13,1092n/a
Neighborhood Innovation Project$13,0001n/a
Women Children and Family Service Charities of America$12,51121%
Catholic Charities of Sacramento Inc$12,30020%
Pets for Vets Inc$12,28921%
International Rescue Committee INC$12,13110%
Genesis Apologetics Inc$11,75023%
Heifer Project International$11,58020%
Green Technical Education and Employment$11,29211%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$11,11220%
Kids Chance of California Inc$10,90822%
Black Youth Leadership Project$10,75221%
Roberts Family Development Center$10,7232n/a
Yolo Hospice Inc$10,65020%
Trinity Episcopal Church$10,6221n/a
Alzheimers Aid Society of Northern California Inc$10,56528%
916 Ink$10,53720%
Blythe Cancer Resource Center$10,491210%
Food for People Inc$10,24420%
California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce Foundation$10,00013%
Saint Paul Church of Sacramento$9,7871n/a
The Fallen Linemen Foundation$9,5521n/a
Jesus Culture$7,5961n/a
Sierra Forever Families$7,36910%
Three Sisters Gardens$7,2461n/a
Side By Side$7,01610%
Catholic Charities of Yolo-Solano$7,01210%
Kings United Way$6,83211%
Educate Americathe Education School Support and Scholarship Funds Coalition$6,7901n/a
Marin Humane Society$6,73910%
Antioch Progressive Baptist Church$6,7051n/a
Asambleas de Dios$6,5851n/a
Capital Christian Center$6,5411n/a
Hinds Hospice$6,53010%
Courage Worldwide Inc$6,46413%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assoc Greater Sacramento Chapter$6,4541n/a
Genesis Missionary Baptist Church$6,3201n/a
South Sacramento Christian Center Church$6,2171n/a
Pacific Coast Slavic Baptist Association$6,1881n/a
American Cancer Society$6,0531n/a
St Francis High School$6,0211n/a
Hispanic United Fund Dba Hispanic & Latino Charities of the US & Americas$5,9411n/a
Casa El Dorado$5,89911%
Fresno Bully Rescue Inc$5,85312%
Hope Abides$5,8131n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,78910%
Foster Youth Education Fund$5,77113%
Partners for a Better World Inc$5,57513%
Hallwood Community Church of the Nazarene$5,4091n/a
100 Black Men of Sacramento Inc$5,3571n/a
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc$5,2791n/a
Livingwater Church$5,2031n/a
Suicide Prevention of Yolo County$5,19612%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$5,19310%
Child Action Inc$5,19110%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$5,15210%
Alzheimers and Aging Research Center$5,11713%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$5,08110%
The Links Inc Sacramento Chapter$5,0001n/a
The Filipino Community of Sacramento and Vicinity$5,00019%
Folsom Educational Academy$5,00011%

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

United Way California Capital Region supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 169 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way California Capital Region: $16,067,703 over 5y, 41% of budgetFii - National: $3,112,124 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetChp 11-99 Foundation: $1,516,191 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetChc Creating Healthier Communities: $1,421,118 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAmericas Best Local Charities: $1,242,300 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetAmerica's Charities: $840,740 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetSacramento Loaves & Fishes: $813,940 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $714,648 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSacramento Food Bank & Family Services: $611,353 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWeave Inc: $467,532 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetEnvironmental Federation of California Earthshare California: $418,355 over 7y, 51% of budgetUnited Way of Fresno and Madera Counties: $395,497 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetSacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $371,383 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $344,377 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSacramento Children's Home: $310,780 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia Association of Highway Patrolmen Widows and Orphans Trust: $306,813 over 8y, 12% of budgetUnited Way of San Diego County: $300,107 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetAnimal Charities of America: $292,771 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetMake-A-Wish Northeastern & Central California: $291,524 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetArrowhead United Way: $281,646 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetInland Empire United Way: $253,569 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetChildrens Receiving Home of Sacramento: $246,545 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNeighbor to Nation: $243,263 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetHappy Tails Pet Sanctuary: $225,306 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Inc: $218,395 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetAsian Resources Inc: $200,584 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetUnited Way of Slo County: $177,000 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetUnited Way of San Joaquin County: $174,750 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetCalifornia Transportation Foundation: $163,124 over 9y, 8.0% of budgetInland Southern California United Way: $161,458 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $150,960 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Northern California: $149,935 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $148,277 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSaint John's Program for Real Change: $143,908 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Central Eastern California Dba United Way of Kern County: $137,336 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetCapital Public Radio Fdba Kxpr/Kxjz Inc: $136,658 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetChildrens Med Res Charities of Amer Dba Childrens Med & Res Char of Amer: $131,698 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetUnited Way of the Wine Country: $126,743 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetHealth & Medical Research Charities of America: $124,160 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc: $119,241 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Monterey County: $110,674 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetMy Sisters House: $107,818 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetMilitary Family and Veterans Service Organizations of America: $100,788 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetElk Grove Food Bank: $100,215 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetWind Youth Services Inc: $100,002 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCalifornia Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $96,507 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetChildrens Charities of America: $92,259 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetRiver City Food Bank: $85,429 over 9y, 0.4% 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 169.

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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.

Sacramento Region Community FoundationCA103.1× affinity59 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Teichert Foundation · Federal Employees Support for Cfc Charitable Giving Incorporated · Sierra Health Foundation · Kelly Foundation · Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Sutter Valley Hospitals · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · Give Back 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 California Capital Region

How much does United Way California Capital Region give?
United Way California Capital Region reported 88 grants totaling $8,419,354 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 86 and 136 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does United Way California Capital Region fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (59%), Human Services (13%), Health (7%).
Who are United Way California Capital Region's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way California Capital Region ($16M), Fii - National ($3.1M), Chp 11-99 Foundation ($1.5M).
Does United Way California Capital Region fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Way California Capital Region?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sacramento Region Community Foundation, Teichert Foundation, Federal Employees Support for Cfc Charitable Giving Incorporated.
Where is United Way California Capital Region based?
United Way California Capital Region is based in CA.

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 260 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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