Texas · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC (Texas) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,345 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY ($361,901). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What United Way of Denton County Inc does
Mission
The mission of United Way of Denton County, Inc. UWDC is to improve lives by mobilizing Denton County communities to action so all can thrive. Our vision: Thriving together, Denton County is a healthy community with strengthened resilience, wellness and financial security where everyone, regardless of age, has the opportunity to flourish. Information about UWDC can be found at https://www.unitedwaydenton.org/AboutUs.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PARTNER AGENCY GRANTS, AGENCY RELATIONS:Seventeen 17 agencies serving Denton County were provided with funds to maintain a safety net of services for those residents most in need. All agencies that received funds provided services that fall under at least one of the following focus areas: Healthy Community, Youth Opportunity, Financial Security, Community Resiliency. Funding decisions are based on recognized existing and emerging needs in Denton County. Community volunteers reviewed the community needs assessment and other published data from sources including the Texas Education Agency, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Internal Revenue Service and others. UWDC evaluated partner agency programming, outcomes and financials to determine the most effective use of funds granted to the partner agencies. Funding for this process comes from UWDCs annual fundraising campaign which is conducted with the help of hundreds of local companies and volunteers. The campaign includes workplace and individual solicitation and corporate donations and sponsorships. Non-profit agencies receiving grant funds from UWDC must annually verify they are an agency in…
$1,153,638 spent55% of program spendingCOMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING DC HOMELESSNESS LEADERSHIP TEAM, DC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP TEAM, DC WORKFORCE SUCCESS LEADERSHIP TEAM:UWDC has developed strong partnerships and collaborative programs to meet the complex and expanding needs of Denton County, a county that exceed 1 million in population in 2023. UWDC Community Capacity Building investment of funding and resources is driven by the following principals: Alignment to critical unmet needs often in the areas of Healthy Community, Youth Opportunity, Financial Security, Community Resiliency, Alignment with UWDC mission, Must produce measurable results that indicate the level of outcomes expected. UWDCs cross-sector partnerships include universities, nonprofits, local government, faith-based organizations, businesses and school districts. Our efforts include utilization of community leaders, elected officials and other governance leaders who can influence policy across the community to improve systems and break down barriers. Summaries our major initiatives/programs are as follows: Financial Initiatives Volunteer Income Tax Assistance VITA - IRS-certified volunteers help low and moderately-low income taxpayers e-file…
$677,936 spent32% of program spendingCOMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BOARD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE:COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT:OUR Community Needs Assessment UWDCs Community Needs Assessment report is a tool to help pinpoint unmet needs and gaps in services in a rapidly growing Denton County. Population growth, changes in cost of living, especially housing, have significantly changed the number of households 112,000 that earn less than monthly expenses each month. This dynamic is presently stressing the public and nonprofit health and human services bandwidth for services placing a historic number of households at-risk, especially households led by single females with children and households led by seniors over 65 years old. The community needs assessment provides essential information to develop short and long-term planning for health and human services. UWDC grantmaking activities and program design activities are informed by and in response to key findings in the Community Needs Assessment. Information about UWDCs assessment of Denton Countys community needs can be found at https://www.unitedforalicetx.org/ click on ALICE County Data and select Denton County. Board Leadership Institute UWDCs Board…
$243,169 spent12% of program spendingI&R Research now Resource Navigation The Resource Navigation Program at UWDC is designed to guide community members who are in crisis to critical community resources. We work collaboratively with organizations across Denton County that can best meet an individual or familys needs. In addition, Denton County is served by 2-1-1, a service mandated by the Federal Communication Commission FCC to have the number accessible for community information and referral 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as well as FindHelp Denton County https://findhelp.dentoncounty.gov/. UWDCs Denton County Community Services Directory and Mini-Directory resources are updated annually and distributed across the county in print and available online at https://www.unitedwaydenton.org/findhelp.
$13,527 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,088,270.
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 $9.3M to $6.3M (−32%).
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 88% · 2022 92% · 2023 83% · 2024 69% · 2025 28% · 2026 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of UNITED WAY OF DENTON 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 10 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
Gary Henderson
CEO
Board chair
Michael Thomson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $191k → $224k.
12 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 DENTON COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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 DENTON COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
85% 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 DENTON COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 25% · 2019 33% · 2020 27% · 2021 21% · 2022 16% · 2023 18% — 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
40% of UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
87% of UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $715k 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 DENTON COUNTY INC is better cushioned than half of the 35 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 35 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Government funding UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$874k
- Department of the Treasury$462k
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 DENTON 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 Texas
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
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC (Texas) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,941,345 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY ($361,901). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $1,941,345 in grants to UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF TARRANT COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $361,901 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF DENTON COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 43 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