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UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC

UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,823 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE ($225,924). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$106k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$368k
Net assets
$134k
8/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What United Way of Cecil County Inc does

Mission

The mission of the united way of cecil county is to advance the county's health and human services by expanding resources and applying them effectively to build a better, more self-sufficient community. In support of this mission, the united way of cecil county seeks to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Grants to various community health & human services agencies. The mission of the united way of cecil county (uwcc) is to advance the county's health and human services agenda by expanding resources and applying them effedtively to build a better more self- sufficient community. In support of this mission, uwcc seeks to increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another. The programs that we fund are focused on achieving outcomes in the three specific areas determined to be essential in improving people's lives and strengthening our community - 1)successful children and families - our goal is to help children and families to succeed by - a)offering children a safe place to play and learn after school b)providing support and education for parents c)increasing availability to mental health counseling 2)health and wellness- our goal is to promote health and wellness by: a)increasing health education and preventive care b)supporting nutritional and physical activity programs 3)independent living - our goal is to provide new and increased services to promote independent living through - a)transportation assistance programs b)housing assistance for adults in transition…

    $127,288 spent
    79% of program spending
  2. Community impact fund designed to help distressed charitable organizations in the community.

    $34,804 spent
    21% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2020 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,092.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($227k) Expenses 100 ($287k) Net assets 100 ($114k)2018 Revenue 114 ($258k) Expenses 66 ($190k) Net assets 160 ($182k)2019 Revenue 91 ($207k) Expenses 54 ($156k) Net assets 205 ($233k)2020 Revenue 75 ($170k) Expenses 82 ($236k) Net assets 147 ($167k)2021 Revenue 96 ($219k) Expenses 86 ($246k) Net assets 129 ($147k)2022 Revenue 47 ($106k) Expenses 41 ($119k) Net assets 118 ($134k)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (47)Expenses (41)Net assets (118)

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 $212k to $139k (−35%).

$190k
$224k
$286k
$271k
$212k
$139k
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$60k
’17
$68k
’18
$51k
’19
−$66k
’20
−$27k
’21
−$13k
’22
7.9
months of
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.

201720182019202020212022
Listed10126555
Joined·+5+0+2+1+0
No longer listed·36310
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $16k → $40k.

4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 CECIL 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 CECIL COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% 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 CECIL COUNTY INC.

61%
largest funder
88%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 93% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 87% · 2022 75% · 2023 62% — 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

60% of UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 5 states in all.

MD
DE
NC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like UNITED WAY OF CECIL 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 Maryland

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

43% of spending goes to programs.

Program 43%Management 31%Fundraising 26%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

MD

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF CECIL 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 CECIL COUNTY INC?
UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $367,823 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE ($225,924). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $367,823 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC?
UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE is the largest funder on record, with $225,924 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CECIL COUNTY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 9 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