Pennsylvania · Public charity
United Way of Southern Chester County
Our mission is to improve people's lives by mobilizing the caring power and resources of our community; to provide local non-profit agencies with needed financial, professional, and strategic support;and to ensure that contributions fund programs that effectively move people from crisis to independence. We accomplish this by allocating…
- $658k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,540
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $117,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations United Way of Southern Chester County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 | 22 | $648k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $782k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $738k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $749k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $861k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $819k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $806k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $846k | 6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennett Area Community Service | $1,203,358 | 9 | 8% |
| LCH Health and Community Services | $907,850 | 8 | 2% |
| Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center Inc | $780,582 | 9 | 19% |
| The Garage Community & Youth Center | $762,856 | 9 | 15% |
| Southern Chester County Day Care Association | $708,040 | 9 | 8% |
| Domestic Violence Center of Chester County | $345,982 | 9 | 2% |
| Youngmoms | $281,612 | 9 | 9% |
| Crime Victims' Center of Chester County | $220,885 | 9 | 2% |
| Kennett After-School Association | $201,683 | 9 | 13% |
| Family Service of Chester County | $174,540 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($405k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southern Chester County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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: Chester County Community Foundation · The Dansko Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Foundation · United Way of Chester County Inc · The Gordon Charter Foundation · W W Smith Charitable Trust · Health and Welfare Foundation of Southern Chester County · The Oxford Area Foundation · Justamere Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Fund for Women and Girls · Chester County Food Bank
How this is measured
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About United Way of Southern Chester County
- How much does United Way of Southern Chester County give?
- United Way of Southern Chester County reported 22 grants totaling $658,287 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southern Chester County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (52%), Health (18%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are United Way of Southern Chester County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kennett Area Community Service ($1.2M), LCH Health and Community Services ($908k), Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center Inc ($781k).
- Does United Way of Southern Chester County fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southern Chester County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chester County Community Foundation, The Dansko Foundation Inc, The Philadelphia Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Southern Chester County based?
- United Way of Southern Chester County is based in PA.
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