South Carolina · Public charity
United Way of the Midlands
United way connects people and resources to improve the quality of life in the midlands. United way invests in a broad range of community programs that increase access to health care, improve student success, assist people in crisis to achieve long term stability.
- $7.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.7M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $52,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,278,192
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 50
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations United Way of the Midlands funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $591k 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 | 36 | $4.7M | 6% |
| FY2024 | 39 | $5.7M | 26% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $6.4M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $6.0M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $5.9M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $7.1M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $7.3M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $7.4M | 10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Partners of the Midlands Dba Wellpartners | $8,379,751 | 7 | n/a |
| Communities in Schools of the Midlands Inc | $3,422,549 | 9 | 35% |
| Midlands Housing Alliance Inc | $3,306,097 | 9 | 19% |
| The Salvation Army | $3,268,260 | 7 | n/a |
| Mental Illness Recovery Center Inc | $2,394,448 | 9 | 5% |
| Vital Connections of the Midlands | $2,153,609 | 9 | 17% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Crescent Region | $2,111,827 | 9 | 89% |
| Homeless No More Inc | $1,983,140 | 9 | 30% |
| United Way Association of South Carolina Inc | $1,427,659 | 9 | 4% |
| Free Medical Clinic Inc | $1,335,342 | 9 | 7% |
Show all 95 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($17M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Way of the Midlands supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 76 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: Central Carolina Community Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Lipscomb Family Foundation · United Way Association of South Carolina Inc · Prisma Health · Junior League of Columbia Inc · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Nord Family Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · South Carolina Physicians Care Charity Inc · Michael J Mungo Foundation
How this is measured
About United Way of the Midlands
- How much does United Way of the Midlands give?
- United Way of the Midlands reported 36 itemized grants totaling $4,680,951, out of $7,267,866 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 50 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of the Midlands fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (15%), Human Services (14%), Education (12%).
- Who are United Way of the Midlands's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Partners of the Midlands Dba Wellpartners ($8.4M), Communities in Schools of the Midlands Inc ($3.4M), Midlands Housing Alliance Inc ($3.3M).
- Does United Way of the Midlands fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of the Midlands?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is United Way of the Midlands based?
- United Way of the Midlands is based in SC.
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