Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Lower Anthracite Region United Way
Lower Anthracite Region United Way (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,768 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2018
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $86k
What Lower Anthracite Region United Way does
Mission
To raise funds for local charitable organizations
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Allocations to Various Charitable Organizations from the UnitedWay. The Various Charitable Organizations Utilized the Funds for Charitable Purposes.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $3k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 Lower Anthracite Region United Way’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
Lower Anthracite Region United Way leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
51% 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 Lower Anthracite Region United Way.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
51% of Lower Anthracite Region United Way'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like Lower Anthracite Region United Way
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 Lower Anthracite Region United Way: 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 Lower Anthracite Region United Way?
- Lower Anthracite Region United Way (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,768 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lower Anthracite Region United Way have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $9,768 in grants to Lower Anthracite Region United Way, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lower Anthracite Region United Way?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lower Anthracite Region United Way find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing