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United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc

United way uses collective giving to build pathways to economic opportunity for all, primarily through neighborhood-based, grassroots and responsive solutions.continued on schedule o.united way was founded 90 years ago in mecklenburg county as "emergency relief" to help people affected by the great depression through the power of…

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
210
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$39MHealth$23MHousing & Shelter$22MYouth Development$10MEducation$7.8MCommunity Improvement$5.3MCrime & Legal$5.1MCivil Rights$5.0MOther$0
02FY2025 · 210 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 210 grants below total $11,033,511, the rows itemized in this filing. The $11,377,995 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $344,484 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 $10k20 grants · $139k
  • $10k–50k124 grants · $2.9M
  • $50k–250k61 grants · $5.8M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.3M
$31,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSING COLLABORATIVE$1,178,487
CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE$284,207
THE BULB GALLERY$276,631
LAKEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE INC$259,996
CORPORATION FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING$250,736
ADA JENKINS FAMILIES AND CAREERS DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC$241,195
THE LIFE PROJECT OF NORTH CAROLINA$234,132
CROSSROADS CORPORATION$216,996
SALVATION ARMY - CHARLOTTE AREA COMMAND$207,771
RENAISSANCE WEST COMMUNITY INITIATIVE$197,871
DESPIERTA$169,500
CHARLOTTE SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER INC$164,885
OURBRIDGE INC$152,246
UNC CHARLOTTE$146,825
COMMUNITY LINK PROGRAMS OF TRAVELERS AID SOCIETY OF CENTRAL$140,826
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $29.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Union County Crisis Assistance Ministry Inc: $196k → 7%Charlotte Family Housing Inc: $405k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING INC: $306k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING INC: $296k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING INC: $250k → 10%CHARLOTTE FAMILY HOUSING INC: $209k → 10%ADA JENKINS CENTER: $377k → 10%ADA JENKINS CENTER: $354k → 10%Ada Jenkins Center: $353k → 10%ADA JENKINS FAMILIES AND CAREERS DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $290k → 10%ADA JENKINS FAMILIES AND CAREERS DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $241k → 10%ADA JENKINS FAMILIES AND CAREERS DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $235k → 10%ADA JENKINS FAMILIES AND CAREERS DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $205k → 10%Safe Alliance Inc: $717k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $698k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $653k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $623k → 10%YMCA of Greater Charlotte: $579k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $458k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $432k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $392k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $375k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $340k → 10%RAIN INC: $331k → 10%YMCA OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $224k → 10%SAFE ALLIANCE INC: $200k → 10%Crisis Assistance Ministry (Mecklenburg): $573k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY (MECKLENBURG): $514k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY (MECKLENBURG): $496k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY (MECKLENBURG): $446k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY (MECKLENBURG): $283k → 10%CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY (MECKLENBURG): $204k → 10%NC MEDASSIST: $511k → 10%NC MEDASSIST: $449k → 10%NC MedAssist: $446k → 10%NC MEDASSIST: $337k → 10%NC MEDASSIST: $333k → 10%NC MEDASSIST: $277k → 10%Right Moves For Youth Inc: $191k → 10%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH INC: $186k → 10%RIGHT MOVES FOR YOUTH INC: $175k → 10%33181 American Red Cross Western North Carolina Chapter: $789k → 10%33181 AMERICAN RED CROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER: $479k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE: $284k → 10%33181 AMERICAN RED CROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER: $281k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COALITION: $439k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COALITION: $205k → 10%LATIN AMERICAN COALITION: $185k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
CA
MO
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$126M · 323 repeat orgs$5.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

323 repeat relationships: 169 still active in FY2025, 154 since wound down; 37 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

323
148

Total granted

$126M
$4.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+28%

Still filing today

82%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $791k 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 ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SA
    Safe Alliance Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $3.7M · revenue +164%
  • CR
    Care Ring Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +165%
  • CS
    Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.8M · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • FP
    FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES OF NORTH CAROLINA LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $281k
  • CM
    CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG LIBRARY
    one grant, 2021 · $218k
  • FC
    Friendship Community Development Corporation
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -40%
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
North Carolina Empowerment Organization
Civil Rights
2
Carolina Teen Center

Carolina Teen Center is a prevention and education year-round after-school and summer program that services youth and their families. Literacy programs, tutoring, life skills, mentoring, positive peer groups, conflict resolution skills,…

Health
3
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc

The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
4
Affordable Housing for the Carolinas

Helping Carolina residents overcome barriers to affordable housing and increase their quality of life by providing home inspections home repairs and homeowner education to low- and moderate-income households. The organization preserves…

Community Improvement
5
Center for Prevention Services

To promote health and resilience through progressive approaches that integrate evidence-based substance use prevention programming, harm reduction, and multifaceted systems of care.

—
6
Black Child Development Institute-Carolinas

"Advance equity in education and child development for children and families."

