Maryland · Public charity
United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc
Connecting community members in dorchester, somerset, wicomico and worcester counties with direct and partner resources to strengthen health, education and financial security so all neighbors can thrive.
- $566k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $127,958
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc 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 | 26 | $560k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $610k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $627k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $581k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $628k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $918k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $1.2M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $1.2M | 26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Incorporated | $1,480,321 | 9 | 4% |
| Salvation Army | $524,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Inc | $444,305 | 9 | n/a |
| Diakonia Inc | $433,915 | 9 | 6% |
| Life Crisis Center Inc | $425,255 | 9 | 3% |
| Coastal Hospice | $369,764 | 9 | 1% |
| Delmarva Community Services Inc | $351,471 | 9 | 0% |
| Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services Inc | $312,646 | 9 | 5% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Eastern Shore Inc | $299,616 | 9 | 33% |
| Eleven 21 Inc | $246,792 | 9 | 15% |
Show all 42 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 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: Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor · Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc · Salisbury Wicomico Economic Development Inc · Donnie Williams Foundation Inc · Richard a Henson Foundation Inc · The Philip & Barbara Long Family Foundation Inc · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Jack P and Anne R Smith Foundation · Humphreys Foundation Inc · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Synepuxent Post No 166 the American Legion Inc · Joan W Jenkins Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc
- How much does United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc give?
- United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc reported 26 grants totaling $565,720 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (55%), Housing & Shelter (14%), Health (11%).
- Who are United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mac Incorporated ($1.5M), Salvation Army ($524k), Catholic Charities Inc ($444k).
- Does United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc 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 Lower Eastern Shore Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor, Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc, Salisbury Wicomico Economic Development Inc.
- Where is United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc based?
- United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc is based in MD.
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