Oregon · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES
UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $345,746 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($132,180). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2020
- $370k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $346k
- Net assets
- $0
What United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties does
Mission
United way works to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. United way is a funder, a mobilizer, a convener and a fundraiser. United way is a community builder, connecting people through philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy to the larger united way is a funder, a mobilizer, a convener and a fundraiser.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
Investment strategies: united way runs a competitive application process to support high quality programs serving individuals and families in our geographic footprint. Those selected for funding align precisely with our areas of focus, present evidence-based models for service delivery, and demonstrate effectiveness with data-rich results.before it receives united way support, a program must undergo a rigorous evaluation to ensure sound strategies and measurable results. We hold our programs to the highest standards, so donations have the greatest impact. Because we value building long-term, population-level change, but not at the expense of protecting emergency response, investments are made through a two-track funding model:- an intervention/crisis-based funding cycle--meeting basic needs-to support emergency and/or transitional services.- a prevention-based funding cycle--breaking the cycle--to support collaborations aligned with our overall goal of breaking the cycle of childhood poverty.meeting basic needs (bn): united way supports intervention as well as crisis-based services. We define basic needs as the most fundamental necessities of life which, when absent or threatened,…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2019 to 2020, from $261k to $0 (−100%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $49k → $35.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES’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 BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 73% · 2019 37% · 2020 50% · 2021 36% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
80% of UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES'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 $70k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $276k 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.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES: 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 BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES?
- UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $345,746 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($132,180). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $345,746 in grants to UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $132,180 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF BENTON & LINCOLN COUNTIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 7 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