California · Public charity
United Way of Northern California
To improve lives in northern california by focusing on education, financial stability and health by mobilizing and integrating resources and the caring power of the community.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $542k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations United Way of Northern California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $584k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 33 | $537k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $709k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $414k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $550k | 76% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $1.0M | 77% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $362k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $117k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $544,141 | 5 | 0% |
| The California Wellness Foundation | $251,119 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Health Foundation | $235,435 | 1 | 2% |
| Camp Fire Long-Term Recovery Group dba Camp Fire Collaborative | $190,000 | 1 | 15% |
| True North Housing Alliance Inc Torres Shelter | $163,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Help Central Inc | $127,790 | 4 | 12% |
| Plumas Rural Services Inc | $121,550 | 3 | 1% |
| The Salvation Army World Service Office | $112,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Chico Housing Action Team | $91,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | $81,825 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 87 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($338k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Northern California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 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: North Valley Community Foundation · Community Foundation of the North State · The McConnell Foundation · California Fire Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Dignity Health · Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano · The Ford Family Foundation · Humboldt Area Foundation · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Public Health Institute
How this is measured
About United Way of Northern California
- How much does United Way of Northern California give?
- United Way of Northern California reported 35 itemized grants totaling $542,038, out of $1,410,977 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Northern California fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (70%), Health (9%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are United Way of Northern California's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($544k), The California Wellness Foundation ($251k), Sierra Health Foundation ($235k).
- Does United Way of Northern California fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Northern California?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include North Valley Community Foundation, Community Foundation of the North State, The McConnell Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Northern California based?
- United Way of Northern California is based in CA.
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