North Carolina · Nonprofit
Henderson County United Way Inc
Henderson County United Way Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,662,570 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($981,982). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Henderson County United Way Inc does
Mission
To organize and mobilize community resources to improve lives of Henderson County residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
United Way of Henderson County (UWHC) has served our community since 1953 and is committed to serving our Henderson County neighbors for decades to come. Our work to organize and mobilize community resources to improve the lives of Henderson County residents is making a lasting and transformational impact throughout our community. On September 27th, 2024, Tropical Storm Helene caused devastating damage throughout our community. Building upon decades of partnerships, trust, and experience mobilizing resources, UWHC stepped up to serve at an elevated capacity to help our community. Our team was on the ground the first week after the storm mobilizing volunteers and supplies, raising funds, driving emergency information routes for EMS, and creating the framework for our county's nonprofit response and recovery. Our rapid and impactful response in the aftermath of Helene demonstrates our steadfast ability to build upon seventy years of partnerships and service to meet our communities' greatest needs. As you will read below, these monumental accomplishments occurred in tandem with the growing impact that we continue to create through our signature programming. Our strategic direction is…
$2,627,196 spentof which $1,092,382 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,627,196.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.6M to $2.9M (+81%).
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 0% · 2019 1% · 2020 5% · 2021 1% · 2022 6% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Henderson County United Way Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Carlton Katherine
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $197k → $352k.
10 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 Henderson County United Way Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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
Henderson County United Way Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
56% 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 Henderson County United Way Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 32% · 2019 45% · 2020 53% · 2021 36% · 2022 35% · 2023 31% — 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 Henderson County United Way Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
61% of Henderson County United Way Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
Henderson County United Way Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Henderson County 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Henderson County 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 Henderson County United Way Inc?
- Henderson County United Way Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,662,570 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($981,982). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Henderson County United Way Inc have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $3,662,570 in grants to Henderson County United Way Inc, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Henderson County United Way Inc?
- DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $981,982 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Henderson County United Way Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North 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 37 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