Virginia · Public charity
United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc
To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of people in our community. United way of virginia's blue ridge serves people in the cities of roanoke and salem, the town of vinton, and the counties of botetourt, craig, roanoke, and franklin.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $69,706
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $356,788
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 53
- FY2018 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 24 | $2.7M | 4% |
| FY2024 | 26 | $2.8M | 8% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $2.0M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $2.0M | 7% |
| FY2021 | 53 | $3.4M | 47% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $1.3M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $1.1M | 16% |
| FY2018 | 47 | $1.5M | 47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Action Against Poverty in the Roanoke Valley | $1,527,622 | 9 | 1% |
| Franklin County Family YMCA | $1,384,407 | 6 | 14% |
| Family Service of Roanoke Valley | $1,168,768 | 9 | 12% |
| Creative Kids Childcare | $1,152,286 | 5 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc | $1,142,802 | 6 | 3% |
| Child Health Investment Partnership Dba Chip of Roanoke Valley | $1,100,436 | 9 | 11% |
| Small Steps Learning Academy Inc | $1,071,793 | 6 | n/a |
| Craig County Youth and Community Services | $1,019,157 | 7 | 24% |
| Eo Companies | $930,041 | 4 | 2% |
| United Way of Henry County & Martinsville | $807,269 | 6 | 21% |
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Where it is load-bearing
United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 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 Serving Western Virginia · Carilion Medical Center · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · Edgar a Thurman Fdn Children Nect · Cartledge Charitable Foundation Inc · The Newbern Foundation · The Helen C Cobbs Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · The Allstate Foundation · Roanoke Womens Foundation · Investco Foundation · Mw Armistead III Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc
- How much does United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc give?
- United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc reported 24 grants totaling $2,709,328 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Human Services (22%), Health (11%).
- Who are United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Total Action Against Poverty in the Roanoke Valley ($1.5M), Franklin County Family YMCA ($1.4M), Family Service of Roanoke Valley ($1.2M).
- Does United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia, Carilion Medical Center, Robertson Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc based?
- United Way of Virginia's Blue Ridge Inc is based in VA.
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