North Carolina · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC
UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,782,884 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,029,000). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.1M
- Funders on record
- 100
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $22M
What United Way of Greater Greensboro Inc does
Mission
To improve lives and create thriving communities by mobilizing and uniting the caring power of greensboro, nc.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Support agency programs of greater greensboro: united way of greater greensboro utilizes a volunteer-driven process to invest resources in initiatives and programs that are focused on creating solid foundations in the area of education, financial stability, and health, because these are the building blocks for a quality life. We all win when children succeed in school, families are financially stable, and people are stronger and healthier. See schedule I for the listing of the investment of resources by the united way of greater greensboro.
$2,658,997 spentof which $2,658,997 as grants49% of program spendingFacilitate donor designations: united way of greater greensboro allows donors the choice to let united way invest their donations by way of undesignated dollars, letting community experts direct dollars to the greatest pressing community needs in the areas of education, income and health. Likewise, united way of greater greensboro facilitates donor designations. This means that united way also allows the donors to direct their contributions towards specific areas of interest or partner agencies that relate to the passion and interest of the investing donors.
$304,011 spent6% of program spendingHuman service organizations:united way of greater greensboro partners with leading community human service organizations to address the root causes of poverty so that families are equipped to achieve financial independence and stability. We are focused on ensuring that children and youth hit major milestones. We want children ready for school and reading on grade level by age 8 and we want youth ready for success in school, work and life. So, we invest in early care and education, health and development and literacy efforts for children and caregivers. We invest in academic support and college and career readiness for children and youth. In the area of employment and financial stability, we are helping parents get on the path and move over the federal poverty line through employment, educational attainment, safeguarding income and asset building. In the area of health and basic need, we are addressing households' foundational needs to keep them on the path out of poverty by investing in housing to help people stay in adequates, safe and affordable housing or shelter, provide personal safety and gain access to physical and behavioral healthcare, including healthy food. We created…
$2,515,355 spent$36,415 earned by the program46% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,478,363.
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 $18M to $29M (+63%).
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: 2021 2% · 2022 6% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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
Franklin Mccain
President & CEO
Board chair
Scott Baker
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $2.3M.
23 of 100 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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: $5.7M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 100 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
UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 39% 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
70% 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 GREATER GREENSBORO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 20% · 2019 24% · 2020 12% · 2021 81% · 2022 21% · 2023 24% — growing more concentrated.
“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
49% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
64% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $9.3M that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 GREATER GREENSBORO 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
Government funding UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- Department of Labor$1.0M
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 GREATER GREENSBORO 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 100 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,782,884 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,029,000). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC have?
- IRS filings report 100 organizations giving $25,782,884 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $10,029,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO 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 100 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