Massachusetts · Public charity
United Way of North Central Mass Inc
The mission of uwncm is to create opportunities for a better life through innovative leadership that improves the human condition by mobilizing the caring power of the community. During fiscal year 2024, uwncm funded 37 programs and 29 agencies delivering funding through our network of nonprofits. The goal of the grants we distribute and…
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 60
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,091
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,063,870
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 75
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations United Way of North Central Mass Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k 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 | 58 | $3.3M | 12% |
| FY2024 | 51 | $2.4M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 75 | $2.6M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 53 | $1.3M | 32% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $1.6M | 14% |
| FY2020 | 46 | $1.6M | 24% |
| FY2019 | 47 | $2.0M | 36% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $1.6M | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunities for Hope Inc | $1,812,613 | 9 | 78% |
| Cape Cod Community College | $1,727,573 | 7 | n/a |
| Applewild School Incorporated | $1,327,588 | 9 | 9% |
| City of Leominster | $948,910 | 5 | n/a |
| Athol Young Men's Christian Association and Subsidiary | $734,772 | 9 | 7% |
| Spanish American Center Inc | $601,866 | 9 | 12% |
| Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation Inc | $599,371 | 6 | 16% |
| Making Opportunity Count Inc | $591,541 | 9 | 0% |
| Salvation Army Montachusett A | $588,277 | 9 | n/a |
| North Star Family Services Inc | $357,904 | 9 | 5% |
Show all 139 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($166k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of North Central Mass Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 107 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: Community Foundation of North Central Ma · Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · Rollstone Charitable Foundation Inc · Hometown Bank Community Foundation Inc · Reliant Foundation Inc · George R Wallace Foundation · The Health Foundation of Central Massach · Avidia Charitable Foundation Inc · Greater Lowell Community Foundation Inc · Douglas & Isabelle Crocker Foundation · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · DCU for Kids
How this is measured
Compare United Way of North Central Mass Inc with peer funders
About United Way of North Central Mass Inc
- How much does United Way of North Central Mass Inc give?
- United Way of North Central Mass Inc reported 60 itemized grants totaling $3,345,610, out of $3,733,433 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 75 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of North Central Mass Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (18%), Human Services (18%), Education (16%).
- Who are United Way of North Central Mass Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Opportunities for Hope Inc ($1.8M), Cape Cod Community College ($1.7M), Applewild School Incorporated ($1.3M).
- Does United Way of North Central Mass Inc 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 North Central Mass Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Central Ma, Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, Rollstone Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of North Central Mass Inc based?
- United Way of North Central Mass Inc is based in MA.
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