California · Public charity
United Way of San Diego County
To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.
- $97k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 55%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 55% of the organizations United Way of San Diego County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k 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 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $705k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $1.0M | 18% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $2.8M | 91% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $407k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $46k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $1.5M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreams for Change Inc | $1,186,220 | 7 | 32% |
| The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center | $449,459 | 2 | 3% |
| North County Lifeline Inc Dba Lifeline Community Services | $380,000 | 2 | 2% |
| San Diego Community College Auxiliary Organization | $267,000 | 1 | 51% |
| Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans | $235,642 | 2 | 9% |
| Connected the National Center for College and Career | $234,000 | 1 | 4% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $194,573 | 4 | 0% |
| Equality Alliance of San Diego | $190,044 | 2 | 3% |
| Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty of San Diego County Inc | $188,660 | 2 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of San Diego County Inc | $164,400 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 69 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of San Diego County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 60 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: The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Alliance Healthcare Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Parker Foundation · The California Endowment · Sempra Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of San Diego County
- How much does United Way of San Diego County give?
- United Way of San Diego County reported 1 itemized grants totaling $25,000, out of $96,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does United Way of San Diego County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (51%), Education (16%), Employment (8%).
- Who are United Way of San Diego County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dreams for Change Inc ($1.2M), The San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center ($449k), North County Lifeline Inc Dba Lifeline Community Services ($380k).
- Does United Way of San Diego County fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of San Diego County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Price Philanthropies Foundation, Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties.
- Where is United Way of San Diego County based?
- United Way of San Diego County is based in CA.
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