New York · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,001,308 to it, the largest being FRED L EMERSON FOUNDATION INC ($402,065). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $881k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What United Way of Cayuga County Inc does
Mission
Program funding to local impact partners as part of the organizations multi-year community plan focused on achieving outcomes in the four specific areas determined to be essential in improving people's lives and strengthening our community. The impact areas are based on the united way's goals for the common good - income, education, and health.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The united way of cayuga county, inc. Is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1922, whose mission is to increase the organized capacoty of people to care for one another. The organization is affiliated with united way worldwide, an international organization. The organization is governed by a volunteer board of directors. The organization funds the following programs: education: focus for this impact area is helping children and youth succeed in school, work and life. Funding in this area supports programs that focus on long-term solutions or address opportunity gaps in the cradale-to-career pipeline. These programs focus on building confidence and skills for life and include youth mentoring, youth recreation and help for youth in crisis which leads to preventing delinquency. Other programs include literacy, preschool and afterschool programs, scouting, and performance arts. Health: focus for this impact area is to ensure that children, adults and seniors improve their physical, emotional and mental well-being. Funding in this area works toward building a healthier, more resilient, communinty by promoting healthy eating, physical activity, and expanding access to quality health…
$550,201 spentof which $545,443 as grants92% of program spendingCommunity building fund: this is a special fund which provides immediate funds to partner agencies if there is a crisis situation within a funded program and/or a new program is developed to address an emergent need. Partner agencies are encouraged to collaborate with other not-for-profits agencies for this funding. Cash (creating assets, savings and hope) for cayuga county- cash is an united way initiative that offers free tax preparation for low to moderate income individuals and families. Irs certified volunteers help these households build stronger futures by preparing their new york state and federal tax returns free of charge.
$46,739 spent8% of program spendingThe united way of cayuga county, inc. Is a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1922, whose mission is to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. The organization is affiliated with united way worldwide, an international organization. The organization is governed by a volunteer board of directors. The organization funds the following programs: education: focus for this impact area is helping children and youth succeed in school, work and life. Funding in this area supports programs that focus on long-term solutions or address opportunity gaps in the cradle-to-career pipeline. These programs focus on building confidence and skills for life and include youth mentoring, youth recreation and help for youth in crisis which leads to preventing delinquency. Other programs include literacy, preschool and afterschool programs, scouting, and performance arts. Health: focus for this impact area is to ensure that children, adults and seniors improve their physical, emotional and mental well-being. Funding in this area works toward building a healthier, more resilient, community by promoting healthy eating, physical activity, and expanding access to quality health…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $596,940.
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 $3.8M to $3.1M (−17%).
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.
74% of UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $81k → $162k.
5 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 CAYUGA COUNTY 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 CAYUGA COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 60% · 2019 67% · 2020 61% · 2021 33% · 2022 30% · 2023 31% — 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
55% of UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% 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
99% of UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA 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. $45k 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.
Against its field
UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 CAYUGA 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 CAYUGA COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,001,308 to it, the largest being FRED L EMERSON FOUNDATION INC ($402,065). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,001,308 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA COUNTY INC?
- FRED L EMERSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $402,065 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CAYUGA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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