North Carolina · Public charity
United Way of Forsyth County Inc
United way of forsyth county is a catalyst for strengthening our community by identifying and addressing its most significant needs through alignment of resources and strategic partnerships to achieve measureable, lasting impact.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $54,004
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $325,937
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 38
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations United Way of Forsyth County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 | 29 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $3.7M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $3.5M | 3% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $4.5M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $5.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Women's Christian Association of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County | $2,205,807 | 5 | 36% |
| The Salvation Army | $1,666,583 | 5 | n/a |
| Family Services Inc | $1,641,937 | 5 | 4% |
| Financial Pathways of the Piedmont | $1,159,081 | 5 | 17% |
| Exchange Club Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse of North Carolina Inc | $1,066,279 | 5 | 12% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626) | $864,624 | 5 | 1% |
| Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc | $763,824 | 5 | 0% |
| The Centers for Exceptional Children Inc | $646,347 | 5 | 16% |
| Winston-Salem Urban League | $599,947 | 5 | 8% |
| Legal Aid Society of Northwest Nc | $583,620 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 43 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Forsyth County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 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 Winston-Salem Foundation · Reynolds American Foundation · Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Ta John W and Anna H Hanes Foundation · Shallow Ford Foundation Inc · North Carolina Baptist Hospital · The Leon Levine Foundation · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · James G Hanes Memorial Fund · The Kooken Family Foundation · Twin City Development Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Forsyth County Inc
- How much does United Way of Forsyth County Inc give?
- United Way of Forsyth County Inc reported 29 itemized grants totaling $2,449,593, out of $2,990,891 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 38 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Forsyth County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (57%), Health (16%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are United Way of Forsyth County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Young Women's Christian Association of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County ($2.2M), The Salvation Army ($1.7M), Family Services Inc ($1.6M).
- Does United Way of Forsyth County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Forsyth County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Winston-Salem Foundation, Reynolds American Foundation, Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc.
- Where is United Way of Forsyth County Inc based?
- United Way of Forsyth County Inc is based in NC.
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