Maryland · Nonprofit
UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC
UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,520 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR ($44,642). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.0M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $73k
- Net assets
- $12M
What United Needs and Abilities Inc does
Mission
Mission: the mission of united needs & abilities, inc (una) is to provide a community-based organization to serve and enrich the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities.vision: the people we serve will lead fulfilled lives in a community that embraces and understands their individuality.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential services - provides residential alternatives to adults with developmental disabilities. Served 27 consumers during the fiscal year.
$3,928,222 spent$148,992 earned by the program64% of program spendingPersonal support - provides services to help people with disabilities live independently. Served 20 consumers during the fiscal year.
$451,551 spentof which $15,771 as grants7% of program spendingSupported living - provides support services focusing on children or adults living in the home or community. Served 4 consumers during the fiscal year.
$905,481 spentof which $642 as grants15% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$809,364 spentof which $397,185 as grants$255,707 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,094,618.
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 $8.6M to $12M (+39%).
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 96% · 2018 95% · 2019 95% · 2020 95% · 2021 96% · 2022 95% · 2023 83% · 2024 94% · 2025 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Sarah Gleason
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $7k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC’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
UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 58% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
78% of UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC'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 $16k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Rivers Edge Abilities Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES 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 UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC?
- UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,520 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR ($44,642). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $72,520 in grants to UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR is the largest funder on record, with $44,642 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED NEEDS AND ABILITIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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