Mississippi · Nonprofit
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,021,220 to it, the largest being ASBURY FOUNDATION OF HATTIESBURG INC ($400,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What The United Way of Southeast Ms Inc does
Mission
United way of southeast mississippi improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around of southeast mississippi to advance the common good. United way of southeast mississippi is governed by a volunteer board of directors from its four county service area. Our focus is on improving the education, financial stability and health of families in our communities. This is accomplished through partnerships with local companies, governments, nonprofits and other organizations.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
United way of southeast mississippi improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around of southeast mississippi to advance the common good. United way of southeast mississippi is governed by a volunteer board of directors from its four county service area. Our focus is on improving the education, financial stability and health of families in our communities. This is accomplished through partnerships with local companies, governments, nonprofits and other organizations.
$647,405 spentof which $371,300 as grants97% of program spendingUnited way of southeast mississippi improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around of southeast mississippi to advance the common good. United way of southeast mississippi is governed by a volunteer board of directors from its four county service area. Our focus is on improving the education, financial stability and health of families in our communities. This is accomplished through partnerships with local companies, governments, nonprofits and other organizations.
$23,291 spent3% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $670,696.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.0M to $2.4M (+19%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 4% · 2022 8% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 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
Jerry Defatta
Board chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $28k → $256k.
8 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 39% · 2019 40% · 2020 44% · 2021 82% · 2022 43% · 2023 78% — 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.
How long its funders stay
42% of THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
81% of THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC's grant income comes from Mississippi funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $350k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS 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 Mississippi
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC?
- THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC (Mississippi) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,021,220 to it, the largest being ASBURY FOUNDATION OF HATTIESBURG INC ($400,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,021,220 in grants to THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC?
- ASBURY FOUNDATION OF HATTIESBURG INC is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Mississippi. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 23 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