United Way of Florence County
United Way of Florence County is a public charity based in Florence, South Carolina, formed in 1954. It provides program support and funding for local nonprofit organizations in six community focus areas: youth services, family services, special needs, emergency services, abuse, and elderly services.
United Way of Florence County at a glance
In short: United Way of Florence County gave $470K across 39 grants in 2025 (avg $12K), mostly in South Carolina. 0% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $470,350
- -3.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 39
- -4.9% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $12,060
- +2.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $2,304
- Total assets
- $3,722,210
- +4.4% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 0% first-time grantees (0 of 22, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- South Carolina (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to United Way of Florence County
- Contact
Mailing address: 1621 W Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29501
Phone: (843) 662-2407
Website: https://unitedwayflorence.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who United Way of Florence County funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Senior Citizens Association in Florence County ($48K across 2 grants). Together the top 10 received $375K.
Grant Size Distribution
182 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 172 grants of 182 (95%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
All grant dollars in filing year 2025 went to recipients in South Carolina.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 39 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is United Way of Florence County open to new grantees?
0%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 0 of 22 grantees (0%) were first-time recipients. With only 22 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. How we count
- 100% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−10%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $470K (2025) to $807K (2021). In 2025 it made 39 grants totaling $470K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Citizens Association in Florence County Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $47,450 |
| Mercy Medicine Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $47,314 |
| Youth Mentors of the Pee Dee Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $43,542 |
| Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Assault Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $42,354 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Pee Dee Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $41,678 |
| Lighthouse Ministries Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $33,321 |
| Pee Dee Speech and Hearing Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $31,667 |
| Florence Area Literacy Council Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $27,708 |
| Salvation Army Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $24,527 |
| Florence County Disabilities & Special Needs Board Florence, SC | Program Operating Costs | $23,070 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3,722,210 | $1,079,435 | $925,443 | $470,350 | 39 | $283,839 |
| 2024 | $3,564,517 | $1,133,827 | $961,003 | $484,845 | 41 | $384,493 |
| 2023 | $3,424,243 | $1,309,736 | $1,133,457 | $484,846 | 43 | $217,265 |
| 2022 | $3,127,628 | $996,707 | $932,684 | $521,230 | 17 | $239,245 |
| 2021 | $3,597,721 | $709,500 | $1,250,653 | $806,531 | 42 | $19,084 |
| 2020 | $3,404,306 | $1,046,394 | $1,207,853 | $799,340 | 35 | $112,778 |
| 2019 | $3,732,193 | $1,056,844 | $1,136,727 | $743,691 | 32 | $136,633 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s stated mission is to provide community leadership and develop resources to strengthen relationships, programs, and services that produce measurable results and improve quality of life. It also states a vision of being recognized as the Pee Dee’s leading health and human services support agency through resource development and community impact initiatives.
Its 2024 filing describes support for local nonprofits across the six focus areas. Examples of grantees include the Senior Citizens Association in Florence County, Mercy Medicine, Youth Mentors of the Pee Dee, and the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Assault. Grantee missions illustrate some of the services represented: Harvest Hope Food Bank describes its work as eliminating hunger and food insecurity in South Carolina, while the Naomi Project describes its mission as helping women experiencing domestic abuse who choose not to return to their abusers.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, United Way of Florence County reported 39 grants totaling $470,350. Grants ranged from $47 to $47,450, with a median of $2,304. The largest awards included $47,450 to the Senior Citizens Association in Florence County, $47,314 to Mercy Medicine, $43,542 to Youth Mentors of the Pee Dee, and $42,354 to the Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Assault. Each was listed for program operating costs.
Other 2025 grants included $41,678 to the Boys & Girls Club of the Pee Dee, $33,321 to Lighthouse Ministries, and $31,667 to Pee Dee Speech and Hearing, also for program operating costs. Additional listed grants included $15,786 and $47 to Harvest Hope Food Bank; $4,112 and $1,826 to the Naomi Project; and $863 and $324 to Civil Air Patrol. The listed Harvest Hope, Naomi Project, and Civil Air Patrol amounts are individual grants.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Officers and directors listed on the 2025 filing include Les Ward, board chair; Dwayne Brockington, treasurer; Joie O’Brien-Reynolds, secretary; Rich Rowlett, community investment chair; and Nikkoya Bass, campaign chair. Other listed board members are James L. Aikens Jr., Kay Andrews, Matthew Langston, and Jamie Floyd. Jill Lewis is listed as “Nominations Committee Co-C.”
