Delaware · Public charity
United Way of Delaware
The organization's mission is to maximize the community's resources to improve the quality of lives of all delawareans.
- $17M
- Granted FY2021
- 97
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 93
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $5.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $29,019
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $509,519
- Organizations funded a year
- 93 to 169
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 13
- Total assets, FY2021
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations United Way of Delaware funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 93 | $5.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 116 | $6.8M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 163 | $6.6M | 43% |
| FY2018 | 169 | $5.9M | 49% |
| FY2017 | 111 | $4.9M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End Neighborhood House Inc | $2,296,057 | 6 | 10% |
| Children and Families First | $1,363,103 | 5 | 3% |
| Latin American Community Center Inc | $1,317,528 | 6 | 6% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc | $1,278,187 | 5 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $1,146,994 | 5 | n/a |
| Friendship House Inc | $1,015,293 | 6 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Delaware Inc | $934,112 | 6 | 1% |
| Delaware Guidance Services for Children & Youth Inc | $722,073 | 6 | 2% |
| United Grand Imperial Coun Knights of Red Cross of Constantine | $673,449 | 5 | n/a |
| United Way of Southern Chester County | $648,743 | 4 | 20% |
Show all 184 grantees
Plus 80 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Delaware supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 156 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: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Incyte Charitable Giving Foundation · Marmot Foundation · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation · Agilent Technologies Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About United Way of Delaware
- How much does United Way of Delaware give?
- United Way of Delaware reported 97 itemized grants totaling $5,481,751, out of $16,626,730 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 93 and 169 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does United Way of Delaware fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Youth Development (17%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are United Way of Delaware's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: West End Neighborhood House Inc ($2.3M), Children and Families First ($1.4M), Latin American Community Center Inc ($1.3M).
- Does United Way of Delaware fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Delaware?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Longwood Foundation Inc, Laffey-McHugh Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Delaware based?
- United Way of Delaware is based in DE.
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