Education
7
Community Industry Value Interactionist League

NC CIVIL is a nonprofit community impact organization that develops grassroots approaches to structural disparities. Our mission is to increase resident involvement, improve organization of resources, and help institutions partner…

Youth Development
8
House of Hope Community Development Corporation

The mission of HHCDC is to identify the comprehensive challenges that threaten the well-being of the residents and businesses of Charlotte, build relationships within the community, and develop practical solutions that will improve access…

Employment
9
Refugee Hope Partners Inc

To engage, equip, and encourage our refugee neighbors so that all may thrive.

Human Services
10
Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence Found ation
Health
11
LaunchLKN Inc

LaunchCLT connects founders and mentors to catalyze a viable, sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem in the greater Charlotte region of North Carolina. Our mission is to support the formation and growth of commercial and non-profit…

Employment
12
Charlotte Works

Charlotte works serves job-seekers and businesses by providing resources to develop a skilled workforce that meets employer needs. the organization offers job-search workshops, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and training…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region; the most unlike its peers is Factors of the Seven. 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

430 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 430 of the 511 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.

70
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
144
Early backer (in before they grew)
402/430
Grantees still filing
263/430
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $7,531,881 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYYoung Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc: $4,153,134 · OtherYoung Womens Christian Association of the C…CHILD CARE RESOURCES INC: $3,592,015 · OtherCHILD CARE RESOURCES INCCommunity Link Programs of Travelers Aid Society of Central Carolinas Inc: $2,705,909 · OtherCommunity Link Programs of Travelers Aid So…Council for Childrens Rights Inc: $2,165,366 · OtherMental Health America of Central Carolinas Inc: $1,967,372 · OtherUrban League of Central Carolinas Inc: $1,693,258 · OtherCharlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc: $1,743,623 · Other+67 more: $21,954,296 · Other+67 moreSafe Alliance Inc: $3,723,080 · Human ServicesSafe Alliance IncCrisis Assistance Ministry: $2,725,212 · Human ServicesCrisis Assistance MinistryMedAssist of Mecklenburg DBA NC Medassist: $2,649,993 · Human ServicesMedAssist of Mecklenburg DB…Ada Jenkins Families and Careers Development Center Inc: $2,345,006 · Human ServicesAda Jenkins Families and Ca…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $2,148,898 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,804,351 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross…Charlotte Family Housing: $1,602,633 · Human ServicesCharlotte Family HousingLatin American Coalition: $1,228,929 · Human ServicesUNION COUNTY CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC: $1,121,451 · Human Services+33 more: $10,640,473 · Human Services+33 moreCare Ring Inc: $3,578,253 · HealthCare Ring IncCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $2,842,530 · HealthCharlotte Spe…Hope Haven Inc: $1,872,152 · HealthHope Haven In…CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $1,526,728 · HealthCHARLOTTE COM…Teen Health Connection Inc: $1,393,807 · HealthTeen Health C…Community Health Services of Union County Inc: $774,557 · HealthCommunity Free Clinic Inc: $530,112 · Health+12 more: $2,404,008 · Health+12 moreHousing Collaborative: $6,996,423 · Housing & ShelterHousing Co…Crossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc: $1,345,851 · Housing & ShelterCrossroads…West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition: $439,096 · Housing & ShelterDreamKey Partners Inc: $430,422 · Housing & ShelterUNION-ANSON COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMA: $407,910 · Housing & Shelter+6 more: $1,502,772 · Housing & Shelter+6 moreCommunities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc: $3,413,827 · EducationCommuniti…Renaissance West Community Initiative: $1,869,816 · EducationRenaissan…The Learning Collaborative: $461,739 · EducationE2D Inc E2D Eliminate the Digital Divide: $340,774 · Education+23 more: $4,072,974 · Education+23 moreBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas: $1,573,940 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts Hornets Nest Council: $1,023,159 · Youth DevelopmentBoys and Girls Club of Cabarrus County Inc: $683,652 · Youth DevelopmentLife Project of North Carolina: $547,751 · Youth DevelopmentPromise Youth Development Inc: $416,200 · Youth DevelopmentMoney Magnets Club: $252,515 · Youth DevelopmentYoung Black Leadership Alliance: $246,648 · Youth DevelopmentFreedom School Partners Inc: $245,097 · Youth Development+8 more: $945,657 · Youth DevelopmentLakewood Neighborhood Alliance Inc DBA as Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance: $1,175,125 · Community ImprovementHISTORIC WEST END PARTNERS INC: $483,646 · Community ImprovementFREEDOM COMMUNITIES: $289,976 · Community ImprovementEL PUENTE HISPANO: $269,252 · Community ImprovementSMITHVILLE COMMUNITY COALITION INC: $213,600 · Community ImprovementFriendship Community Development Corporation: $200,000 · Community ImprovementSustain Charlotte Inc: $200,000 · Community ImprovementAPPARO SOLUTIONS INC: $196,250 · Community ImprovementCharlotteEAST: $149,477 · Community Improvement+1 more: $95,000 · Community Improvement
Other$47,506,854Human Services$29,990,026Health$14,922,147Housing & Shelter$11,122,474Education$10,159,130Youth Development$5,934,619Community Improvement$3,272,326

