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UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC

UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,928,006 to it, the largest being THE CFM FOUNDATION ($835,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$1.9M
Net assets
$2.0M
15/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What United Way of Adams County Inc does

Mission

To inspire, unite, and empower the people of adams county to reach their full human potential.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community impact - united way of adams county, inc. Invests in partner programs and initiatives that strengthen youth opportunity, health, resiliency, and financial stability so all residents can thrive. Uwac supports early learning, after school and mentoring programs, career readiness, access to healthcare and mental health services, prevention initiatives, disaster response and recovery, and efforts that promote financial literacy, housing, and long-term stability. Additionally, community building council teams of adams county stakeholders collaborate on solutions for behavioral health, community stability/poverty, and housing, needs identified through the adams county community needs assessment. Uwac focuses on alice (asset limited, income constrained, employed), working families whose income does not cover basic necessities, to ensure resources are directed where they have the greatest impact.

    $770,398 spentof which $635,808 as grants
    73% of program spending
  2. Direct programs and services - united way of adams county, inc. Mobilizes communities to action so all can thrive. Uwac delivers direct client support, referral services, and ongoing leadership of community and county based collaborative teams. Services include the help line, emergency food & shelter, good news of christmas, leadership of adams county voluntary organizations active in disaster (voad), interagency council, and just added in 2024 dolly parton's imagination library. The uwac help line offers information and referral services to match the needs of community members in crisis to the resources available with one phone call. This is done with uwac's close connection to community agencies and case workers. Donated use of facilities and transportation services for our good news program totaled $5,237.

    $176,877 spent$4,952 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  3. Fiscally sponsored groups - united way of adams county, inc. Shares knowledge to scale impact so all can thrive. By leveraging financial, staff, administrative, in-kind, and volunteer resources, partnerships are created focusing on the mission to inspire, unite, and empower the people of adams county to reach their full human potential. Fiscally sponsored groups include the quincy area partnership for unmet needs, tri-state warrior outreach, give kids a smile, and mental health education coalition. Unmet needs is a collaborative effort with the faith community, social service agencies, and uwac generating and distributing funds to help adams county residents overcome hurdles to financial stability. Tri-state warrior outreach takes a similar approach swiftly responding to veterans in need.

    $101,679 spent$1,963 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,048,954.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 101 ($1.2M) Expenses 97 ($1.3M) Net assets 96 ($1.3M)2019 Revenue 113 ($1.4M) Expenses 108 ($1.5M) Net assets 89 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 124 ($1.5M) Expenses 99 ($1.3M) Net assets 101 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 164 ($2.0M) Expenses 108 ($1.5M) Net assets 144 ($2.0M)2022 Revenue 156 ($1.9M) Expenses 118 ($1.6M) Net assets 145 ($2.0M)2023 Revenue 132 ($1.6M) Expenses 117 ($1.6M) Net assets 150 ($2.1M)2024 Revenue 101 ($1.2M) Expenses 111 ($1.5M) Net assets 139 ($1.9M)2025 Revenue 116 ($1.4M) Expenses 108 ($1.5M) Net assets 141 ($2.0M)
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Revenue (116)Expenses (108)Net assets (141)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.6M to $2.1M (+34%).

$1.4M
$1.5M
$1.3M
$1.6M
$2.1M
$2.1M
$2.2M
$2.0M
$2.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 5% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$136k
’17
−$74k
’18
−$93k
’19
$177k
’20
$533k
’21
$302k
’22
$28k
’23
−$276k
’24
−$50k
’25
4.8
months of
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

Jenna Hull

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed232726262426222629
Joined·+13+3+4+2+6+3+9+5
No longer listed·94444752
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $138k → $249k.

4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY 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 WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

89% 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 OF ADAMS COUNTY INC.

43%
largest funder
85%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 61% · 2019 61% · 2020 40% · 2021 49% · 2022 41% · 2023 49% — 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

57% of UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

93% of UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Illinois out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−4% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve4.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $42k on record.

Federal$42k
grants $42kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of the Treasury$42k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 11%Fundraising 18%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY 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 WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC?
UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,928,006 to it, the largest being THE CFM FOUNDATION ($835,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,928,006 in grants to UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC?
THE CFM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $835,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF ADAMS COUNTY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 20 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