Missouri · Nonprofit
United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc
United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,896,504 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($10,000,000). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 122
- Grants received
- $35M
- Net assets
- $22M
What United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc does
Mission
United way of greater kansas city assembles the best available resources to provide the farthest-reaching network of support for those in need in our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United way of greater kansas city operates two signature grantmaking initiatives that focus on the human service needs of the kansas city metropolitan area. The first of these involves providing annual financial support to 100 high-performing health and human service nonprofits, under our impact 100 grantmaking initiative. We invest in organizations advancing the health, educational, and economic wellbeing of vulnerable poplulations in the kansas city metro area. Organizatons are screened based on uniform criteria that assess the strength of programs' methodology, capacity, participant outcomes and fit with united way community impact agenda. Organizations selected for the impact 100 receive a one-year, unrestricted grant in support of the organization's mission. Through a second approach, united way administers a capacity-building grant program that supports bipoc led/serving nonprofit organizaitons with small- and medium-sized budgets. The catalyst fund is intended to reduce the opportunity gap faced by organizaitons founded by and serving people of color, when compared to other nonprofits. By investing in strategies that strengthen operations, increase fundraising capabilities,…
$17,707,857 spentof which $12,853,243 as grants$74,820 earned by the program78% of program spendingUnited way plays an important human service ecoystem role by addressing the economic effects of poverty and racial & ethnic disparities through the administration of direct financial assistance through a range of collaborative interventions. Summarized below are key examples of this work in the kansas city region. Eviction prevention fund - united way of greater kansas city serves as partner to various city and county governments throughout the kansas city metropolitan region in the deployment of financial assistance, paired with legal defense provided by nonprofit legal service providers, aimed at preventing eviction. Over the past three years, this work has involved the braiding of federal covid relief funds, philanthropic funds, and state grants. In 2024, more than 1,561 households avoided eviction through this initiative. Utility assistance fund - united way has a longstatnding partnership with the board of public utilies in kansas city, kansas, through which thousands of low-income households receive financial assistance aimed at preventing the loss of utility service-a key risk factor in homelessness. Direct assistance to low-income households - united way awarded $772,961…
$3,275,759 spentof which $2,586,175 as grants14% of program spendingUnited way 211 is an easy-to-remember central phone number connecting people with available health and human services and volunteer opportunities. United way 211 is available 24/7/365 and is completely free and confidential. Trained, professional community resource navigators work with callers to determine the most appropriate referral(s), utilizing a comprehensive resource database. United way 211 provides language translation capacity in 150 languages. United way of greater kansas city 211 serves residents of 16 counties in missouri (andrew, bates, buchanan, caldwell, cass, clay, clinton, dekalb, henry, jackson, johnson, lafayette, pettis, platte, saline, ray) and 7 counties in kansas (donaphan, franklin, johnson, leavenworth, linn, miami, wyandotte). United way 211 makes it possible for people in need of information or services to navigate the complex and fragmented human services delivery system. The goal is to empower individuals to become their own advocate and foster self-sufficiency. Short-term success is measured by the utilization of the service and engagement indicators such as call volume, needs presented, and unmet needs. In addition, follow-up calls are conducted on…
$1,862,644 spentof which $90,595 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,846,260.
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 2023 to 2024, from $29M to $38M (+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: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 22% · 2022 30% · 2023 20% · 2024 11% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Chris Rosson
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Greg Sweat
Trustee/Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $956k → $4.6M.
25 of 122 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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: $17M from 22 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Kansas City Community Foundation); $115k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 122 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 Kansas City Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
48% 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 Kansas City Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 22% · 2019 22% · 2020 15% · 2021 35% · 2022 30% · 2023 43% — growing more concentrated.
“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
58% of United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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 Kansas City Inc draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Missouri, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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.
Government funding United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $729k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$729k
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 Greater Kansas City 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Way of Greater Kansas City 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 Kansas City Inc?
- United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc (Missouri) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,896,504 to it, the largest being THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION ($10,000,000). 68 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc have?
- IRS filings report 122 organizations giving $34,896,504 in grants to United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc, 68 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc?
- THE SUNDERLAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 122 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