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United Way of Greater High Point Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker High Point, NC EIN: 56-0547486 Website

United Way of Greater High Point Inc is a public charity based in High Point, North Carolina. Formed in 1935, it brings together people, resources, and funding to support programs and partnerships serving communities in the Greater High Point area.

Key facts about United Way of Greater High Point Inc

In short: United Way of Greater High Point Inc gave $2.5M across 40 grants in 2025 (avg $62K), mostly in North Carolina. 13% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
56-0547486
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$2,471,807
Grants made (2025)
40
Average grant
$61,795
Median grant
$46,723
New grantees (estimate)
13% first-time grantees (5 of 38, 2025)
Total assets
$7,639,660
Primary geography
North Carolina (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$7.6M

+3.5% YoY

Annual Giving

$2.5M

-1.4% YoY

Grant Count

40

+2.6% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$62K

-3.8% YoY

Is United Way of Greater High Point Inc open to new grantees?

13%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 5 of 38 grantees (13%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $11K; repeat grants $62K. How we count

Medians: $10K first-time, $48K repeat.

  • 84% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving grew 27% from 2022 to 2025. 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.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization’s mission is to bring together people, resources, and funding to build strong and vibrant communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Its stated impact areas include Healthy Community, Youth Opportunity, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency. For 2024–2025, it reported that 48% of allocated dollars went to education and thriving children and families, 28% to financial stability, and 24% to health-related programs.

Its grantees work across a range of services. For example, Family Service of the Piedmont says it empowers individuals and families to restore hope, achieve stability, and thrive through support services, advocacy, and education. Community Clinic of High Point says it provides acute care and chronic disease management to eligible uninsured adults in its service area. Senior Resources of Guilford describes its work as providing direct services, referrals, advocacy, and volunteer opportunities to older adults. Alcohol and Drug Services of Guilford says it provides substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, United Way of Greater High Point reported 40 grants totaling $2,471,807. Grants ranged from $6,399 to $263,590, with a median of $46,722. All reported grant dollars went to recipients in North Carolina.

The largest reported grants included $263,590 to YWCA of High Point for a range of services, including aquatics and wellness, youth services, and resource centers; $228,957 to Family Service of the Piedmont for childhood enhancement, crisis services, consumer credit counseling, and designations; and $208,032 to YMCA of Greater High Point for youth scholarships, afterschool and summer programs, childcare, camp, and other services. Other sizable grants included $163,765 to The Salvation Army of High Point, $151,679 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater High Point, and $142,553 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Piedmont.

The organization’s regular allocations process is for partner agencies. Agencies submit financial records and a detailed funding application; community volunteers review requests, program effectiveness, and local needs, with volunteer financial professionals conducting an accountability review. The organization also describes Venture Grants as small, non-recurring grants for qualified local nonprofits, including partner and non-partner agencies. Venture funding must directly benefit the Greater High Point community and cannot support a program already funded through regular allocations. Venture applications may request support for new programs, capital needs, equipment, supplies, and, in limited cases, administrative expenses. The current Venture Grant application release date is listed as to be determined.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The organization says it serves High Point, Archdale, Trinity, and Jamestown. Its 2025 reported grants went to recipients in North Carolina.

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 40 itemized grants.

Cities

High PointGreensboroAsheboroLexingtonJamestownColfaxWinston-SalemThomasvilleWashington

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M$4M32 grants2019 32 grants2020 33 grants2021 26 grants2022 26 grants2023 39 grants2024 40 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.9M (2023) to $3.0M (2019). In 2025 it made 40 grants totaling $2.5M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

YWCA of High Point: $264KYWCA of High Point$264KFamily Service of the Piedmont: $229KFamily Service of the Piedmont$229KYMCA of Greater High Point: $208KYMCA of Greater High Point$208KThe Salvation Army of High Point: $164KThe Salvation Army of HighPoint$164KBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater High Point: $152KBoys & Girls Clubs of GreaterHigh Point$152KBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Piedmont: $143KBig Brothers Big Sisters ofthe Central Piedmont$143KCommunity Clinic of High Point: $96KCommunity Clinic of High Point$96KCounty of Guilford: $88KCounty of Guilford$88KHospice of the Piedmont: $87KHospice of the Piedmont$87KSenior Resources of Guilford: $86KSenior Resources of Guilford$86K

The largest 2025 recipient was YWCA of High Point ($264K). Together the top 10 received $1.5M.

Grant Size Distribution

164 grants across all recorded years

83<$50K47$50–100K33$100–250K1$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 83 grants of 164 (51%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
YWCA of High Point High Point, NCAquatics & wellness, adolescent parenting program, youth services, women's resource center, teaching kitchen, latino family resource center, hermanos & hermanas, el pueblo, community access, and designations$263,590
Family Service of the Piedmont Jamestown, NCChildhood enhancement, consumer credit counseling, crisis services integrated dual diagnosis, and designations$228,957
YMCA of Greater High Point High Point, NCYouth program scholarships, afterschool/summer programs, childcare, camp, minority achievers/teen program, membership scholarships, and designations$208,032
The Salvation Army of High Point High Point, NCEmergency assistance, emergency shelter, shelter and transitional housing, and designations$163,765
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater High Point High Point, NCEducation & career development, health & life skills, and designations$151,679
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Piedmont High Point, NCMatches, Mentorying Children of Prisoners, and Designations$142,553
Community Clinic of High Point High Point, NCIndigent Care and Designations$95,753
County of Guilford High Point, NCChildcare Scholarships$88,409
Hospice of the Piedmont High Point, NCDesignations$87,311
Senior Resources of Guilford Greensboro, NCAccess to services, community based services, volunteer services, and designations$85,922