United Way of Florence County is led by Cameron Campbell, President on every filing since 2023; none of the 24 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Cameron Campbell
President
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$80K (2023) → $0 (2025)
Les Ward
Board Chair
Board Member → Board Chair, 2020
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Rich Rowlett
Community Investment Chair
Board Member → Community Investment Chair, 2025
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Nikkoya Bass
Campaign Chair
Board Member → Campaign Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Shanequa Joe
Board Chair
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Dwayne Brockington
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Irby Wilson
Nominations Committee Co-Chair
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
James L. Aikens Jr.
Board Member
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jamie Floyd
Board Member
Campaign Chair → Campaign Co Chair, 2022
Campaign Co Chair → Board Member, 2023
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Jill Lewis
Nominations Committee Co-Chair
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Kay Andrews
Board Member
Secretary → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Matthew Langston
Board Member
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Ashley Christenbury
Board Member
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Bryan Braddock
Board Member
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Chipper Smith
Board Member
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Troy Jemison
Board Member
On filings since 2022
No compensation reported
Cameron Coker
Board Member
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Michael Hemingway
Board Member
Board Chair → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2023
No compensation reported
Joie O'Brien-Reynolds
Secretary
On filings since 2024
No compensation reported
Contessa Bradley
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Drew Ross
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Joe Koehling
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Kayla Adams
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Luke Carter Jr.
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Former officers (28)
- Former: Quincy Kennedy (2019–2024) — Community Investment Chair
- Former: Jeanette Altman (2021–2024) — Campaign Chair
- Former: Laura Hickson (2023–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Savannah Stanley (2023–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Perry Maclennan (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Mackenzie Webb (2019–2023) — Secretary
- Former: Boone Aiken IV (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Sarah Duby (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Stephen Downs (2023) — Board Chair
- Former: Chad Patterson (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Chuck Pope (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Cameron Packett (2020–2022) — President
- Former: Christina O'Malley (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Pam Elliott (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Savannah Wright (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Shad Hargrove (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Annie Brown (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Charlie Blake (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: John Cariati (2019–2021) — Past Board Chair
- Former: Kevin Russell (2019–2021) — President
- Former: Merritt Graves (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Marcus Johnson (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Dean Lewis (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Emily Myers (2020) — Secretary
- Former: Joseph Craig (2019) — Community Investmt Committee
- Former: Loren Rials (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Mark Lott (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Wendy Bird (2019) — President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $80K, to Cameron Campbell (President).
Frequently asked questions about United Way of Florence County
How much does United Way of Florence County give each year?
United Way of Florence County gave $470K across 39 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $485K across 41 grants.
What is United Way of Florence County's typical grant size?
United Way of Florence County's median grant in 2025 was $2,304, and its average grant was $12,060, across 39 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does United Way of Florence County give grants?
United Way of Florence County gives mostly in South Carolina: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Florence, SC (34 grants), Columbia, SC (2 grants) and Spartanburg, SC (2 grants).
Does United Way of Florence County give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of United Way of Florence County's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (39 of 39) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are United Way of Florence County's largest grantees?
United Way of Florence County's largest 2025 grantees include Senior Citizens Association in Florence County ($47,500 across 2 grants), Mercy Medicine ($47,500 across 2 grants) and Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Assault ($47,500 across 2 grants), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 30% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is United Way of Florence County?
United Way of Florence County reported $3.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.1M.
What does United Way of Florence County fund?
The organization’s stated mission is to provide community leadership and develop resources to strengthen relationships, programs, and services that produce measurable results and improve quality of life. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from United Way of Florence County?
United Way of Florence County has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check unitedwayflorence.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is United Way of Florence County's EIN?
United Way of Florence County's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 57-0368721. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 16, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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Cite this profile
Grantable. (2026). United Way of Florence County funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/united-way-of-florence-county-morg_cdfa255e89994692b5b5d141c71eeb20
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