· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MCKISSICK ACADEMY | $21,500 |
| EAST END ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $16,500 |
| CENTRAL ACADEMY OF ARTS | $13,703 |
| SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PICKENS COUNTY | $10,750 |
| PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS | $9,250 |
| SIX MILE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $8,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $288k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PCPICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP7× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +86%
- PCPICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC7× · 2017–2024 · $122k · revenue +102%
- UWUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC3× · 2017–2019 · $72k · revenue +183%
Funded once
- TPTHE PARENTING PLACE3× · 2022–2024 · $60k
- BHBEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES OF SC3× · 2022–2024 · $54k
- UCUNITED CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES3× · 2022–2024 · $42k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Empowering south carolina communities and children's advocacy centers to deliver a best practice response to child abuse
Our mission is to provide compassionate direction to individuals and families in need through counseling, education and financial benefits management.
Origin sc empowers individuals to achieve financial, housing and mental health stability through advocacy, counseling, and education.
Providing emergency shelter and other services to persons battered and or abused, commonly referred to as domestic violence.
Provide rape victim counseling,education, and advocacy services in the low country of south carolina.
The mission of hope house is to prevent abuse and provide support to victims of domestic and sexual violence. our service area includes sauk, columbia, juneau, marquette, and adams counties.
The Crisis Center of Russell County was organized to provide assistance and temporary housing to victims of domestic abuse through secured temporary housing and education with job placement to transition them back into society. In…
Meals on wheels of greenville, inc. enhances the quality of life of homebound individuals by providing nutritious meals, personal contact, and related services.
Recruit and train and license foster parents to receive foster children from county government agencies.
The waccamaw youth center is committed to providing the at-risk youth of south carolina with a safe and comforting place to call home.
Provides victims of sexual assault, attempted sexual assault and incest with immediate supportive care and information about medical legal proceedings, crisis counseling, and educational programs.
To provide residential care for children and youth, therapeutic programs, adoption and foster care, independent living skills and transitional living services.
How this is measured
21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PICKENS COUNTY FIRST STEPS TO SCHOOL READINESS PARTNERSHIP ↗
- Who funds PICKENS COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
- Who funds UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF PICKENS COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN HEALTH CLINIC OF PICKENS COUNTY ↗
- Who funds SAFE HARBOR INC ↗
- Who funds ALSTON WILKES SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF UPSTATEMIDLANDS SOUTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds MEYER CENTER FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds JULIE VALENTINE CENTER ↗
- Who funds PICKENS COUNTY ADVOCACY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CLEMSON COMMUNITY CARE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds REBUILD UPSTATE ↗
- Who funds PREVENT CHILD ABUSE PICKENS COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds CLIFFS RESIDENTS OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds THE HELPING HANDS OF CLEMSON INC ↗
- Who funds RIPPLE OF ONE ↗
- Who funds THE DREAM CENTER OF PICKENS COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MARY'S HOUSE MINISTRY ALLIANCE FOR REGAINING YOUR SAFETY ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE UPSTATE INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United Way of Pickens County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Pickens County. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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