California · Public charity
United Ways of California
UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA (uwca) improves the health, education and financial results for low income children and families by enhancing and coordinating the community impact work of california's united ways.
- $20M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 39
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $6.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $79,865
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,651,409
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations United Ways of California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $6.2M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $8.7M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $878k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $564k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $7.7M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $935k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $113k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $129k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Fresno and Madera Counties | $4,293,112 | 7 | 59% |
| Interface Children Family Services | $3,027,516 | 2 | 9% |
| United Way of Central Eastern California Dba United Way of Kern County | $2,138,200 | 7 | 45% |
| United Way of Tulare County | $1,790,342 | 4 | 63% |
| United Way of Merced County | $1,543,377 | 6 | 30% |
| Northern Santa Barbara County United Way | $1,298,344 | 6 | 40% |
| United Way of Stanislaus County | $1,178,178 | 4 | 32% |
| United Way of San Joaquin County | $991,389 | 2 | 34% |
| United Way of Northern California | $777,599 | 6 | 8% |
| Community Link Capital Region | $716,059 | 3 | 10% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Ways of California supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 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: United Way Worldwide · United Way California Capital Region · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · AT&T Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · The California Endowment · Bnsf Railway Foundation · United Way of the Bay Area · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management
How this is measured
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About United Ways of California
- How much does United Ways of California give?
- United Ways of California reported 39 itemized grants totaling $6,614,214, out of $19,557,594 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does United Ways of California fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (68%), Human Services (15%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
- Who are United Ways of California's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Fresno and Madera Counties ($4.3M), Interface Children Family Services ($3.0M), United Way of Central Eastern California Dba United Way of Kern County ($2.1M).
- Does United Ways of California fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Ways of California?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way Worldwide, United Way California Capital Region, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals.
- Where is United Ways of California based?
- United Ways of California is based in CA.
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