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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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$41k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.7MHealth$1.4MHousing & Shelter$987kYouth Development$869kEducation$791kFood & Nutrition$446kArts & Culture$239kCommunity Improvement$231kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $193,665, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,499,324 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,305,659 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $142k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cape Fear Health Net$41,176
Kids Making It Inc$16,500
Voyage (Formerly BRC)$16,000
Boys & Girls Home of NC$13,333
Coastal Horizons Center Inc$11,912
Carousel Center$11,764
Child Development Cener$11,764
Communities in Schools Cape Fear$10,000
Brunswick Family Assistance$10,000
Good Shepherd Center$9,000
Diaper Bank of North Carolina - Lower Cape Fear$8,500
Community Counseling Center$7,941
Columbus County DREAMS Center Inc$6,667
Cape Fear Literacy Council$6,667
Family Promise of the Lower Cape Fear$6,441
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $700k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Diaper Bank of North Carolina - Lower Cape Fear: $32k → 11%Diaper Bank of North Carolina - Lower Cape Fear: $14k → 11%Diaper Bank of North Carolina - Lower Cape Fear: $9k → 11%DIAPER BANK OF NC: $8k → 11%Canines for Service: $13k → 12%PENDER ADULT SERVICES: $5k → 11%Boys & Girls Home of NC: $115k → 21%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB HOMES OF NC: $20k → 21%Boys & Girls Home of NC: $16k → 21%Boys & Girls Home of NC: $13k → 21%Samara's Village: $8k → 9%Boys & Girls Home of NC: $8k → 21%Samara's Village: $5k → 9%Community Counseling Center: $19k → 12%WATERway NC: $16k → 12%Community Counseling Center: $14k → 12%Community Counseling Center: $8k → 12%YMCA of the Lower Cape Fear: $50k → 12%YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc: $29k → 12%YWCA OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INC: $25k → 12%YMCA of the Lower Cape Fear: $20k → 12%YWCA OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR INC: $15k → 12%YMCA of the Lower Cape Fear: $5k → 12%Soaring As Eagles: $156k → 12%Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $40k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE INC: $17k → 12%LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE INC: $11k → 12%Soaring As Eagles: $8k → 12%Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.4M · 43 repeat orgs$847k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
29

Total granted

$6.4M
$847k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+1%

Still filing today

91%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • GS
    Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $452k · revenue +97%
  • WA
    Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $376k · revenue +447%
  • CI
    Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $335k · revenue +484%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF RALEIGH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $156k
  • TD
    TRIANGLE DISABILITY ADVOCATES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $152k · revenue -1%
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MEN
    one grant, 2019 · $76k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Central Childrens Home of North Carolina Inc

To provide family-centered services to children and youth aged 8 to 21 who cannot remain at home due to dependency, neglect, or abuse by providing a wholesom atmosphere that is conducive to their emotional, social, spiritual and physical…

Health
2
Hope Harbor Home Inc

Hope Harbor Home strives to break the cycle of domestic and sexual violence in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

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3
Womens Resource Center of Greensboro Inc

To promote the self-reliance of women by assessing needs, providing services, and acting as a gateway to community resources; to seek solutions for unmet needs by providing strategic leadership through collaboration and partnerships within…

Human Services
4
Safe Harbor of Nc Inc

Safe Harbor provides a faith-based community for rebuilding, renewing, and recovery. We work together with volunteers and other nonprofit organizations to provide a wide range of services to those experiencing homelessness, single mothers,…

Health
5
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
6
Carolina Therapeutic Services Community Development Inc

CTS Community Development is a behavioral health provider committed to helping individuals from underserved communities to live safe, productive, and meaningful lives

Human Services
7
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc

To promote community based primary health care systems in medically underserved areas.

Health
8
Cape Fear Tutoring Inc

To promote quality nutrition and reduce food insecurities through financial and educational support in Family childcare homes and Day Care centers, while maintaining Child and Adult Care Food Program integrity.

—
9
United Way of Coastal Carolina Inc

The united way of coastal carolina, inc. strives to meet the current and emerging human needs in craven, carteret, jones, and pamlico counties by mobilizing the resources of community organizations, agencies, recipients, and volunteers.

Philanthropy
10
Carolina Teen Center

Carolina Teen Center is a prevention and education year-round after-school and summer program that services youth and their families. Literacy programs, tutoring, life skills, mentoring, positive peer groups, conflict resolution skills,…

Health
11
Brunswick County Habitat for Humanity Incorporated

To provide low-cost housing for those in need in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

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12
Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear I

Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear, Inc (CCLCF) serves as a health and social care hub, working in partnership with community organizations to improve health outcomes for Medicare, Medicaid, uninsured and privately insured individuals…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc; the most unlike its peers is Navigational Studios. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 72 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/59
Grantees still filing
44/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INC: $778,477 · HealthCAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INCCoastal Horizons Center Inc: $238,756 · HealthCoastal Horizons Center…The Carousel Center Inc: $187,586 · HealthThe Carousel Center IncTRIANGLE DISABILITY ADVOCATES INC: $151,867 · HealthTRIANGLE DISABILITY ADV…COLUMBUS COUNTY DREAM CENTER INC: $104,167 · HealthCOLUMBUS COUNTY DREAM C…+3 more: $76,523 · HealthTHE SALVATION ARMY: $233,747 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYBrunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc: $233,460 · OtherBrunswick Family Assistance Agenc…BRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $180,539 · OtherBRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF RALEIGH INC: $155,638 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE…AMERICAN RED CROSS CAPE FEAR CHAPTE: $91,326 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST MEN: $76,400 · OtherBlue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence: $323,530 · OtherBlue Ribbon Commission on the Pre…Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc: $107,563 · OtherDREAMS OF WILMINGTON INC: $94,482 · OtherFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR: $85,591 · Other+26 more: $578,472 · Other+26 moreCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $334,540 · Human ServicesCommunities in Schoo…BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $170,776 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS HOMES O…Soaring as Eagles Outreach Ministry: $163,016 · Human ServicesSoaring as Eagles Ou…Domestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc: $157,770 · Human ServicesDomestic Violence Sh…YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc: $144,051 · Human ServicesYWCA of the Lower Ca…LINC INC: $118,052 · Human ServicesLINC INCLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $73,143 · Human ServicesLower Cape Fear Hosp…DIAPER BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA: $62,288 · Human Services+5 more: $86,870 · Human Services+5 moreGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $451,594 · Housing & ShelterGood Shepherd …Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc: $376,086 · Housing & ShelterWilmington Are…CAPE FEAR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $74,104 · Housing & ShelterCAPE FEAR HABI…+1 more: $17,500 · Housing & ShelterCAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $146,476 · EducationChild Development Center Inc: $129,759 · EducationSMART START OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY: $119,513 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BRUNSWICK COUN: $94,464 · EducationYOUNG SCIENTIST ACADEMY: $58,681 · Education+1 more: $8,000 · EducationKIDS MAKING IT INC: $273,949 · EmploymentPhoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington: $125,080 · EmploymentFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $235,646 · Food & NutritionNourishNC Inc: $111,537 · Food & NutritionMATTHEWS MINISTRY INC: $46,939 · Food & Nutrition
Health$1,537,376Other$2,160,748Human Services$1,310,506Housing & Shelter$919,284Education$556,893Employment$399,029Food & Nutrition$394,122

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INC: $778,477 over 8y, 32% of budgetGood Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc: $451,594 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetWilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc: $376,086 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc: $334,540 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetBlue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence: $323,530 over 8y, 16% of budgetKIDS MAKING IT INC: $273,949 over 8y, 11% of budgetCoastal Horizons Center Inc: $238,756 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $235,646 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBrunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc: $233,460 over 8y, 5.6% of budgetThe Carousel Center Inc: $187,586 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetBRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC: $180,539 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC: $170,776 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSoaring as Eagles Outreach Ministry: $163,016 over 2y, 55% of budgetDomestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc: $157,770 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetCAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL: $146,476 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetYWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc: $144,051 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetChild Development Center Inc: $129,759 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetPhoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington: $125,080 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetSMART START OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY: $119,513 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetLINC INC: $118,052 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetNourishNC Inc: $111,537 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetJo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc: $107,563 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetCOLUMBUS COUNTY DREAM CENTER INC: $104,167 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetDREAMS OF WILMINGTON INC: $94,482 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BRUNSWICK COUN: $94,464 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR: $85,591 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetCAPE FEAR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $74,104 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare: $73,143 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetQUALITY LIFE BLUEPRINT: $70,660 over 1y, 35% of budgetDIAPER BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA: $62,288 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetPENDER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SVCS INC: $59,070 over 7y, 11% of budgetYOUNG SCIENTIST ACADEMY: $58,681 over 1y, 31% of budgetMother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington Inc: $52,179 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMATTHEWS MINISTRY INC: $46,939 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER: $39,941 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetPender Alliance for Total Health: $36,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN RECOVERY CENTERS INC: $35,436 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY INC: $34,229 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK OF SENC: $29,600 over 1y, 38% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern North Carolina Inc: $28,511 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWILMINGTONS RESIDENTIAL ADOLESCENT ACHIEVEMENT PLACE INC: $17,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetWaterway NC: $16,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBRUNSWICK COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $14,630 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetNEW HANOVER COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARA'S VILLAGE INC: $13,200 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCanines for Service Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ONSLOW COUNTY INC: $7,602 over 1y, 1.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CAPE FEAR HEALTHNET INC ↗
  • Who funds Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington Inc ↗
  • Who funds Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Inc ↗
  • Who funds Communities in Schools of Cape Fear Inc ↗
  • Who funds Blue Ribbon Commission on the Prevention of Youth Violence ↗
  • Who funds KIDS MAKING IT INC ↗
  • Who funds Coastal Horizons Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds Brunswick Family Assistance Agency Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Carousel Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRIGADE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS HOMES OF NC INC ↗
  • Who funds Soaring as Eagles Outreach Ministry ↗
  • Who funds Domestic Violence Shelter and Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRIANGLE DISABILITY ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear Inc ↗
  • Who funds Child Development Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Phoenix Employment Services of Wilmingto Inc DBA StepUp Wilmington ↗
  • Who funds SMART START OF NEW HANOVER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LINC INC ↗
  • Who funds NourishNC Inc ↗
  • Who funds Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS COUNTY DREAM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DREAMS OF WILMINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF BRUNSWICK COUN ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF THE LOWER CAPE FEAR ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Lower Cape Fear Hospice Incorporated dba Lower Cape Fear LifeCare ↗
  • Who funds QUALITY LIFE BLUEPRINT ↗
  • Who funds DIAPER BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA ↗
  • Who funds PENDER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SVCS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG SCIENTIST ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Mother Hubbard's Cupboard of Wilmington Inc ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEWS MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER ↗

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.

Cape Fear Memorial FoundationNC78.6× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of the Cape Fear Area Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 72 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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