North Carolina · Public charity
United Way of Chatham County
The mission of the UNITED WAY OF CHATHAM COUNTY is to address the most critical needs of county residents.
- $346k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $314k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $53,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Chatham County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 11 | $314k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $475k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $353k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $340k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $440k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $723k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $335k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $385k | 6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham County | $265,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities in Schools | $240,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Chatham Trades Inc | $230,218 | 9 | 4% |
| Salvation Army T U W | $229,698 | 6 | n/a |
| Chatham Outreach Alliance Inc | $226,770 | 6 | 2% |
| Love Chatham | $218,696 | 5 | 59% |
| Chatham County Council on Aging Inc | $189,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Chatham Cares Community Pharmacy | $175,890 | 6 | 38% |
| Chatham County Literacy Council Inc | $162,407 | 6 | 14% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Carolina | $153,640 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham County | $265,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities in Schools | $240,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Chatham Trades Inc | $230,218 | 9 | 4% |
| Salvation Army T U W | $229,698 | 6 | n/a |
| Chatham Outreach Alliance Inc | $226,770 | 6 | 2% |
| Love Chatham | $218,696 | 5 | 59% |
| Chatham County Council on Aging Inc | $189,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Chatham Cares Community Pharmacy | $175,890 | 6 | 38% |
| Chatham County Literacy Council Inc | $162,407 | 6 | 14% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Carolina | $153,640 | 6 | 2% |
| Preserving Home Inc | $124,587 | 5 | 2% |
| Chatham County Partnership for Children | $121,275 | 6 | 1% |
| The Learning Trail Inc | $118,506 | 9 | 34% |
| North Carolina State University | $88,915 | 6 | n/a |
| West Chatham Caring Communities | $84,946 | 6 | 15% |
| El Futuro Inc | $79,787 | 8 | 0% |
| Piedmont Health Services Inc | $55,010 | 3 | 0% |
| Chatham Transit Network | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chatham Housing Initiatives | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chatham Soccer League | $7,168 | 1 | 5% |
| Sprott Youth Center Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($947k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Chatham County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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.
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How this is measured
About United Way of Chatham County
- How much does United Way of Chatham County give?
- United Way of Chatham County reported 11 itemized grants totaling $313,500, out of $346,380 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Chatham County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are United Way of Chatham County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chatham County ($265k), Communities in Schools ($241k), Chatham Trades Inc ($230k).
- Does United Way of Chatham County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Chatham County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Galloway Ridge Inc, The Cannon Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Chatham County based?
- United Way of Chatham County is based in NC.
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