Illinois · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $224,896 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($142,969). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $333k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $225k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What United Way of Eastern la Salle County Inc does
Mission
United way of easern lasalle county supports over 40 health & human service programs through its participation agencies. United way of eastern lasalle county coordinates its labor of love which is low-income home repair project; distributes school supplies to disadvantaged students through its school tools program; provides emergency financial rent and utility assistance through its community care program, targets parents, grandparetns, and caregivers of economically disadvantaged children with early learning materials and classes from birth through age five through its born learning program, provides "imagination library" books for any child born after january 1, 2008 residing in uwelc service area, in partnership with the irs, united way of eastern lasalle county provides a vita (voluntary income tax assistance) stie; oversees the efsp grant for lasalle county; is the fiscal manager for the department of human service front door funds and assists many individuals with information and
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Community service project "labor of love" materials, supplies, and administrative expense to repair residences of poverty level individuals in the area.
$106,528 spent41% of program spendingCollection and disbursement of united way campaign funds to local united way agencies.
$86,050 spent33% of program spendingDistributes school supplies to disadvantaged students; provides emergency financial rent and utility assistance; provides classes from birth to age five through the born learning program; provides books to children through "imagination library provides a vita site; supports 2-1-1 program;
$67,785 spent26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $260,363.
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 $1.8M to $1.7M (−6%).
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 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $106k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC’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 EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC 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
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 EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 59% — 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.
Where its funders are
76% of UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE 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 $55k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $170k 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.
Against its field
UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC is better cushioned than half of the 123 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 123 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE 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 Illinois
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
80%
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 EASTERN LA SALLE 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 EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $224,896 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($142,969). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $224,896 in grants to UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC?
- CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $142,969 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 8 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