South Carolina · Public charity
United Way of Pickens County
The mission of the UNITED WAY OF PICKENS COUNTY is to optimize the organized capacity of people to care for another with the vision to lead pickens county in creating and developing talents and resources to enhance the quality of life for individuals, families and the community.
- $99k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $80k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,703
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $21,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations United Way of Pickens County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 6 | $80k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $32k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $353k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $234k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $239k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $216k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $299k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickens County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership | $149,746 | 7 | 13% |
| Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc | $122,232 | 7 | 6% |
| Upstate Warrior Solution Inc | $72,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Family Promise of Pickens County Inc | $71,000 | 6 | 13% |
| United Christian Ministries | $65,238 | 7 | 5% |
| Samaritan Health Clinic of Pickens County | $63,488 | 7 | 5% |
| Safe Harbor Inc | $46,125 | 7 | 1% |
| Alston Wilkes Society | $44,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Goodwill Industries of Upstatemidlands South Carolina Inc | $39,852 | 7 | 0% |
| Meyer Center for Special Children | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($479k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Pickens 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: Dabo's All in Team Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation · United Way of Greenville County Inc · United Way of Anderson County · AWT Family Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · United Community Bank Foundation · Nalley Charitable Trust · Scsymmes Foundation · Prisma Health-Upstate · The Jolley Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of Pickens County
- How much does United Way of Pickens County give?
- United Way of Pickens County reported 6 itemized grants totaling $79,703, out of $99,488 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Way of Pickens County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Housing & Shelter (27%), Education (16%).
- Who are United Way of Pickens County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Pickens County First Steps to School Readiness Partnership ($150k), Pickens County Meals on Wheels Inc ($122k), Upstate Warrior Solution Inc ($72k).
- Does United Way of Pickens County fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Pickens County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dabo's All in Team Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation, The Reserve at Lake Keowee Charitable Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Pickens County based?
- United Way of Pickens County is based in SC.
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