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetHousing Collaborative: $6,996,423 over 5y, 28% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc: $4,153,134 over 9y, 23% of budgetSafe Alliance Inc: $3,723,080 over 7y, 17% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCES INC: $3,592,015 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetCare Ring Inc: $3,578,253 over 9y, 18% of budgetCommunities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc: $3,413,827 over 9y, 8.4% of budgetCharlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc: $2,842,530 over 9y, 22% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $2,725,212 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetCommunity Link Programs of Travelers Aid Society of Central Carolinas Inc: $2,705,909 over 9y, 8.8% of budgetMedAssist of Mecklenburg DBA NC Medassist: $2,649,993 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAda Jenkins Families and Careers Development Center Inc: $2,345,006 over 9y, 19% of budgetCouncil for Childrens Rights Inc: $2,165,366 over 7y, 17% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE: $2,148,898 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMental Health America of Central Carolinas Inc: $1,967,372 over 9y, 32% of budgetHope Haven Inc: $1,872,152 over 7y, 12% of budgetRenaissance West Community Initiative: $1,869,816 over 8y, 16% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,804,351 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCharlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc: $1,743,623 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetUrban League of Central Carolinas Inc: $1,693,258 over 8y, 21% of budgetCharlotte Family Housing: $1,602,633 over 9y, 13% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas: $1,573,940 over 9y, 16% of budgetCHARLOTTE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $1,526,728 over 7y, 9.4% of budgetTeen Health Connection Inc: $1,393,807 over 7y, 14% of budgetCrossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc: $1,345,851 over 9y, 26% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON INC: $1,254,976 over 9y, 13% of budgetMens Shelter of Charlotte Inc: $1,248,641 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetLatin American Coalition: $1,228,929 over 7y, 29% of budgetLakewood Neighborhood Alliance Inc DBA as Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance: $1,175,125 over 8y, 50% of budgetThe Center for Community Transitions: $1,148,089 over 8y, 15% of budgetUNION COUNTY CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC: $1,121,451 over 9y, 31% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC: $1,105,193 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetGirl Scouts Hornets Nest Council: $1,023,159 over 9y, 7.4% of budgetTURNING POINT INC: $998,579 over 9y, 11% of budgetROOF ABOVE INC: $963,213 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS: $857,071 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRAIN Inc: $855,385 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetUnion County Community Shelter: $809,868 over 9y, 11% of budgetCommunity Health Services of Union County Inc: $774,557 over 9y, 21% of budgetTHE RELATIVES INC: $757,554 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetRight Moves for Youth Inc: $727,752 over 5y, 26% of budgetTHE BULB GALLERY: $725,475 over 4y, 16% of budgetA CHILD'S PLACE OF CHARLOTTE INC: $713,656 over 5y, 17% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte: $697,577 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Cabarrus County Inc: $683,652 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA MECKLENBURG COUNTY COUNCIL: $682,304 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $607,571 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLife Project of North Carolina: $547,751 over 3y, 80% of budgetKinderMourn Inc: $534,003 over 8y, 15% 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 Housing Collaborative ↗
  • Who funds Young Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Safe Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Care Ring Inc ↗
  • Who funds Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Crisis Assistance Ministry ↗
  • Who funds Community Link Programs of Travelers Aid Society of Central Carolinas Inc ↗
  • Who funds MedAssist of Mecklenburg DBA NC Medassist ↗
  • Who funds Ada Jenkins Families and Careers Development Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Council for Childrens Rights Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CHARLOTTE ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health America of Central Carolinas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hope Haven Inc ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance West Community Initiative ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Urban League of Central Carolinas Inc ↗
  • Who funds Charlotte Family Housing ↗
  • Who funds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas ↗
  • Who funds CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds Teen Health Connection Inc ↗
  • Who funds Crossroads Corporation for Affordable Housing and Community Development Inc ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Mens Shelter of Charlotte Inc ↗
  • Who funds Latin American Coalition ↗
  • Who funds Lakewood Neighborhood Alliance Inc DBA as Lakeview Neighborhood Alliance ↗
  • Who funds The Center for Community Transitions ↗
  • Who funds UNION COUNTY CRISIS ASSISTANCE MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts Hornets Nest Council ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOF ABOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
  • Who funds RAIN Inc ↗
  • Who funds Union County Community Shelter ↗
  • Who funds Community Health Services of Union County Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE RELATIVES INC ↗

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.

Foundation for the Ca…Merancas Foundation I…The Leon Levine Found…The Presbyterian Hosp…Ally Charitable Found…The Cannon Foundation…Womens Impact FundAlbemarle FoundationSpeedway Children's C…Charlotte Woman's Clu…Duke Energy FoundationPhilip L Van Every Fo…
Foundation for the CarolinasNC153.7× affinity264 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation for the Carolinas · Merancas Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Presbyterian Hospital · Ally Charitable Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Womens Impact Fund · Albemarle Foundation · Speedway Children's Charities · Charlotte Woman's Club First Citizens Bank · Duke Energy Foundation · Philip L Van Every Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    64report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 511 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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