North Carolina · Public charity
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc
We mobilize and support a robust network of people, partners, and resources to co-create opportunities for every person in our community to live free from poverty and injustice.
- $4.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,557,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $3.4M | 75% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $200k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 31 | $904k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $909k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $1.6M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $1.8M | 2% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church | $1,557,800 | 1 | n/a |
| YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc | $715,773 | 6 | 5% |
| Pisgah Legal Services | $621,020 | 6 | 3% |
| Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc | $489,374 | 6 | 2% |
| Helpmate Inc | $434,952 | 6 | 7% |
| Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Western North Carolina Inc | $346,571 | 6 | 8% |
| Asheville City Schools Foundation Inc | $338,072 | 6 | 7% |
| Verner Inc | $336,855 | 6 | 2% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $332,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Western North Carolina | $327,131 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 84 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Dogwood Health Trust · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Manna Food Bank Inc · Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · Mission Hospital Inc · Pisgah Health Foundation · The Hedrick Family Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Impact Health
How this is measured
Compare United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc with peer funders
About United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc
- How much does United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc give?
- United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $3,395,824, out of $4,732,376 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Human Services (27%), Education (11%).
- Who are United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church ($1.6M), YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina Inc ($716k), Pisgah Legal Services ($621k).
- Does United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dogwood Health Trust, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Wnc Bridge Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc based?
- United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc is based in NC.
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