North Dakota · Nonprofit
United Way of Cass-Clay
United Way of Cass-Clay (North Dakota) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,774,610 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($1,952,672). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What United Way of Cass-Clay does
Mission
The mission of the Organization is to inspire and activate our community to improve lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Churches United - Supportive Services at Bright Sky Apartments: On-site Family Case Manager assists tenants in person-centered services to help support and meet the needs of tenants while helping to build independence. Folkways - SNAP Double Bucks: A scientifically supported model that advances food security by increasing SNAP utilizers purchasing power and access to nutritious foods at a local farmer's market. SouthEastern North Dakota Community Action Agency - Supportive Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness: Offers a full day, year-round child care service for low-income families in the community. Cost is based on a sliding fee scale to assist parents' efforts in pursuing higher education or more valuable employment to gain greater self-sufficiency. ESHARA - Workforce Development Program: A workforce development initiative that helps New Americans achieve their full potential and secure living-wage employment. SouthEastern North Dakota Community Action Agency - Career Coach Program: Recruits targeted populations to connect to workforce skill training to increase opportunities for living wages and in-demand careers that will provide long-term family sustaining employment. YWCA Cass Clay - Employment & Education Program: Improves work readiness and employability through classes such as resume writing and interviewing skills. Teaches money management, credit and debt basics, and offers a comprehensive financial literacy course. Offers access needed training and…
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
As stewards of public investments and trust, United Way utilizes a multi-tiered volunteer vetting process to make investment decisions and monitor impact results of all programs which receive these investments (funding). Programs which do not align with United Way's goals and strategies or do not meet outcome measurements may not receive future funding. In some instances, organizations cease operations due to factors outside of United Way's control. When this occurs, United Way stops funding for that organization at the point they have ceased operations. This process ensures United Way is accountable for the investments entrusted to it by the public. Each of the following organizational programs ceased to receive funding from United Way during the calendar year 2024: 1. New Life Center Emergency Shelter & Services 2. Great Plains Food Bank - Childhood Hunger Programs and Outreach Services
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
At United Way of Cass-Clay, our expertise is cultivating solutions to end poverty. By connecting experts and data, we invest in programs and innovative solutions best positioned to lift families out of poverty.We know poverty isn't just one thing. Today in our community, families struggle with hunger, housing, childcare, family-sustaining jobs, and more - often all at the same time. (Continued on Schedule O)To address these challenges, we focus on these Bold Goals:-Preventing Hunger & Homelessness-Preparing Children to Succeed-Strengthening FamiliesBold Goal 1 - Prevent hunger for families and children through system-wide collaborative initiatives.- Prevent homelessness for families and youth through system-wide collaborative initiatives.Why we invest: We believe every family deserves a place to call home and nutritious food to keep them healthy. We collaborate with local experts to address the root causes of homelessness and hunger, striving to prevent families and children from facing these hardships. Additionally, we invest in shelters and food pantries, ensuring comprehensive support for families as they work toward breaking the cycle of poverty. The Issue:-1,050 individuals…
$4,715,259 spentof which $3,480,066 as grants98% of program spending35 Under 35 Leadership Program:United Way of Cass-Clay's 35 Under 35 Women's Leadership Program's goal is to inspire local women from all backgrounds to make a difference, help them realize their leadership skills and energize their collective power as women in our community. The program includes sessions, led by local leaders, covering topics such as goal setting, communication, personal growth, board leadership, public speaking, conflict management, and other leadership-focused topics.(Continued on Schedule O)Mission:-Strengthens leadership skills and confidence of female leaders-Enhances the impact of women across our workplaces, homes, and community-Inspires collaboration and unity Since 2009, 560 local women have participated in the leadership program.Participants enhance their skills to: -Connect with a diverse network of dynamic young women and local leaders-Expand knowledge of the community and opportunities to serve in volunteer leadership positions-Become re-energized, motivated, and equipped to sharpen their skill set-Gain confidence and skills to lead in current and future positions at their companies/organizationsWomen UNITED Leadership Team:The Women UNITED…
$28,490 spent$51,516 earned by the program1% of program spendingSchool Supply Drive:2024 marked the 26th year of the annual School Supply Drive, which provides students in need with a new backpack filled with supplies so they can start the school year confident, ready to learn, and prepared to succeed. In 2024, 6,000 local students were equipped with a backpack and set of school supplies thanks to the generosity of our community! Students enrolled in every school district across Cass & Clay Counties received backpacks and more than 700 volunteers helped in collecting supplies, (Continued on Schedule O)preparing backpacks, and distributing them to students in our community. Imagination Library:United Way has enjoyed supporting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for over 15 years. Starting in January of 2020 United Way is no longer accepting new registrations for the program but will continue to honor and maintain all prior registrations. Those enrolled in the program receive a free book in the mail each month to help spark a love for reading. In 2024, 5,104 books were distributed to 868 local children.Additionally, United Way is proud to sponsor the following community program:-Since 2014, as part of our work to lift families out of poverty,…
$52,162 spentof which $39,270 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,795,911.
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 2018 to 2019, from $6.1M to $7.8M (+28%).
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 3% · 2023 4%. 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 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
Karla Isley
President & CEO
Board chair
Mike Arntson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $97k → $852k.
17 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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: $924k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Sanford Group Return). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Cass-Clay raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Cass-Clay’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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 Cass-Clay has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
71% 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 Cass-Clay.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 21% · 2019 33% · 2020 36% · 2021 39% · 2022 34% · 2023 35% — 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
76% of United Way of Cass-Clay's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
68% of United Way of Cass-Clay'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 $1.9M that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside North Dakota, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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.
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In North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds United Way of Cass-Clay?
- United Way of Cass-Clay (North Dakota) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,774,610 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($1,952,672). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does United Way of Cass-Clay have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $5,774,610 in grants to United Way of Cass-Clay, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Cass-Clay?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,952,672 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Cass-Clay find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 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