Virginia · Public charity
United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc
United way of southwest virginia fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in southwest virginia because they are the building blocks for a good quality of life.
- $4.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $85,871
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500,156
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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 | $4.5M | 95% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $127k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $136k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 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 East Tennessee Highlands Inc | $1,500,156 | 1 | 37% |
| Eo Companies | $500,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Big Prater Christian Foundation Inc | $175,133 | 1 | n/a |
| Greene County United Way Inc | $128,214 | 1 | 19% |
| Women's Resource Center of the New River Valley Inc | $51,413 | 2 | 1% |
| United Way of Sevier County | $50,806 | 1 | 6% |
| United Way of Unicoi County | $31,120 | 1 | n/a |
| New River Community Action Inc | $22,709 | 2 | 0% |
| Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program Inc | $20,805 | 1 | 3% |
| United Way of Hamblen County Inc | $19,317 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: C E Richardson Benevolent Foundation · The Community Foundation of the New River Valley Inc · Celanese Foundation · The Carter and Kay Craigie Family Foundation · Lyerly Foundation · Corning Incorporated Foundation · Grapevine giving foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc
- How much does United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc give?
- United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc reported 22 itemized grants totaling $4,536,375, out of $4,895,705 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (85%), Community Improvement (10%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: United Way of East Tennessee Highlands Inc ($1.5M), Eo Companies ($500k), Big Prater Christian Foundation Inc ($175k).
- Does United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include C E Richardson Benevolent Foundation, The Community Foundation of the New River Valley Inc, Celanese Foundation.
- Where is United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc based?
- United Way of Southwest Virginia Inc is based in VA.
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