California · Public charity
United Way of Monterey County
Our Mission is Connecting people, partners, and pathways to improve lives across Monterey County.
- $448k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $373k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $174,827
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of Monterey 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.
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 | 7 | $363k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $8.6M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $38M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $4.6M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $222k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $567k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $363k | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisal Union School District | $475,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc | $339,993 | 4 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Economic Partnership Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey | $192,636 | 2 | n/a |
| Door to Hope | $174,827 | 1 | 3% |
| Goodwill Central Coast | $160,000 | 3 | 0% |
| California American Water | $55,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Action Council of Monterey County Inc | $50,815 | 2 | 1% |
| Mpusd | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Coast Energy Services Inc | $30,603 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisal Union School District | $475,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc | $339,993 | 4 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Economic Partnership Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey | $192,636 | 2 | n/a |
| Door to Hope | $174,827 | 1 | 3% |
| Goodwill Central Coast | $160,000 | 3 | 0% |
| California American Water | $55,450 | 2 | n/a |
| Action Council of Monterey County Inc | $50,815 | 2 | 1% |
| Mpusd | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Coast Energy Services Inc | $30,603 | 1 | n/a |
| Hartnell College Foundation | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midpen Housing Corporation | $22,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lauras Barn Child Care Center | $21,090 | 1 | n/a |
| Seneca Family of Agencies | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Community Advocacy | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Bridges | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Monterey County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Monterey County Unified School District | $9,413 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($54M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Monterey 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: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · The James Irvine Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula · Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation · Sunlight Giving · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Pebble Beach Company Foundation · Dignity Health · The California Endowment
How this is measured
About United Way of Monterey County
- How much does United Way of Monterey County give?
- United Way of Monterey County reported 8 itemized grants totaling $373,430, out of $447,966 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Monterey County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (1%), Community Improvement (1%), Religion (0%).
- Who are United Way of Monterey County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alisal Union School District ($475k), Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc ($340k), Monterey Bay Economic Partnership Inc ($200k).
- Does United Way of Monterey 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 Monterey County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, The James Irvine Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Monterey County based?
- United Way of Monterey County is based in CA.
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