California · Public charity
United Way of Merced County
We mobilize the caring power of our community to advance health stability and opportunity for all.
- $675k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $120k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,852
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations United Way of Merced County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 6 | $120k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $23k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $128k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $62k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $60k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $63k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Panchos Mexican Seafood Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prospect Theater Project | $23,450 | 1 | 6% |
| Merced Union High School District | $21,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Merced County | $20,876 | 3 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $20,580 | 3 | n/a |
| Watch Resources Inc | $19,852 | 1 | 1% |
| Lightbox Theatre Company | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center | $18,446 | 3 | 0% |
| South Modesto Businesses Unite | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Merced County Food Bank | $15,844 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Panchos Mexican Seafood Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prospect Theater Project | $23,450 | 1 | 6% |
| Merced Union High School District | $21,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Merced County | $20,876 | 3 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army | $20,580 | 3 | n/a |
| Watch Resources Inc | $19,852 | 1 | 1% |
| Lightbox Theatre Company | $18,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center | $18,446 | 3 | 0% |
| South Modesto Businesses Unite | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Merced County Food Bank | $15,844 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Westside Merced County Inc | $14,260 | 4 | 7% |
| Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced) | $13,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Merced Center for the Performing Arts | $12,196 | 1 | 3% |
| Harvest Time | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing Merced Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Club of Merced County | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Merced County Arts Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Merced Theatre Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fresno | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dos Palos Youth Crisis & Outreach | $9,824 | 2 | n/a |
| Sacred Rok | $9,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Nami Merced County | $8,500 | 1 | 21% |
| Merced Symphony Association | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Discovery Station | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Merced Lao Family Community Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Merced County Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Right Edge Fun & Fitness | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Lifeline Community Development Corporation of Merced County | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Pentecostal Church of God Inc | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Center of Vision Enhancement | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Merced Youth Soccer Association | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Merced Area Crime Stoppers Inc | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cerebral Palsy Assn | $6,036 | 1 | n/a |
| Restore Merced | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Merced Youth Connect | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sharing Love Ministries Romans 129 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Love Inc of Greater Merced | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Marcom Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Merced Co Hispanic Chamber of Commerce | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Haro Bros Boxing Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for Community Transformations | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Merced Rescue Mission | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Merced 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: Community Foundation of Merced County · Stewart Family Foundation · Ccf Community Initiatives Fund · Dignity Health · Hattie Givens Testamentary Trust · The Hatedust Project Inc · Elks Park Scholarship & Charity Fund · Sutter Valley Hospitals · The California Endowment · Impactassetsinc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About United Way of Merced County
- How much does United Way of Merced County give?
- United Way of Merced County reported 6 itemized grants totaling $120,248, out of $675,039 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Merced County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Community Improvement (15%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are United Way of Merced County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Los Panchos Mexican Seafood Inc ($30k), Prospect Theater Project ($23k), Merced Union High School District ($22k).
- Does United Way of Merced County fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Merced County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Merced County, Stewart Family Foundation, Ccf Community Initiatives Fund.
- Where is United Way of Merced County based?
- United Way of Merced County is based in CA.
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