New York · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC (New York) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,016,137 to it, the largest being 2-1-1 NEW YORK INC ($932,553). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $4.0M
- Net assets
- $38M
What United Way of Broome County Inc does
Mission
To drive change that will have a positive impact on the critical needs of the broome county community by strategically leveraging the collective resources of community partners. The organization assesses community needs, solicits public contributions, and allocates these funds to programs of partner agencies that meet identified needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community impact and initiatives programs, this refers to efforts working with community residents, organizations, leaders, and other stakeholders to further the united way of broome county, inc.'s mission and increase its investment in activities that promote the organization's vision. Through the development of shared community visions, the organization supports building blocks to a quality life: health, education, financial stability, and basic needs. Community impact and initiatives programs work on creating the greatest possible impact to improve outcomes for individuals and families and achieve community level change through the healthy lifestyles coalition (hlc), the united way of broome county's strategic priorities and basic needs grant program, the emergency grant program, the healthy lifestyles coalition grant program, and the capacity building grant program. Community volunteers serve on impact councils and make recommendations to the board of directors regarding the disbursement of funds raised in the annual community campaign to fund community partners through the listed grant programs. Funds used are monitored to ensure utilization meets high standards, set goals…
$2,384,391 spentof which $1,903,790 as grants84% of program spendingThe 2-1-1 susquehanna river region contact center provides information and referrals to agencies and programs in broome, chenango, delaware, otsego, and tioga counties. 2-1-1 specialists connect individuals with a wide range of resources and services, including food access, health care, housing and utilities payment assistance, employment services, veteran services, childcare, crisis and emergency counseling, disaster relief, and more through an online extensive database of more than 2,600 resources, agencies, and program information.
$461,776 spent16% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,846,167.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $32M to $38M (+19%).
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 12% · 2021 6% · 2022 5% · 2023 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Paula Perna
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $365k → $584k.
12 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 BROOME COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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 OF BROOME COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
51% 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 BROOME COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 56% · 2019 48% · 2020 18% · 2021 19% · 2022 23% · 2023 27% — 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
62% of UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
87% of UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $700k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $244k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$244k
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 BROOME COUNTY INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
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 BROOME 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 BROOME COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC (New York) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,016,137 to it, the largest being 2-1-1 NEW YORK INC ($932,553). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $4,016,137 in grants to UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC?
- 2-1-1 NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $932,553 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF BROOME COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 43 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