Washington · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $628,160 to it, the largest being THE WOLLENBERG FOUNDATION ($400,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $380k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $628k
- Net assets
- $477k
What United Way of Cowlitz County does
Mission
To provide resources for human services programs in cowlitz and wahkiakum counties in washington.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United Way of Cowlitz County (d/b/a united way of cowlitz and wahkiakum counties) mobilizes the caring power of the community to continuously improve the lives of every person in cowlitz & wahkiakum counties. The organization works to create lasting changes in the areas of youth opportunity, financial security, healthy communities and community resiliency by funding programs, providing direct services, and convening community partners to address local needs.united way also stands ready to respond when emergency needs arise, coordinating efforts and mobilizing resources to support the community during times of crisis.
$272,133 spentof which $272,133 as grants74% of program spendingUnited way is committed to ensuring local children enter kindergarten prepared to succeed and serves as the local program partner for dolly parton's imagination library, which enhances early literacy, improves kindergarten assessment scores, and increases family engagement. United way also invests in preschool scholarships, supports early learning collaboratives, provides families with tools and resources to encourage learning at home, and connects parents with early childhood education and development programs.
$97,821 spent26% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $369,954.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $736k to $569k (−23%).
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 5% · 2022 1% · 2023 13% · 2024 17% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $53k → $59k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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: $26k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Cowlitz County). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY’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 COWLITZ COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% 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 COWLITZ COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 63% · 2019 95% · 2020 35% · 2021 49% · 2022 95% · 2023 85% — 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
30% of UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 29% 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
UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $92k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 COWLITZ COUNTY: 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 COWLITZ COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $628,160 to it, the largest being THE WOLLENBERG FOUNDATION ($400,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $628,160 in grants to UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY?
- THE WOLLENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF COWLITZ COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 14 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