Tennessee · Public charity
United Way of Blount County
Uniting people and resources to build a stronger, healthier, and more accessible community for the benefit of all.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $249,139
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations United Way of Blount County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $262k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $1.7M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.6M | 7% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $1.5M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $1.6M | 11% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $1.5M | 4% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $1.5M | 4% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Ross McNabb Center Inc | $1,995,449 | 8 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall | $1,319,099 | 8 | 2% |
| Haven House | $822,204 | 8 | 30% |
| Blount County Community Action Agency | $669,776 | 8 | 5% |
| Good Neighbors of Blount County | $631,217 | 8 | 31% |
| Family Promise of Blount County | $607,985 | 8 | 24% |
| Legal Aid of East Tennessee | $566,583 | 8 | 1% |
| Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service Inc | $535,584 | 8 | 2% |
| Blount County Children's Advocacy Center Inc | $472,070 | 8 | 7% |
| Blount County Habitat for Humanity | $306,180 | 8 | 4% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Blount County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 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: The Clayton Homes Foundation · East Tennessee Foundation · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · Thompson Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc · United Way Clinch-Powell Valley Inc · Akima Club Inc · United Way of Loudon County Inc · The Melrose Foundation · Gene & Florence Monday Foundation Inc · United Way of Sevier County · Variety of Eastern Tennessee
How this is measured
About United Way of Blount County
- How much does United Way of Blount County give?
- United Way of Blount County reported 27 grants totaling $1,679,979 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Blount County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (32%), Health (23%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are United Way of Blount County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Helen Ross McNabb Center Inc ($2.0M), Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall ($1.3M), Haven House ($822k).
- Does United Way of Blount County fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Blount County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Clayton Homes Foundation, East Tennessee Foundation, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee.
- Where is United Way of Blount County based?
- United Way of Blount County is based in TN.
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