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United Ways of Tennessee

UNITED WAYS OF TENNESSEE is a statewide organization providing member support services to 31 united ways across the state. We accomplish our mission through advocacy, collaboration and collective action that provides solutions to our states most critical needs, such as early education, creating economic opportunity and efforts to provide…

$157k
Granted FY2023
6
Itemized grants FY2023
6
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$136k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$22,490
Largest grant, FY2023
$42,860
Organizations funded a year
1 to 14
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$480k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations United Ways of Tennessee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
PhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20236$136k0%
FY20228$173k13%
FY20211$8k100%
FY202014$114k50%
FY20198$37k25%
FY20188$68kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Education$445kPhilanthropy$91k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of West Tennesseinc Starks$99,79333%
United Way of the Mid South$82,74340%
United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc$65,71851%
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley Inc$59,47552%
United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc$41,82521%
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$39,89340%
United Way of East Tennessee Highlands Inc$25,39331%
United Way of Hawkins County Inc$24,80039%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$21,14320%
United Way of South Central Tennessee$17,14321%
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All grantees of United Ways of Tennessee by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of West Tennesseinc Starks$99,79333%
United Way of the Mid South$82,74340%
United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc$65,71851%
United Way Clinch-Powell Valley Inc$59,47552%
United Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc$41,82521%
United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$39,89340%
United Way of East Tennessee Highlands Inc$25,39331%
United Way of Hawkins County Inc$24,80039%
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$21,14320%
United Way of South Central Tennessee$17,14321%
United Way of the Ocoee Region$16,25030%
United Way of Williamson County$15,25020%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Monroe County United Way Fund Inc$6,25012%
United Way of Blount County$3,00010%
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland$3,00010%
United Way of Greater Chattanooga$3,00010%
United Way of ElizabethtonCarter County$2,0001n/a
United Way of Franklin County$1,50011%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Ways of Tennessee supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of West Tennesseinc Starks: $99,793 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetUnited Way of the Mid South: $82,743 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kingsport Inc: $65,718 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way Clinch-Powell Valley Inc: $59,475 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetUnited Way of Bristol Tn-Va Inc: $41,825 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc: $39,893 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of East Tennessee Highlands Inc: $25,393 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetUnited Way of Hawkins County Inc: $24,800 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetUnited Way of Middle Tennessee Inc: $21,143 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of South Central Tennessee: $17,143 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of the Ocoee Region: $16,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Williamson County: $15,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWest Virginia University Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMonroe County United Way Fund Inc: $6,250 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetUnited Way of Blount County: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Chattanooga: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Franklin County: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 18.

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.

Truist Foundation IncUnited Way WorldwideAT&T FoundationLumen Clarke M Willia…United Way of Middle …Publix Super Markets …Haslam Family Foundat…Tennessee Health Foun…The Blackbaud Giving …Citizens Bank Tri-Cit…United Way of William…Eastman Credit Union
Truist Foundation IncFL26.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Truist Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · AT&T Foundation · Lumen Clarke M Williams Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Haslam Family Foundation Inc · Tennessee Health Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation Ltd · United Way of Williamson County · Eastman Credit Union

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About United Ways of Tennessee

How much does United Ways of Tennessee give?
United Ways of Tennessee reported 6 itemized grants totaling $136,270, out of $157,270 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does United Ways of Tennessee fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (83%), Philanthropy (17%).
Who are United Ways of Tennessee's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: United Way of West Tennesseinc Starks ($100k), United Way of the Mid South ($83k), United Way of Greater Kingsport Inc ($66k).
Does United Ways of Tennessee fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as United Ways of Tennessee?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Truist Foundation Inc, United Way Worldwide, AT&T Foundation.
Where is United Ways of Tennessee based?
United Ways of Tennessee is based in TN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 19 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $13k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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