Pennsylvania · Public charity
United Way of Franklin County
To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of franklin county
- $224k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $142k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,266
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $19,436
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations United Way of Franklin County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | $142k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $137k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $138k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $168k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $171k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $133k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $359k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $383k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women in Need Inc | $282,477 | 9 | 3% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro | $281,465 | 9 | 4% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Chambersburg Pa | $177,509 | 8 | 2% |
| Waynesboro Early Learning Center | $159,636 | 9 | 2% |
| South Central Community Action Programs Inc | $156,469 | 9 | 0% |
| First Start Partnerships for Children and Families Inc | $155,924 | 7 | 1% |
| Waynesboro Community & Human Services In | $145,752 | 9 | 7% |
| Occupational Services Inc | $127,202 | 6 | 1% |
| Lincoln Intermediate Unit | $115,251 | 9 | n/a |
| Franklin County Legal Services | $93,491 | 8 | 7% |
Show all 24 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Franklin County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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 Franklin County
- How much does United Way of Franklin County give?
- United Way of Franklin County reported 12 itemized grants totaling $141,518, out of $224,108 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Franklin County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (53%), Crime & Legal (11%), Education (8%).
- Who are United Way of Franklin County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Women in Need Inc ($282k), Young Mens Christian Association of Waynesboro ($281k), Young Men's Christian Association of Chambersburg Pa ($178k).
- Does United Way of Franklin County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Franklin County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, Chambersburg Hospital, The Manitowoc Company Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Franklin County based?
- United Way of Franklin County is based in PA.
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