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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 FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$54k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$1.1MEducation$796kFood & Nutrition$418kHealth$406kHousing & Shelter$353kYouth Development$286kEmployment$230kCrime & Legal$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $313,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $346,380 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $32,880 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $260k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $54k
$24,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHATHAM LITERACY COUNCIL$53,800
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS$46,550
CHATHAM COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN$39,500
LOVE CHATHAM$35,000
CORA FOOD PANTRY$32,500
SALVATION ARMY OF CHATHAM COUNTY$24,000
CHATHAM CARES PHARMACY$22,500
CHATHAM TRADES$20,500
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$15,050
CHATHAM COUNTY 4H$12,500
THE LEARNING TRAIL$11,600
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $234k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%NC HOMELESS SHELTERS: $50k → 9%LOVE CHATHAM: $50k → 9%LOVE CHATHAM: $43k → 9%LOVE CHATHAM: $40k → 9%LOVE CHATHAM: $35k → 9%CHATHAM TRANSIT NETWORK: $15k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 29 repeat orgs$392k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
8

Total granted

$3.4M
$392k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+11%

Still filing today

48%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEmploymentHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $241k · revenue +305%
  • CHATHAM TRADES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +109%
  • CHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $227k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHATHAM COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $265k
  • CO
    COUNCIL ON AGING
    one grant, 2019 · $36k
  • CF
    CORA FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Communities in Schools of Chatham County

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Youth Development
2
Chatham Charter School

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
3
Charlotte Community Health Clinic Inc

Provide the highest quality, patient-centered health care services for low-income and other underserved individuals.

Health
4
Chatham Hospital Inc

To support the health and well-being of those we serve through quality, equitable healthcare and to build partnerships within our diverse community.

—
5
Carolina Community Care Inc

The mission of hospice & community care is to give hope, comfort, and compassion to those that need it most. hospice & community care is a nonprofit healthcare organization providing hospice and palliative care to residents of york,…

—
6
Community Health Accreditation Program Inc

Advance the highest quality of home and community-based care.

Health
7
Kids of Chatham Organization Inc

Early childhood development and quality daycare services

—
8
Carolina Family Health Centers Inc

Carolina Family Health Centers, Inc. provides accessible and affordable health care with excellence...where patients come FIRST

—
9
Chatham County Economic Development Corporation

Building on the county's strategic location between the triad and triangle, edc is positioning chatham as the preferred location for emerging growth companies. the policy-driven approach focuses on targeted attraction, retention, and…

Community Improvement
10
Chatham County Group Homes Inc

To provide a normal home life for residents without regard to their disabilities, race, sex, religion, or creed by integrating them into community life whenever possible.

Human Services
11
United Way of Chatham County

The mission of the united way of chatham county is to address the most critical needs of county residents.

Philanthropy
12
Carolina Health Centers Inc

Carolina health centers offers primary care and patient support services to improve health, well-being and quality of life throughout the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chatham County Council On Aging Inc; the most unlike its peers is Sprott Youth Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHATHAM COUNTY: $265,300 · OtherCHATHAM COUNTYSALVATION ARMY T U W: $229,698 · OtherSALVATION ARMY T U WCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC: $226,770 · OtherCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INCCHATHAM COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $189,500 · OtherCHATHAM COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INCIndividual grant recipient: $165,065 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $162,407 · OtherCHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INCSALVATION ARMY: $124,876 · OtherSALVATION ARMYCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $100,792 · OtherCHATHAM CARES PHARMACY: $95,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $88,915 · OtherWEST CHATHAM CARING COMMUNITIES: $84,946 · OtherCORA: $74,000 · Other+13 more: $404,652 · Other+13 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $240,750 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN…CHATHAM COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $121,275 · EducationCHATHAM COUNTY…THE LEARNING TRAIL INC: $118,506 · EducationTHE LEARNING T…CHATHAM CARES COMMUNITY PHARMACY: $175,890 · HealthCHATHAM C…EL FUTURO INC: $79,787 · HealthEL FUTURO…PIEDMONT HEALTH SERVICES INC: $55,010 · HealthPIEDMONT …Love Chatham: $218,696 · Human ServicesCHATHAM TRANSIT NETWORK: $15,000 · Human ServicesCHATHAM TRADES INC: $230,218 · EmploymentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $153,640 · Youth DevelopmentPRESERVING HOME INC: $124,587 · Housing & ShelterSPROTT YOUTH CENTER INC: $4,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$2,211,921Education$480,531Health$310,687Human Services$233,696Employment$230,218Youth Development$153,640Housing & Shelter$124,587Recreation & Sports$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $240,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHATHAM TRADES INC: $230,218 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC: $226,770 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetLove Chatham: $218,696 over 5y, 59% of budgetCHATHAM COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $189,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCHATHAM CARES COMMUNITY PHARMACY: $175,890 over 6y, 38% of budgetCHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $162,407 over 6y, 14% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $153,640 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetPRESERVING HOME INC: $124,587 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCHATHAM COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $121,275 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE LEARNING TRAIL INC: $118,506 over 9y, 34% of budgetWEST CHATHAM CARING COMMUNITIES: $84,946 over 6y, 15% of budgetEL FUTURO INC: $79,787 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPIEDMONT HEALTH SERVICES INC: $55,010 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM TRANSIT NETWORK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChatham Soccer League: $7,168 over 1y, 4.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM TRADES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Love Chatham ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM CARES COMMUNITY PHARMACY ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVING HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING TRAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST CHATHAM CARING COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds EL FUTURO INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM TRANSIT NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Chatham Soccer League ↗
  • Who funds SPROTT YOUTH CENTER INC ↗

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.

Triangle Community Fo…Galloway Ridge IncThe Cannon Foundation…Carolina Meadows IncWren Foundation IncLilly Endowment IncDuke Energy FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC27.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Galloway Ridge Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Carolina Meadows Inc · Wren Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of Chatham County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Chatham County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 37 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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