Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,015,968 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($852,005). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What United Way of Chester County Inc does
Mission
To unite people and mobilize resources to build better lives and stronger communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United way of chester county's agency relations and community development team is dedicated to making a meaningful difference in the lives of chester county residents. By building and nurturing partnerships with local nonprofits, the team ensures that vital resources and services reach those who need them most. Our strategic approach focuses on wise fund allocation, capacity building, and innovative community initiatives that create a lasting, positive impact. We are committed to addressing the most pressing challenges and working collaboratively to foster a thriving, resilient community for all. Impact highlights from the last fiscal year: - invested 1,525,312: through a combination of grants to agencies, special initiative funding, and donor designations, we strategically invested over 1.5 million directly into the chester county community. This funding has supported essential programs and services, enhancing the capacity of our nonprofit partners and creating new opportunities for residents. - prepared 2,480 tax returns: our volunteer income tax assistance (vita) program, a cornerstone of our financial stability efforts, helped residents prepare 2,480 tax returns, generating an…
$1,191,575 spentof which $622,888 as grants$42,500 earned by the program70% of program spendingUnited way of chester county's community engagement initiatives are designed to foster a sense of community involvement, raise awareness about local challenges, mobilize volunteers, and collaborate with various stakeholders to create a stronger, more resilient community for all its residents. Below is a brief overview of our impact from last fiscal year: 134 unique nonprofit agencies benefitted from ai and other digital services workshops to better serve their clients; raised 246,000 for our community impact & innovation fund through special events; offered our community building at no cost to 51 nonprofit organizations, saving them an estimated total of 64,270.
$519,675 spent30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,711,250.
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 $2.5M to $4.9M (+93%).
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 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Carolyn Beam
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $97k → $665k.
11 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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: $695k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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 CHESTER COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
86% 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 CHESTER COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 42% · 2019 66% · 2020 37% · 2021 22% · 2022 28% · 2023 47% — broadly stable.
“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
30% of UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
80% of UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $611k that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 CHESTER COUNTY INC's revenue fell 54% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $817k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$517k
- Small Business Administration$200k
- Department of Labor$100k
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 CHESTER 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 CHESTER 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 CHESTER COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,015,968 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($852,005). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $3,015,968 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $852,005 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CHESTER COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 39 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