Tennessee · Public charity
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc
Uwgk unites people and resources to strengthen communities and solve systemic issues
- $741k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 93
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $675k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $41,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 50 to 93
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $34M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc 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; $270k 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 | 16 | $675k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 93 | $7.7M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 74 | $8.5M | 24% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $9.2M | 23% |
| FY2021 | 69 | $7.6M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 50 | $3.2M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 73 | $7.0M | 11% |
| FY2018 | 83 | $10M | 37% |
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 & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall | $5,335,067 | 8 | 10% |
| Helen Ross McNabb Center Inc | $4,000,139 | 8 | 2% |
| The Young Women's Christian Association | $3,197,522 | 9 | 25% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of East Tennessee Inc | $2,605,530 | 9 | 4% |
| Knoxville-Knox County Council on Aging | $2,509,924 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc | $2,122,150 | 9 | 13% |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | $1,962,729 | 9 | 14% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee | $1,630,723 | 9 | 1% |
| American Red Cross-Knoxville Area | $1,537,691 | 8 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $1,516,382 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 150 grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 125 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: East Tennessee Foundation · Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Akima Club Inc · Lawson Family Foundation · The Clayton Homes Foundation · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · Thompson Charitable Foundation · Stowers Machinery Foundation Inc · Gene & Florence Monday Foundation Inc · Variety of Eastern Tennessee · The Melrose Foundation
How this is measured
Compare United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc with peer funders
About United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc
- How much does United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc give?
- United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $675,000, out of $740,965 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 93 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Youth Development (18%), Health (17%).
- Who are United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall ($5.3M), Helen Ross McNabb Center Inc ($4.0M), The Young Women's Christian Association ($3.2M).
- Does United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Tennessee Foundation, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee, Haslam Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc based?
- United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc is based in TN.
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