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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 FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$2.3MHealth$1.5MHuman Services$1.3MEducation$699kPublic Safety & Disaster$357kRecreation & Sports$267kReligion$258kPhilanthropy$175kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $408,011, the rows itemized in this filing. The $692,607 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $284,596 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

  • Under $10k6 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $289k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$17,608
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
B&G CLUB OF GREATER GASTON$75,000
GASTON LITERACY COUNCIL$47,000
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH$38,000
CANCER SERVICES OF GASTON COUNTY$30,000
ADULT DAY CARE CENTER$25,000
OTHER GRANTS UNDER 5000$24,403
HEART SOCIETY OF GASTON COUNTY$22,000
DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES$18,000
CHERRYVILLE AREA MINISTRIES$18,000
GASTON HOSPICE INC$17,608
FLYNN FELLOWSHIP HOME$15,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$14,000
GS CAROLINAS PEAKS TO PIEDMONT$10,000
COMMUNITY RELIEF ORGANIZATION$10,000
SOCKS$9,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $473k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, 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%LEAST OF THESE: $8k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $55k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $40k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $35k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $40k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $25k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $35k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $25k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $30k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $25k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $30k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $18k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $28k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $18k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $18k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $17k → 12%DALLAS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $16k → 12%BESSEMER CITY AREA CRISIS CENTER: $9k → 12%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.9M · 26 repeat orgs$183k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
16

Total granted

$6.9M
$183k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+21%

Still filing today

73%
50%

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
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionCrime & LegalArts & CultureOther
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

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +12%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH COM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $692k · revenue +25%
  • HS
    HEART SOCIETY OF GASTON COUNTY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $303k · revenue +1% · 33% of their budget

Funded once

  • BB
    BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRY
    one grant, 2021 · $39k · revenue +16% · 28% of their budget
  • GU
    GRANTS UNDER 5000
    one grant, 2023 · $27k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $12k
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
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.

Philanthropy
2
Union County Crisis Assistance Ministry Inc

The mission of union county crisis assistance ministry is to help families with an urgent financial emergency to meet essential needs and to, once again, become self-sufficient. the primary objective of the crisis intervention program is…

Human Services
3
United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc

The united way of coastal carolina, inc. strives to meet the current and emerging human needs in craven, carteret, jones, and pamlico counties by mobilizing the resources of community organizations, agencies, recipients, and volunteers.

Philanthropy
4
Hope 4 Gaston

The mission is to provide hope and assistance to people in crisis within the community of gaston county by leading a cooperative effort of churches government and businesses to create a communinity that loves your neighbor as yourself.

Human Services
5
United Way of Charlotte County Inc

Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty.

Philanthropy
6
United Way of Greater Chattanooga

Uniting people and resources in building a stronger, healthier community

Philanthropy
7
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
8
Gaston Innovation Group Inc

Gaston Innnovation Group, Inc., dba TechWorks Gaston, was formed for the purpose of improving the socio-economic conditions for citizens of Gaston County, North Carolina, by stimulating job growth through digital inclusion, small business…

Community Improvement
9
Family Promise of Wake County Inc

Moving families at risk of or experiencing homelessness into sustainable, permanent housing in our community through a continuum of support services.

Housing & Shelter
10
Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry

To respond to the growing need in our community by providing immediate assistance to residents of Concord, Kannapolis, and Cabarrus County, NC who are experiencing crisis in the areas of food, shelter or finances while providing them…

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11
Gaston Skills Incorporated

Assist individuals with mental and physical disabilities and their families by offering high quality services with guidance, support and involvement by providing resources to promote their integration into the community through counseling,…

Employment
12
Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc

To build decent affordable housing in partnership with families in need and our communities. To make adequate housing a matter of conscience and action for everyone.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Holy Angels Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bit of Hope Ranch. 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

