North Carolina · Public charity
United Way of Lincoln County
The Mission of the United Way of Lincoln is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another.
- $281k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $235k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $465k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Lincoln County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $223k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $211k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $218k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $225k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $286k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte | $251,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln County Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $190,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Lincoln County Coalition Against Child Abuse Inc | $149,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region | $116,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hesed House of Hope Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Gaston Family Health Services Inc | $102,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Gaston Skills Incorporated | $87,171 | 5 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Lincoln County Inc | $72,808 | 3 | 13% |
| Communities in Schools | $72,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Special Olympics North Carolina Inc | $69,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte | $251,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln County Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $190,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Lincoln County Coalition Against Child Abuse Inc | $149,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region | $116,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hesed House of Hope Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Gaston Family Health Services Inc | $102,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Gaston Skills Incorporated | $87,171 | 5 | 1% |
| Communities in Schools of Lincoln County Inc | $72,808 | 3 | 13% |
| Communities in Schools | $72,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Special Olympics North Carolina Inc | $69,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Piedmont Council Inc Boy Scouts of America 420 | $57,950 | 6 | 1% |
| Lincoln County Community Friends Corporation | $55,000 | 5 | n/a |
| United Way of Lincoln County | $41,114 | 5 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $14,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Lincoln County 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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Timken Foundation of Canton · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Lincoln County
- How much does United Way of Lincoln County give?
- United Way of Lincoln County reported 13 itemized grants totaling $235,000, out of $280,769 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Lincoln County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (23%), Human Services (18%), Health (16%).
- Who are United Way of Lincoln County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Charlotte ($251k), Lincoln County Coalition Against Domestic Violence ($190k), Lincoln County Coalition Against Child Abuse Inc ($149k).
- Does United Way of Lincoln County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Lincoln County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Timken Foundation of Canton, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Lincoln County based?
- United Way of Lincoln County is based in NC.
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