North Carolina · Public charity
United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc
For every $1 an individual donated last year, $4.78 was invested into local programs and initiatives. The United Way of the Cape Fear Area (UWCFA) mission is to work with our community to leverage resources to improve the lives of local people. The last two years UWCFA leveraged more resources and invested them into the community than…
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $194k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,176
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 | 16 | $194k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $515k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $2.0M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $676k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $753k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $1.9M | 38% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $1.2M | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Healthnet Inc | $778,477 | 8 | 32% |
| Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc | $451,594 | 8 | 3% |
| Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc | $376,086 | 8 | 8% |
| Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc | $334,540 | 8 | 5% |
| Blue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence | $323,530 | 8 | 16% |
| Kids Making It Inc | $273,949 | 8 | 11% |
| Coastal Horizons Center Inc | $238,756 | 8 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc Inc | $235,646 | 6 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $233,747 | 7 | n/a |
| Brunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc | $233,460 | 8 | 6% |
Show all 67 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($99k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 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: Cape Fear Memorial Foundation · New Hanover Community Endowment Inc · The Landfall Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Corning Incorporated Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Myrtle and Rt Sinclair Jr Charitable Foundation Inc · The Eshelman Foundation · Novant Health Inc · International Paper Company Foundation · The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc
- How much does United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc give?
- United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc reported 16 itemized grants totaling $193,665, out of $1,499,324 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Health (19%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cape Fear Healthnet Inc ($778k), Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc ($452k), Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc ($376k).
- Does United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Fear Memorial Foundation, New Hanover Community Endowment Inc, The Landfall Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc based?
- United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc is based in NC.
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