Connecticut · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC
UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,745,379 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,215,609). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $37M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $6.7M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What United Way of Connecticut Inc does
Mission
United way of connecticut is proud to be a trusted and vital resource for help and information about what the people of connecticut need. We respond to requests for food, housing, health care, child care, child development resources, mental health support and crisis services and provide emergency services during natural disasters. We bring a comprehensive, compassionate approach to every request for help, and our reach across every zip code means we can create partnerships, share innovations and scale impact to improve lives in every community in connecticut.whenever and wherever there is a need in connecticut, united way of connecticut answers the call.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
211 is a free, confidential information and referral service that connects people with the help they need 24/7/365. Our innovative systems empower ct residents over the phone, online or by text so that everyone can find the tools they need to thrive.the 988 suicide & crisis lifeline provides 24/7/365 free, confidential, judgment-free, compassionate support for anyone experiencing emotional distress, mental health challenges, problems with substance use, loneliness and thoughts of suicide or self-harm. 988 serves as a critical access point for information and referral to critically needed help, including our state's mobile mental health crisis teams, community resources, including mental health counseling and support groups.
$16,744,168 spent$1,317,015 earned by the program54% of program spendingCare 4 kids makes childcare affordable for low-to-moderate income families in connecticut. The program is a partnership between the state of connecticut, the families in the program and the providers who take care of the children.
$11,128,071 spent36% of program spending211 child care empowers ct families to secure safe, affordable, quality child care and maintains current listings of child care programs throughout the state. We mobilize early care professionals to action and success by providing them with the information, training, technical assistance and resources that allow them to establish quality programs in their communities.
$2,610,346 spent8% of program spending211 child development mobilizes families to support their children's healthy growth and development. We provide guidance, information and innovative services to help parents understand and meet their children's individual developmental needs, starting from pregnancy.
$768,278 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,250,863.
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 2022 to 2023, from $9.3M to $20M (+116%).
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: 2017 95% · 2018 94% · 2019 94% · 2020 95% · 2021 96% · 2022 97% · 2023 97% · 2024 97% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Lisa Tepper Bates
President/CEO
Board chair
Yvette Highsmith
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $652k → $776k.
8 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 CONNECTICUT 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 CONNECTICUT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 CONNECTICUT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 45% · 2019 51% · 2020 45% · 2021 32% · 2022 31% · 2023 29% — 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
58% of UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
84% of UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 CONNECTICUT INC's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 15 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $251.1M on record.
- Educational Services$111.6M
- Client Services-General$40.5M
- Client Outreach and Referral$28.2M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$23.6M
- State Aid Grants$15.3M
- Board & Care Of Clients$13.4M
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 CONNECTICUT 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Connecticut Policy and Economic Council · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT 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 CONNECTICUT INC?
- UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,745,379 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($2,215,609). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $6,745,379 in grants to UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $2,215,609 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing