North Carolina · Public charity
United Way of Gaston County Inc
To be a community solutions leader that mobilizes the caring power of the community, to measurably address needs and improve lives by making every contribution count.
- $693k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $408k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,608
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations United Way of Gaston County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 19 | $408k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $411k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $612k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $635k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $797k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $1.0M | 4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gas | $1,122,139 | 9 | 13% |
| Gaston Literacy Council Inc | $693,437 | 9 | 30% |
| Alliance for Children and Youth Com | $692,097 | 9 | 23% |
| Cancer Services of Gaston Cty Inc | $504,742 | 9 | 22% |
| Gaston County Lease | $377,720 | 9 | n/a |
| Hospice of Gaston County Inc | $319,701 | 9 | 1% |
| Heart Society of Gaston County | $302,780 | 8 | 33% |
| Dallas-High Shoals Christian Social Ministry Inc | $292,360 | 9 | 34% |
| American Red Cross | $268,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $267,661 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($273k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Gaston County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 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: Gaston Community Foundation · The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Associated Foundation Incorporated · Stephen L Cornwell Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About United Way of Gaston County Inc
- How much does United Way of Gaston County Inc give?
- United Way of Gaston County Inc reported 20 itemized grants totaling $408,011, out of $692,607 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Gaston County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (32%), Health (20%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are United Way of Gaston County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Gas ($1.1M), Gaston Literacy Council Inc ($693k), Alliance for Children and Youth Com ($692k).
- Does United Way of Gaston County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Gaston County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaston Community Foundation, The Carrie E and Lena V Glenn Found, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Gaston County Inc based?
- United Way of Gaston County Inc is based in NC.
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