South Carolina · Nonprofit
BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC
BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,263,287 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ($1,905,355). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $313k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $257k
What Black River United Way Inc does
Mission
For more than half a century, black river united way has brought together people and resources to tackle complex issues and drive sustainable, positive change. From strengthening local resilience, to advancing youth opportunity, we have partnered with local communities to co-create solutions to these pressing challenges, taking a comprehensive approach, and listening and responding to local needs. Black river united way is leading georgetown and williamsburg counties to sustainability by empowering the lives of its community members. We empower our communities by working collaboratively to improve early childhood success and ensuring our community members are prepared for disasters. Community focused we are committed to working with and for the citizens of georgetown and williamsburg counties. Commitment to access we will provide equitable access and awareness for our community to the programs that support bruws purpose by removing barriers and leveraging resources. Collaborative we en
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The waccamaw region for childhood success is our tri-county response to early childhood needs in georgetown, horry, and williamsburg counties. Black river united way focuses on georgetown and williamsburg counties (united way of horry county focuses on horry county). This initiative focuses on kindergarten readiness and early grade reading, birth 3rd grade, and promotes working collaboratively between schools and communities that are committed to the success of every child. Through our waccamaw region for childhood success initiative we work in partnership with local school districts, child development facilities, and early education partners to support students struggling in reading, prepare rising learners for kindergarten, and empower families, caregivers, and teachers to help children read, learn, and thrive. Waccamaw region for childhood success implementing the five basics principles in local child development centers the basics waccamaw continues to grow across our region, bringing early learning principles to life through creative, hands-on experiences for young children. Grounded in early childhood brain science, the basics empowers families, caregivers, and educators to…
$113,322 spent49% of program spendingEvery community deserves the opportunity to prosper. At black river united way we work with our neighbors to build resilient communities that are ready for any challenge. Through disaster preparedness and recovery and health and human services, we are strengthening the foundations of communities for a more sustainable and secure future. Be ready disaster preparedness & recovery through be ready black river united way empowers our community members with the knowledge and resources they need to prepare for, recover from, and respond to disaster. Our proactive approach ensures that all our residents are resilient and ready for any kind of natural or man-made disaster. Through our be ready kids edition, bruw provided in-school disaster training to 1,114 students and each student received a disaster kit. Winyah bay coad: collaboration in action as the lead agency for the winyah bay coad (community organizations active in disaster), we work alongside a dedicated steering committee of eight partner organizations to strengthen disaster preparedness, response, and recovery across georgetown and williamsburg counties. Our work doesnt start when a storm hits it happens every day, in the blue…
$102,691 spent45% of program spendingCommunity support black river united way provides overall support to our communities through one program: sc211 (human service hotline) black river united way is there when our communities need us. One way that happens in 99% of the u.s. And across canada is through 211. This confidential 24/7 call center connects people with locally available help. 211 in georgetown and williamsburg counties received: - 1,129 calls and made - 2531 service referrals
$13,475 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $229,488.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $550k to $394k (−28%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 24% · 2020 25% · 2021 46% · 2022 37% · 2023 52% · 2024 49% · 2025 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Yolanda Mccray
CEO
Board chair
Ross Marple
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $272k → $369k.
8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 65% · 2019 63% · 2020 46% · 2021 63% · 2022 67% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
41% of BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $612k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$5k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC?
- BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,263,287 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC ($1,905,355). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,263,287 in grants to BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC?
- UNITED WAY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,905,355 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK RIVER UNITED WAY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing