Virginia · Nonprofit
UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL
UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,095,351 to it, the largest being WINDWARD FUND ($225,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $511k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $272k
What United Parents Against Lead - Upal does
Mission
Engaged in work to end lead poisoning and other environmental hazards.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
-Funds were used to offer training programs and general project support of UPAL activities relative to our Solar Powered Community resiliency Hub in Petersburg. Related training led to certifications and Workforce Development while creating healthy homes through Building Electrification. An independent training space was launched to offer weatherization and residential energy efficient courses including energy audits. Contributed to our ability to provide stipends for volunteers.
$140,000 spentof which $140,000 as grants$140,000 earned by the program50% of program spending-Resources used to support Region 3 partners through CEEJH/MATCH and GHHI initiatives that further the missions of climate and justice organizations. Supports development and training activities and apprenticeship opportunities. Supports employee safety, health and wellness. UPAL began to build out plans to install a Food Forest with general operating support that allowed us to engage in coalition building and grassroots organizing around sustainable agriculture and food systems. Meetings to convene partner organizations to increase capacity and provide support in areas of climate justice and a just energy transition.
$80,000 spentof which $80,000 as grants$80,000 earned by the program28% of program spendingFunds were used to continue to close the economic gap building equity and alignment in the Pburg community through the maintenance of a solar powered resiliency hub, which served 1,800 individuals in 2025. The Hub limits the impacts of power outages and provides temporary shelter during climate crises. Funds made it possible for UPAL to ensure energy resiliency used to power administrative offices, classrooms and all common areas while also providing community members access to gather and utilize services. Funds also contributed to awareness raising campaigns / events and other advocacy activities that support organizational and leadership development. In addition we worked with the city of Petersburg on Flood Resilience which includes flood zone mapping and initiation of a project to establish Community Flood Ambassadors.
$61,161 spentof which $61,161 as grants$61,161 earned by the program22% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $281,161.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $73k to $272k (+271%).
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.
100% of UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Zakia Shabazz
Executive Director
Board chair
Maura Jackson
Advisory Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $20k → $391k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL’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 PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
92% 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 PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 59% · 2021 34% · 2022 38% — 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
40% of UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% 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 FY2022, 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 PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $387k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL?
- UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL (Virginia) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,095,351 to it, the largest being WINDWARD FUND ($225,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,095,351 in grants to UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL?
- WINDWARD FUND is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED PARENTS AGAINST LEAD - UPAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 16 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