Massachusetts · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,088,528 to it, the largest being KOPPELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($645,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $12M
What United Way of Greater Fall River Inc does
Mission
United way of greater fall river (uwgfr) is a leader in the fight for equity and strives to create communities where everyone has the resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive. By uniting all segments of the community through a well-developed communications.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Distributed 100% of net campaign to over 75 non-profit health and human service agencies whose programs support the most vulnerable populations within the greater fall river area. Following completion of the annual campaign, primary funding was allocated amongst 62 approved programs who underwent a comprehensive program and financial review; secondary funding was provided to local agencies and programs as designated by donors. Additional funding from donor restricted funds held in our endowment was distributed following a competitive grant process to support special projects, programs, and initiatives facilitated by local non-profit partners that focus on health, education, prevention and training, financial stability, eldercare, self-sufficiency, and family resilience.
$1,016,000 spentof which $973,148 as grants89% of program spendingInfo line: united way of greater fall river (uwgfr) provides information and referral services to clients who call-in or walk-in to our office, or inquire on our website with frequently updated brochures, directories, and flyers designed to educate and inform the community of current resources available. Uwgfr also funds and co-sponsors mass211, an infoline and website which provides real-time information andresources in 150 languages for essential services, as well as referrals for non-emergency calls 24/7. Since being designated by the ma dph and mema in march 2020 as the official covid-19 resource and referral line for residents across the commonwealth, inquiries to mass 211 remain at a steady high. During fiscal year 2025, mass 211 fielded 9143 phonecalls from residents in greater fall river, which was 23.4% of all referrals across the commonwealth. The top need continues to be housing/shelter with rental assistance as the most refferred category.
$122,905 spent11% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,138,905.
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 2024 to 2025, from $11M to $13M (+19%).
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 3% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Kimberly Smith
Executive director
Board chair
Susan Jenkinson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $133k → $237k.
6 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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: $13k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Southcoast Hospitals Group Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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 GREATER FALL RIVER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
32% 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 GREATER FALL RIVER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 50% · 2019 36% · 2020 34% · 2021 46% · 2022 36% · 2023 32% — broadly stable.
“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
57% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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 GREATER FALL RIVER INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $565k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 GREATER FALL RIVER 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
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 GREATER FALL RIVER 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 GREATER FALL RIVER INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,088,528 to it, the largest being KOPPELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($645,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $3,088,528 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC?
- KOPPELMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $645,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 36 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