Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,810,846 to it, the largest being RAHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,104,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County does
Mission
Our mission is to unite people and resources to build a stronger, healthier carlisle & cumberland county.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
As the leaders in coordinating resources to meet the human service needs of our community, the United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County works with an array of community organizations to build a stronger, healthier carlisle & cumberland county. Together, they address local needs as they relate to the critical areas of health, education, financial stability and safety net. An annual campaign raises necessary funds to support programs that help address the community's most pressing needs. The united way receives funding applications from partner agencies, which are reviewed and assessed by trained community volunteers to ensure that they address and demonstrate positive, measurable results. Funding levels are recommended by the volunteers and approved by the United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County's board.
$1,479,432 spentof which $1,307,676 as grants$541 earned by the program91% of program spendingThe mission of success by 6 is to ensure all children enter kindergarten well prepared and ready to learn. Success by 6 provides training and mentoring to child care providers to improve the quality of child care in carlisle and cumberland county. Outreach initiatives include: school readiness groups, real men read, reach out and read, and week of the young child. Our getting ready for kindergarten calendar is distributed to more than 75 sites. Success by 6 awarded 16 children and $80,536 in scholarships to attend high-quality pre-schools. Businesses and individuals donate to success by 6 as part of the pre-kindergarten educational improvement tax credit program of the commonwealth of pa and through the paul and patricia scholarship program. Success by 6 pays one-half of the total monthly tuition.
$143,195 spentof which $83,517 as grants9% of program spendingThroughout the heating season (beginning november 1 and lasting until funds are depleted), United Way of Carlisle & Cumberland County provides emergency heating assistance to households in immediate danger of being without heat. Applicants must reside in carlisle, boiling springs, mount holly springs, new kingstown, plainfield, or newville, and household income cannot exceed 200% of the federal poverty level. For those that qualify, cash grants are sent directly to the heating company. $7,103 was provided to 19 households.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,622,627.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.0M to $2.7M (−9%).
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 7% · 2018 6% · 2019 5% · 2020 6% · 2021 16% · 2022 8% · 2023 6% · 2024 5% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Mary Cathrine Mellen
Executive director (july 2024 - current)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $75k → $293k.
9 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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: $627k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way Endowment Fund of Carlisle Pennsylvania). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 26 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 CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 54% · 2019 42% · 2020 61% · 2021 86% · 2022 87% · 2023 62% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
98% of UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $443k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY is better cushioned than half of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- United Way Endowment Fund of Carlisle Pennsylvania · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND 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 CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,810,846 to it, the largest being RAHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,104,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,810,846 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY?
- RAHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,104,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CARLISLE & CUMBERLAND COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 26 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