North Carolina · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,978,064 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($570,774). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What United Way of Gaston County Inc does
Mission
To be a community solutions leader that mobilizes the caring power of the community, to measurably address needs and improve lives by making every contribution count.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education agencies: outcomes: (1) young children succeed in school. (2) middle and high school students move through grade progression to graduation. (3) students of all ages continue to learn and acquire marketable job/career skills.
$184,000 spentof which $184,000 as grants19% of program spendingFinancial stability (crisis assistance) agencies: outcomes: (1) meet short term crisis needs for members of the community (2) increase self-sufficiency/decrease poverty in those who are in financial crisis financial stability (long-term financial stability) agencies: outcomes: (1) increase financial self-sufficiency (2) proficiency in money management (3) prolong periods of employment
$108,000 spentof which $108,000 as grants11% of program spendingHealth agencies: outcomes: (1) clients and their families are aware of health choices available in community. (2) families living with illness receive services and products to improve quality of life. (3) increase use of lower levels of healthcare and decrease emergency room visits/hospital stays
$74,000 spentof which $74,000 as grants8% of program spendingBasic needds: people are stabilized with emergency food, safe shelter, and other critical services.
$592,440 spentof which $326,607 as grants62% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $958,440.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $2.0M (−17%).
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 3% · 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 19% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY 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.
Board chair
Vincent Cherry
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $150k → $214k.
8 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $651k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Gaston Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY 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
UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
67% 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 UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 47% · 2019 29% · 2020 52% · 2021 47% · 2022 44% · 2023 21% — 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 UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
91% of UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY 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. $879k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC is better cushioned 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
Government funding UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $155k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$155k
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 UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY 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 UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,978,064 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($570,774). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,978,064 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $570,774 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GASTON COUNTY 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 30 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