Connecticut · Nonprofit
Middlesex United Way Inc
Middlesex United Way Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,969,238 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT ($654,997). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $688k
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Middlesex United Way Inc does
Mission
By cultivating leadership and partnerships, bringing resources together, and investing in our community, Middlesex United Way acts as a catalyst to achieve measurable positive impact in youth opportunity, creating healthy communities, financial security, equity, and community resiliency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Celebrating Housing Success:Krystal Rivera and her family officially moved into their new home in East Hampton during the summer of 2023, thanks to the support of a Community Impact Grant from Middlesex United Way to Middlesex Habitat for Humanity. This funding also supported the organization's shift toward constructing energy-efficient prefabricated homes-offering a sustainable and affordable path to homeownership for more families in Middlesex County.
$646,079 spent$4,693 earned by the program100% of program spendingInvesting in Mental Health and Early Childhood:With support from Middlesex United Way, early childhood educators in Middlesex County received professional consultation to better address preschoolers' mental health. This investment ensures young children receive the emotional and developmental support they need to thrive, setting a strong foundation for future success.
Strengthening Families through Perinatal Care:Middlesex Untied Way funding helped make possible the work of a Perinatal Social Worker at Middlesex Health's Pregnancy and Birth Center. This support ensures pregnant individuals and their families receive comprehensive guidance, mental health support, and referrals to community resources-creating a more compassionate and supportive health experience.
Youth Engagement Through the Arts:Nearly 200 children took part in the 36th Annual Children's Circus of Middletown, made possible in part by a Middlesex United Way Community Impact Grant to Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater. With a commitment to accessibility and equity, the camp offered a sliding-scale fee structure and free meals, allowing children from all backgrounds to learn acrobatics, clowning, and more.
Celebrating LGBTQ+ Belonging:A Community Impact Grant to Middletown Pride supported a record 25 inclusive events in the 2023-2024 grant cycle. These events, including the Pridesgiving Dinner and Queer Swim, helped individuals find connection and safety in affirming spaces. One attendee, previously anxious in public settings, is now a regular participant in community events thanks to the supportive environment created through this work.
Connecting People to Resources:Middlesex United Way's support for Connecticut's 2-1-1 and 988 helplines remains a vital component of its works. From September 2023 to September 2024, there were over 14,000 requests for help from Middlesex County residents via 2-1-1, with the top needs being household/shelter and mental health support. These critical services ensure residents have 24/7 access to help in times of need. The 988 crisis line, aimed at providing immediate support for those dealing with a crisis situation, is also supported by Middlesex United Way.
Returning Dollars to the Community:The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, supported by Middlesex United Way, helped over 600 local taxpayers in 2024, resulting in more than $700,000 in refunds to individuals and families across Middlesex County. These dollars go directly back into the community, strengthening financial security and reducing economic hardship.
United is the Way to a Thriving Community:Middlesex United Way brings people and resources together to address the most pressing needs across Middlesex County.
Through strategic investments, collaborative partnerships, and community-driven initiatives, we support programs that strengthen families, promote mental wellness, build financial security, and create opportunities for all. From helping families access safe, affordable housing and mental health support to investing in early childhood education, youth development, and crisis response services like 2-1-1 and 988, we work to ensure everyone in our 15-town region has the opportunity to thrive. United, we're building a stronger, more connected community-one where everyone has the support they need to succeed.
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $646,079.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.7M to $2.0M (−26%).
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: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of Middlesex United Way Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Kevin Reich
Comm Imp Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $414k → $258k.
3 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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: $67k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Middlesex United Way Inc); $16k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Middlesex United Way Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Middlesex United Way Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
Middlesex United Way Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
37% 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 Middlesex United Way Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 38% · 2019 41% · 2020 25% · 2021 30% · 2022 36% · 2023 29% — 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
62% of Middlesex United Way Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
86% of Middlesex United Way Inc's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Middlesex United Way Inc's revenue fell 57% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Middlesex United Way Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $510k on record.
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$510k
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 Middlesex 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 Middlesex 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 Middlesex United Way Inc?
- Middlesex United Way Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,969,238 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT ($654,997). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Middlesex United Way Inc have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $2,969,238 in grants to Middlesex United Way Inc, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Middlesex United Way Inc?
- UNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT is the largest funder on record, with $654,997 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Middlesex United Way Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 34 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