Tennessee · Public charity
United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc
Mission: to improve lives. Uwgk mobilizes our community to action by addressing local health and human service needs. Vision: a community where everyone has an opportunity to thrive.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2025
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,796
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $166,712
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 3% of the organizations United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 38 | $1.8M | 3% |
| FY2024 | 39 | $2.1M | 3% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $2.2M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $2.3M | 3% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $2.3M | 5% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $2.6M | 7% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $2.9M | 2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Health | $1,934,619 | 9 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated of Kingsport | $1,529,347 | 9 | 42% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport Inc | $1,471,727 | 9 | 21% |
| United Way of East Tennessee Highlands Inc | $1,347,436 | 9 | 17% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,131,646 | 9 | 0% |
| Kingsport Child Development Center | $1,033,676 | 9 | 20% |
| Meals on Wheels of Kingsport Inc | $1,028,822 | 9 | 67% |
| Eo Companies | $935,702 | 9 | 6% |
| Friends in Need Health Center Inc | $883,891 | 9 | 16% |
| Salvation Army | $877,164 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 54 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 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
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About United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc
- How much does United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc give?
- United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc reported 38 grants totaling $1,841,585 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (23%), Youth Development (18%), Health (18%).
- Who are United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Frontier Health ($1.9M), Girls Incorporated of Kingsport ($1.5M), Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport Inc ($1.5M).
- Does United Way of Greater Kingsport 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 Greater Kingsport Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Speedway Children's Charities, United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc, The James and Laura Rogers Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc based?
- United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc is based in TN.
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