Michigan · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,509,473 to it, the largest being DOW COMPANY FOUNDATION ($395,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What United Way of Bay County does
Mission
To bring our community together to impact lives. The United Way of Bay County will produce efficient and effective outcomes for people in our community by assessing gaps in human services and collaborating with community impact partners to address those gaps. As we develop resources in and for the community, we will proactively secure funds, assets, and volunteers to impact those efforts. We will measure results regularly, objectively, and publicly.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community investment & planning: includes research on bay county data and community planning and collaboration with non-profit, business and government to identify the needs in the united way impact areas of healthy community, youth opportunity, financial security and community resiliency. Coordination of 20 volunteers to allocate resources to local programs that demonstrate measurable outcomes on community identified issues. United way staff participates in all major active community collaborative tasks force groups established by the human service collaborative council.
$594,040 spentof which $458,333 as grants46% of program spendingCommunity services: this program provides case management, resource navigation, direct services, information and referrals to thousands of community members. Also, the program offers presentations to individuals providing information about current needs and assisting students to become community service activists to impact change in bay county.
$494,661 spentof which $132,822 as grants38% of program spendingVolunteer resources: 2,290 individuals were recruited for united way, other non-profit agencies and community projects throughout bay county to answer community needs. Volunteers can find and register for opportunities at www.unitedwaybaycounty.org.
$50,172 spent4% of program spendingIncludes community education and communication and labor relations
$163,039 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,301,912.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $2.8M to $3.2M (+16%).
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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Jenna Dost
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $25k → $292k.
3 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 BAY COUNTY’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 BAY COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 BAY COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 78% · 2019 64% · 2020 34% · 2021 42% · 2022 39% · 2023 39% — 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
50% of UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
94% of UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $438k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 OF BAY COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$80k
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 OF BAY COUNTY
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 OF BAY COUNTY: 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 BAY COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,509,473 to it, the largest being DOW COMPANY FOUNDATION ($395,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,509,473 in grants to UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY?
- DOW COMPANY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $395,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF BAY COUNTY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 22 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