California · Public charity
United Way of Santa Cruz County
The mission of the United Way of Santa Cruz County is to ignite our community to give, advocate and volunteer so that our youth succeed in school and in life, our residents are healthy and our families are financially independent.our most significant activity is the united for youth initiative, a community partnership that works to…
- $599k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $84k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations United Way of Santa Cruz County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 3 | $84k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $181k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $240k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $258k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $417k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $363k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $116k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Santa Cruz County | $301,777 | 4 | 5% |
| Community Bridges | $171,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Action Board | $167,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance Inc | $98,250 | 3 | 1% |
| Ventures | $82,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Monterey | $64,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Boulder Creek Volunteer Fire Department | $60,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Emmaus House | $51,542 | 5 | 13% |
| Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Monterey County | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($152k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Santa Cruz County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 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: Monterey Peninsula Foundation · Community Foundation Santa Cruz County · Community Foundation for San Benito County · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Sunlight Giving · Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust · Dignity Health · East Bay Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Volunteer Centers of Santa Cruz County · The Albertsons Companies Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of Santa Cruz County
- How much does United Way of Santa Cruz County give?
- United Way of Santa Cruz County reported 3 itemized grants totaling $84,250, out of $599,248 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Santa Cruz County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (16%), Philanthropy (15%), Public Safety & Disaster (10%).
- Who are United Way of Santa Cruz County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Santa Cruz County ($302k), Community Bridges ($171k), Community Action Board ($167k).
- Does United Way of Santa Cruz County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Santa Cruz County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Community Foundation for San Benito County.
- Where is United Way of Santa Cruz County based?
- United Way of Santa Cruz County is based in CA.
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