Arkansas · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $191,796 to it, the largest being CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC ($36,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $543k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $192k
- Net assets
- $788k
What United Way of Central Arkansas Inc does
Mission
To impact our community members by fostering a greater quality of life through initiatives focused on education, health, and financial stability.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
While united way of central arkansas considers many groups and organizations to be our partners in our mission, a group of 16 agencies are considered partner agencies in terms of program funding. These agencies have demonstrated the ability to provide quality services to a deserving clientele.they have also proved to be financially responsible and efficiently operated. All funded programs must provide annual reports to united way showing forward progress in achieving meaningful results through their work.
$246,995 spentof which $246,995 as grants71% of program spendingOther miscellaneous community programs to benefit partners.
$102,724 spent29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $349,719.
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 $443k to $868k (+96%).
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 4% · 2022 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS 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.
Chief executive
Jessica Clawson
Executive director
Board chair
Destiny Lankford
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $30k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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: $45k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Acadiana Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS 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 CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
76% 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 CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 68% · 2020 38% · 2021 44% · 2022 29% · 2023 28% — 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
67% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC'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
100% of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k 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.
Against its field
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,505 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $44k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$44k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS 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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 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 CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $191,796 to it, the largest being CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC ($36,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $191,796 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC?
- CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC is the largest funder on record, with $36,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 10 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