New York · Public charity
United Way of the Greater Capital Region
To improve peoples' lives through the investment of community resources. The vision is to be the leader in bringing people and resources together to achieve measurable and sustainable improvements in the quality of life in our communities.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $558k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 96
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of the Greater Capital Region funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 28 | $558k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $153k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $1.1M | 16% |
| FY2022 | 80 | $1.5M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 82 | $1.2M | 27% |
| FY2020 | 96 | $1.7M | 16% |
| FY2019 | 68 | $1.4M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 76 | $1.6M | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanicville Area Comm Srvcs Ctr Inc | $667,273 | 7 | 15% |
| Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region Inc | $664,738 | 7 | 3% |
| Unity House of Troy Inc | $467,919 | 7 | 0% |
| Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc | $430,331 | 8 | 0% |
| Schenectady Community Action Program Inc | $356,757 | 7 | 1% |
| Captain Community Human Services Inc | $345,374 | 9 | 2% |
| Community Health Charities of Ny Inc | $307,935 | 3 | n/a |
| Schenectady Inner City Ministry Inc | $247,694 | 8 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany | $245,165 | 7 | 0% |
| United Way of Westchester and Putnam | $201,954 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 193 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of the Greater Capital Region supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 168 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 for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Review Foundation · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Mvp Health Plan Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · The Schenectady Foundation · Gideon Lodge #140 B'Nai B'Rith Housing Foundation Inc · Capital Communications Cares Foundation · Carl E Touhey Foundation · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare United Way of the Greater Capital Region with peer funders
About United Way of the Greater Capital Region
- How much does United Way of the Greater Capital Region give?
- United Way of the Greater Capital Region reported 29 itemized grants totaling $558,000, out of $1,602,541 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 96 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of the Greater Capital Region fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (43%), Health (15%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are United Way of the Greater Capital Region's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mechanicville Area Comm Srvcs Ctr Inc ($667k), Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region Inc ($665k), Unity House of Troy Inc ($468k).
- Does United Way of the Greater Capital Region fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of the Greater Capital Region?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation.
- Where is United Way of the Greater Capital Region based?
- United Way of the Greater Capital Region is based in NY.
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