Texas · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,771,406 to it, the largest being EL PASO CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ($4,486,517). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $8.8M
- Net assets
- $7.2M
What United Way of El Paso County does
Mission
Connect the el paso community through successful programs and engagement opportunities to positively impact the lives of families and individuals.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Community impact:in 2025-2026, United Way of El Paso County continued its commitment to strengthening the nonprofit sector by providing funding to 17 organizations and 22 programs, and educational opportunities and leadership development programs designed to build organizational capacity regionwide. Through a series of seven workshops, we equipped nonprofit leaders and teams with practical tools in performance management, volunteer coordination, culture-building, mission messaging, documentation, and grant writing. These workshops transformed knowledge into actionable strategies that support stronger organizations and more effective mission delivery. By engaging 454 participants from 78 nonprofit organizations, we expanded our collective impact, fostered collaboration and shared learning, and helped create a more connected, resilient, and thriving nonprofit community in el paso.
$1,231,487 spentof which $1,083,438 as grants37% of program spendingCenter for resiliency (cfr)the community resiliency center (crc) formed in october 2025 through the integration of the community resiliency center (crc) and family resiliency center (frc) provides a unified, trauma-informed model of care that connects el pasoans to housing stability, basic needs, mental health, and recovery resources. Individuals are supported by resiliency navigators who assess needs, develop personalized plans and guide them toward long-term resiliency and stability. The crc provided 669 referrals to housing and basic needs assistance, serving 417 households and supporting 735 individuals, with $446,128 distributed in rental and utility assistance. In addition, 1099 referrals were made though counseling and healing services, serving 215 participants, including 198 adults and 17 children.the integrated model strengthens coordination across community partners and services, including el paso community college, the consulate general of mexico, gecu, el paso helps, and a network of nonprofit providers offering health, employment, legal, and victim services.
$942,369 spentof which $282,210 as grants28% of program spendingFlying horse half marathon, 10k and 5kfirst introduced in 2011 and then acquired by the United Way of El Paso County in 2024, the flying horse half marathon, 10k, and 5k takes runners around the racetrack, through sunland park, and into el paso's upper valley. Proceeds benefit the united way's community impact fund. The flying horse half marathon registered 864 participants (16% increase), and 200 volunteers, raising $106,979 in its second year under united way, promoting a healthier, more connected community. Parents as teachersin 2025-26, united way's parents as teachers program earned blue-ribbon certification from its national affiliate, one of the highest recognitions for program quality and effectiveness. This distinction reflects the team's unwavering commitment to delivering evidence-based, high-quality support to children and families, even while navigating funding challenges and increased community need. Despite these barriers, the program not only met but exceeded national standards, significantly improving family stability, parent confidence, and early childhood outcomes across 167 families with 178 childrenhealthy kids backbone organization in 2025-26, the boost…
$1,142,035 spent34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,315,891.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.6M to $8.5M (+138%).
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 21% · 2018 20% · 2019 20% · 2020 21% · 2021 23% · 2022 52% · 2023 69% · 2024 58% · 2025 42% · 2026 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY’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. 7 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
Georgina Hernandez
President/CEO
Board chair
Omar Villa
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $808k → $1.3M.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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: $7.4M from 7 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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 EL PASO COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 EL PASO COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 79% · 2019 80% · 2020 57% · 2021 43% · 2022 39% · 2023 43% — 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
63% of UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% 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
89% of UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 EL PASO COUNTY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 EL PASO COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $133k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$133k
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 EL PASO 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 Texas
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,771,406 to it, the largest being EL PASO CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC ($4,486,517). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $8,771,406 in grants to UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY?
- EL PASO CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,486,517 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF EL PASO COUNTY 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 31 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