Maine · Nonprofit
United Ostomy Associations of America Inc
United Ostomy Associations of America Inc (Maine) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,256 to it, the largest being THE LEONA M AND HARRY B HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($119,219). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $861k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $168k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What United Ostomy Associations of America Inc does
Mission
The association promotes quality of life for people with ostomies and continent diversions through information, support, advocacy, and collaboration.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide an e-mail and telephone information line for ostomy patients and their caregivers to receive educational and emotional support for their unique physical problems.
$80,781 spent$799 earned by the program13% of program spendingSupport 275+ local support groups with leadership support, education materials, and monthly newsletters.
$83,959 spent$830 earned by the program14% of program spendingProvide educational videos and printed educational guidelines at no cost to ostomy patients.
$49,814 spent$493 earned by the program8% of program spendingOn August 14-16, 2025 UOAA held its 9th National Conference in Orlando, Florida. There weapproximately 653 people in attendance, which included registrants, speakers, exhibitors, board,staff and volunteers.
$394,299 spent$252,172 earned by the program65% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $608,853.
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 2018 to 2019, from $895k to $1.2M (+29%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 10% · 2023 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of United Ostomy Associations of America 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. 3 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
Christine Ryan
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $250 → $11k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 Ostomy Associations of America 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 Ostomy Associations of America Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
27% 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 Ostomy Associations of America Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 87% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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
14% of United Ostomy Associations of America Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 25% 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
United Ostomy Associations of America Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maine, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $46k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 Ostomy Associations of America Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like United Ostomy Associations of America 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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% 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 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Ostomy Associations of America 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 Ostomy Associations of America Inc?
- United Ostomy Associations of America Inc (Maine) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,256 to it, the largest being THE LEONA M AND HARRY B HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($119,219). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Ostomy Associations of America Inc have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $168,256 in grants to United Ostomy Associations of America Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Ostomy Associations of America Inc?
- THE LEONA M AND HARRY B HELMSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $119,219 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Ostomy Associations of America Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 12 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