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grant total Grant count
2025 $7,639,660 $4,620,065 $4,494,598 $2,471,807 40
2024 $7,379,685 $5,401,768 $4,413,092 $2,505,900 39
2023 $6,356,501 $4,344,379 $4,203,444 $1,880,970 26
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$2M$4M$6M2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$7,639,660$7,379,685$6,356,501
Revenue$4,620,065$5,401,768$4,344,379
Expenses$4,494,598$4,413,092$4,203,444
Net Investment Income$325,106$134,077$113,195

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 19, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 1, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 8, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 14, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 10, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 28, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS November 5, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Brandon Flinchum as Board Chair, Tommy Reid as Past Board Chair, Joanna Nifong as Strategic Planning Chair, Chris Bryan as 2025 Campaign Chair, Kevin Grier as Community Impact Chair, and Ken Bowling as Treasurer. Susan Fagg, Scotti Teschke, Matt Penley, and Joe Fisher are listed as directors.

United Way of Greater High Point Inc is led by Jane Liebscher, President on every filing since 2020; 2 of 22 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jane Liebscher

    President

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $80K (2020) → $113K (2025)

  • Joanna Nifong

    Strategic Planning Chair

    Board Chair → Past Board Chair, 2024

    Past Board Chair → Strategic Planning Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Grier

    Community Impact Chair

    Director → Community Impact Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brandon Flinchum

    Board Chair

    Director → Board Chair-Elect, 2024

    Board Chair-Elect → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Bryan

    Campaign Chair

    Director → Campaign Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Hoover

    Campaign Chair

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Blakely

    Director

    Campaign Chair → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tony Bertschi

    Director

    Director → Campaign Chair, 2021

    Campaign Chair → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Weaver Walden

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scotti Teschke

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Fagg

    Director

    Campaign Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Taylor

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Fisher

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Penley

    Director

    Campaign Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Irina Maltseva

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dana Murdock

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Myra Williams

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Betsy Lowder

    CFO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $86K (2019) → $110K (2025)

  • Tommy Reid

    Past Board Chair

    Board Chair-Elect → Board Chair, 2024

    Board Chair → Past Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Sink

    Board Chair-Elect

    Director → Board Chair-Elect, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ken Bowling

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katrina Thompson

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (48)
  • Former: Dj Seneres (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Marshall Morgan (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Budd (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jenna Beane (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Alyce Warden (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Justin Thompson (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kellie Jackson (2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Caren York (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Ericka Best-Hunt (2019–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Frank Thomas (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Michelle McNair (2019–2023) — Past Board Chair
  • Former: Cyril Jefferson (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Philip Kurland (2021–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Dan Tarara (2022–2023) — Community Impact Chair
  • Former: Andrew Caldwell (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Beverly Nelson (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Claire Robinson (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Janet Riley-Wright (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jim Himes (2019–2022) — Past Board Chair
  • Former: Matt Thiel (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Robert Rogers (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Donna Blakely (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Wendy Rivers (2022) — Director
  • Former: Barry Kitley (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Caley Edgerly (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: David Farrelly (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Glen Fogle (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Julie Messner (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ken Smith (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Leslie Ashton (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Leslie Garvin (2019–2021) — Community Impact Chair
  • Former: Rick Blake (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Mark Harris (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Alyce Hill (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Angela McGill (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Bobby Smith (2019–2020) — President & Retire
  • Former: Jordan Lessard (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Meg Sheehan (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Nathan Chrisawn (2019–2020) — Treasurer & Finance Chair
  • Former: Tom Eller (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Partick Budd (2020) — Director
  • Former: Carl Mickey (2019) — Director
  • Former: David Miller (2019) — Director
  • Former: Heidi Majors (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Beane (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mollie Marsh Brugh (2019) — Director
  • Former: Owen Bertschi (2019) — Director
  • Former: Randy Parker (2019) — Director

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 2025 IRS filing

Jane Liebscher — President: $113KJane LiebscherPresident$113KBetsy Lowder — CFO: $110KBetsy LowderCFO$110K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $113K, to Jane Liebscher (President). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: 815 Phillips Avenue, High Point, NC 27262
Phone: (336) 883-4127
Website: https://unitedwayhp.org

Frequently asked questions about United Way of Greater High Point Inc

How much does United Way of Greater High Point Inc give each year?

United Way of Greater High Point Inc gave $2.5M across 40 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.5M across 39 grants.

What is United Way of Greater High Point Inc's typical grant size?

United Way of Greater High Point Inc's median grant in 2025 was $46,723, and its average grant was $61,795, across 40 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United Way of Greater High Point Inc that year got $11K on average.

Where does United Way of Greater High Point Inc give grants?

United Way of Greater High Point Inc gives mostly in North Carolina: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were High Point, NC (21 grants), Greensboro, NC (8 grants), Asheboro, NC (4 grants) and Winston-Salem, NC (2 grants).

Does United Way of Greater High Point Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 40 grants with a stated purpose on United Way of Greater High Point Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Designations" (12 grants).

Who are United Way of Greater High Point Inc's largest grantees?

United Way of Greater High Point Inc's largest 2025 grantees include YWCA of High Point ($263,590), Family Service of the Piedmont ($228,957) and YMCA of Greater High Point ($208,032), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 28% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is United Way of Greater High Point Inc?

United Way of Greater High Point Inc reported $7.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.6M.

What does United Way of Greater High Point Inc fund?

The organization’s mission is to bring together people, resources, and funding to build strong and vibrant communities where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Its stated impact areas include Healthy Community, Youth Opportunity, Financial Security, and Community Resiliency. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from United Way of Greater High Point Inc?

United Way of Greater High Point Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check unitedwayhp.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is United Way of Greater High Point Inc's EIN?

United Way of Greater High Point Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-0547486. 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.

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