South Carolina · Public charity
United Way of Lancaster County Inc
To positively impact lives by mobilizing people and resources in lancaster county with an emphasis on healthy communities, youth opportunities, financial security and community resiliency by partnering with organizations and community members and businesses to fulfill the mission. Uwlc pays special attention to the alice (asset limited,…
- $148k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $128k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,820
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $316k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations United Way of Lancaster County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 10 | $128k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $118k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $230k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $114k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kare | $180,140 | 5 | n/a |
| Hope | $79,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Alston Wilkes Society | $79,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Battered but Not Broken | $57,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Palmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assault | $51,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Lancaster Co of the Arts | $41,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Christian Services | $41,000 | 5 | n/a |
| A Fathers Way | $37,500 | 4 | 2% |
| The Lancaster County Partners for Youth | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lancaster County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership | $29,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kare | $180,140 | 5 | n/a |
| Hope | $79,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Alston Wilkes Society | $79,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Battered but Not Broken | $57,000 | 5 | 9% |
| Palmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assault | $51,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Lancaster Co of the Arts | $41,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Christian Services | $41,000 | 5 | n/a |
| A Fathers Way | $37,500 | 4 | 2% |
| The Lancaster County Partners for Youth | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lancaster County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership | $29,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chester-Lancaster Disabilities & Special Needs Boa | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Safe Passage Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Carolina Community Actions Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of South Carolina - Mountains to Midlands Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Communities in Schools of Lancaster County | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Lancaster County Inc supplied at peak.
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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 Lancaster County Inc
- How much does United Way of Lancaster County Inc give?
- United Way of Lancaster County Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $128,020, out of $147,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Lancaster County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (20%), Arts & Culture (17%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are United Way of Lancaster County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Kare ($180k), Hope ($79k), Alston Wilkes Society ($79k).
- Does United Way of Lancaster County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Lancaster County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Chester County In, Duke Energy Foundation, Nutramax Family Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Lancaster County Inc based?
- United Way of Lancaster County Inc is based in SC.
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