Oklahoma · Nonprofit
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc (Oklahoma) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,337,640 to it, the largest being EL AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION ($2,851,500). 77 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 99
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $26M
What United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc does
Mission
United way of central oklahoma is committed to connecting people and resources to improve the well being of those in our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The united way of central oklahoma is a charitable organization with a vision to build a stronger, healthier, and more compassionate community. We accomplish this by vetting convening and funding qualified health, youth, and human service nonprofit agencies who serve the local needs of communities within seven central oklahoma counties and by offering local volunteer opportunities to support their services. Since 1923, united way of central oklahoma has partnered with nonprofit agencies to provide expertise, support, and solutions to meet the needs of local citizens. We fund programs of partner agencies with donations collected from the public in an annual campaign held in the fall. The donated funds are distributed the following year to partner agencies through an allocation process called community investment. To support our commitment to accountability and transparency, allocation decisions are made by more than 200 community volunteers from our donor base who invest over 4,000 hours each year in this process, as well as donor-determined designations, which are approved by united way's board of directors. United way of central oklahoma plays an integral role in many community…
$16,404,566 spentof which $14,209,713 as grants$324,317 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $16,404,566.
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 2017 to 2018, from $34M to $30M (−11%).
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.
95% of United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Rachel C Holt
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 54 funders, grant income rose $624k → $3.5M.
22 of 99 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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: $9.3M from 15 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Love Family Affiliated Fund of Occf Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 99 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 Central Oklahoma Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
28% 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 Oklahoma Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 27% · 2019 21% · 2020 31% · 2021 21% · 2022 14% · 2023 13% — 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
64% of United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
90% of United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 Oklahoma Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 828 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $807 on record.
- Approved Program Reimbursement$807
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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 3 related entities
- United Property Acquisition LLC · disregarded
- United Way of Logan County LLC · disregarded
- United Way of Canadian County LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Way of Central Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma Inc?
- United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc (Oklahoma) receives grants from 99 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,337,640 to it, the largest being EL AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION ($2,851,500). 77 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc have?
- IRS filings report 99 organizations giving $17,337,640 in grants to United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc, 77 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc?
- EL AND THELMA GAYLORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,851,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 99 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