North Carolina · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA
UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina) receives grants from 182 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,475,834 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($2,151,686). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 182
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What United Way of North Carolina does
Mission
We bridge people, local united ways, and resources so individuals, families, and communities thrive in north carolina.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Nccare360 - United Way of North Carolina is a partner in building the first state wide coordinated network that unites healthcare and human services organizations with a shared technology platform allowing for a coordinated, community-oriented, person-centered approach to delivering care in north carolina. Nccare360 allows providers to electronically connect those with identified needs to community resources and allow for a feedback loop on the outcome of that connection. This solution ensures accountability around services delivered, provides a "no wrong door" approach, closes the loop on every referral made, and reports on outcomes of that connection. The uwnc team provides constant updating of resources used as out of network referrals and a care navigation team to support hospitals and other users of the platform.
$1,661,295 spent$637,469 earned by the program26% of program spendingNc 211: nc 211 provides statewide, 24/7 information and referral services to nc residents. 211 is an information and referral line and companion website (nc211.org) that connects people to vital social services provided by a range of nonprofit and government agencies. This easy-to-remember number saves time and frustration by eliminating the need for callers to navigate a maze of agencies and helplines. Concurrently, 211 is an effective management tool. The system generates real-time data on requests at 211counts.org, alerting stakeholders to emerging needs and making it possible to direct resources to where they will do the most good.
$4,166,675 spent$346,044 earned by the program66% of program spendingMember services: as the member association for 47 local united ways covering 80% of all communities in nc, uwnc's role is to create learning and engagement opportunities that build strong united way leaders, resilient and equitable united way organizations, and advocacy action that transforms the lives of low-income working families.
$465,570 spent$91,608 earned by the program7% of program spendingDigital navigation program - United Way of North Carolina offers the opportunity for north carolinians to be able to access community resources that support internet affordability, access to computers and digital devices, digital skills and literacy, tech support and free wi-fi with one call thanks to a partnership between the n.c. Department of information technology's (ncdit) division of broadband and digital opportunity and nc 211. Nc 211 is an information and referral service powered by United Way of North Carolina and local united ways that offers free and confidential information to callers on health and human services within their local communities.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,293,540.
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 $1.5M to $11M (+603%).
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: 2020 14% · 2021 8% · 2022 33% · 2023 22% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Brittany Pruitt Fletcher
President & CEO
Board chair
Brian White
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $125k → $112k.
46 of 182 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 182 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 NORTH CAROLINA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
71% 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 NORTH CAROLINA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 83% · 2019 22% · 2020 43% · 2021 50% · 2022 52% · 2023 44% — 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
16% of UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 14% 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
59% of UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA'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 $5.9M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 32 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 24 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 NORTH CAROLINA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: 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 NORTH CAROLINA?
- UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA (North Carolina) receives grants from 182 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,475,834 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($2,151,686). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA have?
- IRS filings report 182 organizations giving $14,475,834 in grants to UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $2,151,686 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 182 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