32 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. 32 of the 43 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS: $1,122,139 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GASGASTON LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $693,437 · OtherGASTON LITERACY COUNCIL INCGASTON COUNTY LEASE: $377,720 · OtherGASTON COUNTY LEASEHOSPICE OF GASTON COUNTY INC: $319,701 · OtherHOSPICE OF GASTON COUNTY INCHEART SOCIETY OF GASTON COUNTY: $302,780 · OtherHEART SOCIETY OF GASTON COUNTYAMERICAN RED CROSS: $268,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSSALVATION ARMY: $267,661 · OtherSALVATION ARMYGS CAROLINAS PEAKS TO PIEDMONT: $267,434 · OtherGS CAROLINAS PEAKS TO PIEDMONTCHERRYVILLE AREA MINISTRIES: $238,040 · OtherPIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 420: $203,538 · Other+18 more: $797,867 · Other+18 moreALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH COM: $692,097 · Human ServicesALLIANCE FOR CHILD…DALLAS-HIGH SHOALS CHRISTIAN SOCIAL MINISTRY INC: $292,360 · Human ServicesDALLAS-HIGH SHOALS…BESSEMER CITY CRISIS CENTER: $172,372 · Human ServicesBESSEMER CITY CRIS…+1 more: $8,000 · Human ServicesCANCER SERVICES OF GASTON CTY INC: $504,742 · HealthCANCER SERVI…THE ARC OF GASTON COUNTY INC: $166,390 · HealthTHE ARC OF G…THE FLYNN FELLOWSHIP HOME OF GASTONIA INC: $150,002 · HealthTHE FLYNN FE…UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $89,779 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $47,691 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Cleveland County Inc: $25,694 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,093 · PhilanthropyALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY PENALTIES: $138,800 · Crime & LegalBOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRY: $39,221 · Food & NutritionBACKPACK WEEKEND FOOD PROGRAM INC: $22,184 · Food & NutritionGASTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $7,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,858,317Human Services$1,164,829Health$821,134Philanthropy$168,257Crime & Legal$138,800Food & Nutrition$61,405Arts & Culture$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS: $1,122,139 over 9y, 13% of budgetGASTON LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $693,437 over 9y, 30% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH COM: $692,097 over 9y, 23% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF GASTON CTY INC: $504,742 over 9y, 22% of budgetHOSPICE OF GASTON COUNTY INC: $319,701 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetHEART SOCIETY OF GASTON COUNTY: $302,780 over 8y, 33% of budgetDALLAS-HIGH SHOALS CHRISTIAN SOCIAL MINISTRY INC: $292,360 over 9y, 34% of budgetPIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 420: $203,538 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetBESSEMER CITY CRISIS CENTER: $172,372 over 8y, 19% of budgetTHE ARC OF GASTON COUNTY INC: $166,390 over 9y, 42% of budgetServing Our Community With Kindness In Springwood: $160,216 over 9y, 33% of budgetCommunity Relief Organization of Mt Holly NC: $150,854 over 9y, 15% of budgetTHE FLYNN FELLOWSHIP HOME OF GASTONIA INC: $150,002 over 9y, 19% of budgetALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY PENALTIES: $138,800 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGaston County Family YMCA: $128,380 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $89,779 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $47,691 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRY: $39,221 over 1y, 28% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $33,709 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Cleveland County Inc: $25,694 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBACKPACK WEEKEND FOOD PROGRAM INC: $22,184 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE HOPE YOUTH NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc: $8,744 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOLY ANGELS INC: $8,293 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLeast of These Carolinas: $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGASTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $7,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCATHERINE'S HOUSE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUnited Way of York County SC: $6,931 over 1y, 0.4% 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 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER GAS ↗
  • Who funds GASTON LITERACY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH COM ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SERVICES OF GASTON CTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF GASTON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART SOCIETY OF GASTON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS-HIGH SHOALS CHRISTIAN SOCIAL MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds PIEDMONT COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 420 ↗
  • Who funds BESSEMER CITY CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF GASTON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Serving Our Community With Kindness In Springwood ↗
  • Who funds Community Relief Organization of Mt Holly NC ↗
  • Who funds THE FLYNN FELLOWSHIP HOME OF GASTONIA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY PENALTIES ↗
  • Who funds Gaston County Family YMCA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Cleveland County Inc ↗
  • Who funds BACKPACK WEEKEND FOOD PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE YOUTH NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Gaston County Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOLY ANGELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Least of These Carolinas ↗
  • Who funds GASTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CATHERINE'S HOUSE ↗

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.

Gaston Community Foun…The Carrie E and Lena…Duke Energy FoundationUnited Way of Greater…Foundation for the Ca…Associated Foundation…Stephen L Cornwell Fo…Publix Super Markets …The Bank of America C…The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…
Gaston Community FoundationNC44.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Gaston County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Gaston County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 43 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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