Pennsylvania · Public charity
United Way of Pennsylvania
To champion united way as a leader and partner in building more financially resilient families and thriving communities throughout pennsylvania
- $859k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $188,610
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations United Way of Pennsylvania funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k 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 | 19 | $859k | 42% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $741k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $259k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $48k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $137k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $83k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Mountains United Way | $230,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Union Mission of Latrobe Inc | $188,610 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlisle Cares | $155,740 | 3 | 2% |
| Center for Community Action | $141,736 | 2 | 0% |
| The Lehigh Conference of Churches | $140,114 | 3 | 1% |
| United Way of Lancaster County | $111,167 | 8 | 0% |
| Union Snyder Caa | $110,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Servants to All | $102,204 | 3 | 8% |
| United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley | $93,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of York County | $83,500 | 8 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Pennsylvania 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: Ppl Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · United Way of the Capital Region · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Moses Taylor Foundation Inc · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown
How this is measured
About United Way of Pennsylvania
- How much does United Way of Pennsylvania give?
- United Way of Pennsylvania reported 19 grants totaling $859,410 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Pennsylvania fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (34%), Philanthropy (32%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are United Way of Pennsylvania's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Pocono Mountains United Way ($230k), Union Mission of Latrobe Inc ($189k), Carlisle Cares ($156k).
- Does United Way of Pennsylvania fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Pennsylvania?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ppl Foundation, Firstenergy Foundation, The Cigna Group Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Pennsylvania based?
- United Way of Pennsylvania is based in PA.
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