UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $17.1M ($17.6M in 2025 dollars) · expenses $22.4M · assets $26.7M

EIN

56-0529948

Address

601 E 5TH ST STE 350, CHARLOTTE, NC 28202-3060

Website

WWW.UNITEDWAYGREATERCLT.ORG

NTEE code

T70 Federated Giving Programs (Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations) published (IRS Business Master File, as T700)

FURP topic

abuse: substance · domestic violence · girls boys: boys girls clubs · shelter: homeless · violence: prevention · violence: sexual · women: issues (from its 990 text; the topic index)

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

April 1958 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

UNITED WAY USES COLLECTIVE GIVING TO BUILD PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, PRIMARILY THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED, GRASSROOTS AND RESPONSIVE SOLUTIONS.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.UNITED WAY WAS FOUNDED 90 YEARS AGO IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY AS "EMERGENCY RELIEF" TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE GREAT DEPRESSION THROUGH THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE GIVING.WE WORK AS A FOCUSED, COLLABORATIVE TEAM WITHIN GREATER CHARLOTTE, DEVELOPING TAILORED SOLUTIONS FOR EACH PART OF OUR REGION TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC MOBILITY. SERVING ANSON, CABARRUS, MECKLENBURG AND UNION COUNTIES, OUR ACTIONS ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED BY RESIDENTS OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.LEADERSHIP: COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, BUSINESSES, FAITH COMMUNITIES, DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND ADVANCE LASTING SOLUTIONS, UNITED WAY IS ENSURING THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

19 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

103 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• CHARLOTTE REGIONAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE Charlotte, NC · 2 people in common (Keith Giddens, Laura Yates Clark)
• ASCEND NONPROFIT SOLUTIONS INC Charlotte, NC · 2 people in common (Bill Currens, Michele Juliana)
• UNITED WAY LEGACY FOUNDATION Charlotte, NC · 2 people in common (Joe Wall, Ron Messenger)
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE INST FOR SOCIAL CPTL INC Charlotte, NC · 2 people in common (Kathryn Firmin-Sellers, Laura Yates Clark)
• FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS Charlotte, NC · 1 person in common (Laura Yates Clark)
• NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION Charlotte, NC · 1 person in common (Michael Bryant)
• ARTS SCIENCES & CULTURAL COUNCIL OF CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG INC Charlotte, NC · 1 person in common (Laura Yates Clark)
• ARTS & SCIENCE COUNCIL Charlotte, NC · 1 person in common (Michael Bryant)
• SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS CHARLOTTE INC Charlotte, NC · 1 person in common (Michele Juliana)

Funders of this organization

96 grantors reported grants to this organization, $40,335,610 in all, tax years 2008 to 2025; the 25 largest shown (all 96). Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.