Tennessee · Public charity
United Way of South Central Tennessee
The UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE's mission is to improve lives by advancing opportunities for education, health, and financial stability for all. Its vision is to be the primary community solutions leader for human services.
- $878k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 48
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $700k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,562
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 38
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations United Way of South Central Tennessee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k 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 | 48 | $700k | 54% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $800k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.0M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $962k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $1.0M | 9% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $911k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $1.3M | 3% |
| FY2018 | 38 | $1.6M | 8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars Nashville | $1,096,613 | 9 | 3% |
| Child Advocacy Center of Rutherford County Inc | $934,662 | 9 | 31% |
| Community Helpers of Rutherford County | $764,439 | 9 | 37% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Rutherford Cty | $657,636 | 9 | 6% |
| The Salvation Army | $571,393 | 8 | n/a |
| Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency | $526,618 | 6 | 1% |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $489,459 | 7 | n/a |
| Rutherford County Primary Care Clinic Inc | $391,555 | 8 | 1% |
| Journeys in Community Living Inc | $291,155 | 5 | 2% |
| The Family Center Inc | $258,322 | 9 | 4% |
Show all 80 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of South Central Tennessee supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 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 Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Charity Circle of Murfreesboro · Nashville Predators Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Christy-Houston Foundation Inc · The Frist Foundation · John D Floyd Charitable Foundation Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Joe C Davis Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of South Central Tennessee
- How much does United Way of South Central Tennessee give?
- United Way of South Central Tennessee reported 48 itemized grants totaling $700,000, out of $877,722 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of South Central Tennessee fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Human Services (16%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are United Way of South Central Tennessee's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Stars Nashville ($1.1M), Child Advocacy Center of Rutherford County Inc ($935k), Community Helpers of Rutherford County ($764k).
- Does United Way of South Central Tennessee fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of South Central Tennessee?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc, The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust.
- Where is United Way of South Central Tennessee based?
- United Way of South Central Tennessee is based in TN.
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