Michigan · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,699,533 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($42,072,400). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $112M
- Funders on record
- 138
- Grants received
- $148M
- Net assets
- $40M
What United Way for Southeastern Michigan does
Mission
To mobilize the caring power of detroit and southeastern michigan to improve communities and individual lives in measurable and lasting ways.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Meeting basic needs: in our four-county region, which is home to nearly half the state's population, 42% of families struggle to afford a basic, no-frills monthly budget, according to united way's 2025 alice report. That means too many households are making impossible choices between necessities like food, housing, child care, and transportation.united way meets families in these moments with both urgency and intention. Through strategic investments in partners, programs, and advocacy, we help families move from crisis to stability and from stability to prosperity. Last year, our community investment grants supported more than 290,000 individuals across southeastern michigan.through our connect4care network, we help families navigate what can often feel like a fragmented system of support connecting them to the right resources at the right time while working alongside partners to build a more coordinated, person-centered system of care. Last year, our 211 call center served as the front door into the social services ecosystem handling 148,781 connections.priority initiatives & programs 211 helpline & social navigation connect4care community information exchange basic needs grants…
$17,929,565 spentof which $8,152,553 as grants$1,066,244 earned by the program17% of program spendingCreating youth opportunity: children thrive when they have access to safe, supportive, and enriching environments and when the systems around them are designed to help them succeed. United way partners with educators, families, and community organizations to strengthen the whole child preparing them for lifelong success.our work strengthens in-school and out-of-school learning and fills critical gaps through supplemental literacy and steam programming. Together, these efforts ensure young people are prepared to learn, grow, and succeed in a rapidly changing world.last year, our youth-focused programs reached more than 83,000 children across the region.priority initiatives & programs community schools my home library book fairs building foundations summer discovery stem education grants little free libraries makerspaces & stempossible
$65,889,170 spentof which $63,500,548 as grants62% of program spendingPromoting prosperity: families can't build a successful future without financial stability. United way helps individuals and families take control of their finances, reduce barriers, and build toward long-term security.through free tax preparation, financial coaching, and transportation support, we help families keep more of what they earn and plan for what's ahead. In 2025, our coalition partners filed more than 20,000 tax returns, securing over $30 million in refunds for alice families dollars that go directly back into households and local communities.priority initiatives & programs volunteer income tax assistance (vita) ride united financial coaching
$2,683,141 spentof which $208,216 as grants3% of program spendingOther: United Way for Southeastern Michigan funds, supports and administers several additional programs that support the overall health, well-being and equity of our community and its residents. Our 2-1-1 helpline continued to serve as a vital resource for thousands of community members looking for assistance with housing, utility assistance, food pantries and more as the pandemic continued and inflation impacted household budgets. As part of our ongoing efforts to address racial equity and other equity-focused issues, we continued to award racial equity fund grants, now totaling $3.2 million since the program's inception in 2022. We have continued hosting 21-day equity challenge events aimed at engaging and educating the community. We also mobilized thousands of volunteers and advocates to roll up their sleeves and help their communities and use their voices to push for policies that help working families. Lastly, we provide grants and pay designations to more than 120 nonprofit agencies that provide direct service to the communities of southeastern michigan. More than1 million people are impacted through the investment of resources in education, income, and basic needs.
$19,677,053 spentof which $19,663,942 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $106,178,929.
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.
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 $59M to $89M (+51%).
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 11% · 2018 18% · 2019 19% · 2020 15% · 2021 19% · 2022 28% · 2023 31% · 2024 22% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Dr Darienne Hudson
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Luanne Thomas Ewald
Director/chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 57 funders, grant income rose $7.0M → $13M.
25 of 138 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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: $9.8M from 26 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Skillman Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 138 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
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
67% 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 WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 31% · 2019 39% · 2020 21% · 2021 67% · 2022 22% · 2023 28% — 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
44% of UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
55% of UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN'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 $67M that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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.
Government funding UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $637k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$337k
- Federal Communications Commission$300k
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 UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
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 UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: 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 WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN?
- UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 138 organizations whose IRS filings report $147,699,533 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($42,072,400). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 138 organizations giving $147,699,533 in grants to UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, 83 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $42,072,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 138 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing