New York · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC
UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,000 to it, the largest being CUTCO FOUNDATION INC ($360,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $539k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $367k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What United Way of Cattaraugus & Allegany Counties Inc does
Mission
To improve the quality of life by mobilizing resources to meet the needs of the community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
United way of cattaraugus & allegany counties, inc. Raises funds for nearly two dozen supported organizations.
$277,943 spentof which $210,267 as grants$538,583 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $277,943.
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 2023 to 2024, from $452k to $930k (+106%).
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: 2021 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Sue McAuley
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $42k → $40k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC’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 CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 100% · 2019 89% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
100% of UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES 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. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 123 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 123 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Worldwide · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES 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 CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,000 to it, the largest being CUTCO FOUNDATION INC ($360,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $367,000 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES INC?
- CUTCO FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $360,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CATTARAUGUS & ALLEGANY COUNTIES 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 3 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