Kentucky · Nonprofit
METRO UNITED WAY INC
METRO UNITED WAY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,022,800 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($20,015,500). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 121
- Grants received
- $58M
- Net assets
- $45M
What Metro United Way Inc does
Mission
Metro United Way's mission is to improve lives and our community by engaging people to give, advocate, and volunteer.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
THRIVING KIDS: 817 children were screened through our developmental screening hub that equips families with resources, provides referrals, and distributes books and activities. 223 beds were built by 136 volunteers and given to students who did not have a bed to call their own. 10,527 young people were impacted through our youth success network. 24,000 diapers collected, 4,613 impact kids created and distributed to 69 partners. 43,000 books were distributed throughout our more than 40 Little Free Library network.
$4,174,253 spentof which $1,470,812 as grants35% of program spendingSTRONG HOUSEHOLDS: 249 individuals participated in workforce coaching and 73% made improvements. 21,896 individuals connected to resources in our community through our 211 helpline. 17,798 impact kits were created and distributed to 72 nonprofit partners. 36 households in Southern Indiana were helped through the home ownership process. 600 households helped with housing or rental assistance. 175 families helped to avoid utility interruption. 64,554 people supplied with food.
$4,993,103 spentof which $2,788,003 as grants42% of program spendingEQUITABLE COMMUNITY: 161 scholarships provided to young men. 22 nonprofit organizations participated in Black LOVE. 1,000 individuals virtually attended the Beyond Buzzwords speaker series. 41,413 impact kits created and distributed to 91 nonprofit partners across three pillars. 6 racial wealth gap simulations were held including 350 individuals, serval with 95% + value rating.
$738,334 spentof which $323,983 as grants6% of program spendingGrants to not-for-profit organizations and various programs specifically focused on basic services in MUW's county service areas outside of Jefferson County as well as a combination of our core pillars
$1,514,310 spentof which $972,132 as grants13% of program spendingEngaged with employees from several corporations to participate in volunteer projects that focused around MUW's 3 pillar areas.
$361,541 spent3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,781,541.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $33M to $60M (+83%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 11% · 2022 15% · 2023 12% · 2024 8% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of METRO UNITED WAY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $3.9M.
20 of 121 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $14M from 21 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc); $360k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Metro United Way Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money METRO UNITED WAY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of METRO UNITED WAY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 121 funders by total. 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
METRO UNITED WAY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
57% 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 METRO UNITED WAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 45% · 2019 38% · 2020 22% · 2021 74% · 2022 21% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
47% of METRO UNITED WAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
METRO UNITED WAY INC draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 states 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.
Against its field
METRO UNITED WAY INC's funding base is broadening — from 27 funders to 49 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding METRO UNITED WAY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $674k on record — $674k federal, $13 state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$600k
- Department of the Treasury$74k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $13
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like METRO UNITED WAY INC
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for METRO UNITED WAY INC: 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 METRO UNITED WAY INC?
- METRO UNITED WAY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,022,800 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($20,015,500). 78 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METRO UNITED WAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 121 organizations giving $58,022,800 in grants to METRO UNITED WAY INC, 78 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METRO UNITED WAY INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $20,015,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METRO UNITED WAY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 121 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing