About United Way of Greenville County
We mobilize people and resources to improve lives, strengthen the community and advance equity for the benefit of all.
Focus Areas
HousingChildcareEducationTransportationFinancial stabilityVolunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)Opportunity CenterOnTrack Greenville
Funding Style
donor-designated fundingprogram allocation / restricted fundingprogram grants / direct grantmakingdonor-restricted program support
Topics
About United Way of Greenville County
United Way of Greenville County Inc. concentrates its grantmaking on Greenville County, using multi-year investments to support organizations working in education, housing, childcare, and transportation. The foundation’s How We Win strategy is the clearest window into how it funds: competitive grants go to qualified community organizations that provide direct services or serve as intermediaries, with an emphasis on reducing barriers to higher earnings and advancing poverty reduction. Recent grants show that approach in practice. Greenville County School District received $140,000 in 2025, while Habitat for Humanity - Greenville received $100,000 in the same year. The pattern also includes local partners such as United Ministries, Greer Relief & Resources Agency Inc, and Communityworks Inc, indicating a strong preference for community-based implementation. Beyond the strategic grants, the organization also uses donor designation and program allocation mechanisms, which sit alongside its direct grantmaking. Its latest filing reports annual grants of $12,083,475 and total assets of $25,603,403, underscoring a sizeable local funding operation centered on Greenville County organizations.
What United Way of Greenville County Funds
Education, housing, childcare, and transportation are the core program areas that appear most consistently in the foundation’s named grant programs. In education, Greenville County School District received $120,000 in 2024 through donor designation and program allocation, and another $140,000 in 2025 through program allocation. Housing appears in several forms: Habitat for Humanity - Greenville received $100,000 in 2025, and Greenville Housing Fund LLC received $100,000 in 2025. Childcare is part of the same How We Win framework, alongside transportation, showing that the foundation ties family stability to access to services and mobility. The recent-grants list also points to broader community support through United Ministries and Greer Relief & Resources Agency Inc, both of which received funding for program work in Greenville County.
How United Way of Greenville County Gives
Typical grant size falls in a fairly tight range, with p25 at $20,000, a median of $38,306, and p75 at $58,500. That said, recent awards also include seven-figure-scale cumulative giving across many local recipients, reflecting a mix of program allocation and donor-designated support. The grantmaking structure is regular funder activity rather than DAF pass-through or program-related investing. Multi-year grants are a clear pattern in the named programs, and several organizations appear in multiple years, including United Ministries, Greenville County School District, Phoenix Center for Behavioral Health, and Foothills Family Resources. Some program pathways accept unsolicited applications through the foundation’s funding process, while the Community Relief Fund programs are not listed as accepting unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.5M
Total Assets
$25.6M
Total Revenue
$12.2M
Total Expenses
$12.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $20K and $59K, with a median of $38K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$38K
75th Percentile
$59K
Geographic Reach
Local6 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MEGHAN BARP
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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