Indiana · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE
UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE (Indiana) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,104,333 to it, the largest being INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS INC ($2,920,276). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $5.1M
- Net assets
- $8.9M
What United Way of Greater Lafayette does
Mission
Mission - mobilizing our community to action so all can thrive vision - for over 100 years, we have partnered with local nonprofits, businesses, community leaders, donors and volunteers to create solutions that address the most complex challenges that no single person or organization can solve alone. True to our founding spirit, whenever there is a need in our community, united way is there. We bring a comprehensive approach to every challenge, actively listening and responding to local needs. From strengthening local resilience to advancing health, youth opportunity, and financial security, we're working towards a future where every person can thrive. Goal - every person thriving in greater lafayette and montgomery county. The United Way of Greater Lafayette leads the community to empower every person to discover and pursue their path to success. We do this by aligning resources along the cradle to career commitment. We bring people, organizations and community resources together to d
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United Way of Greater Lafayette's community investments seek to align our resources with the strategic goals of our cradle to career commitment and basic needs services. Committees of committed volunteers visit and review each of our partner organizations to ensure that donations are being used in the most effective way. The following funding guidelines have been established by the board of directors. 1.)does the program align with strategic goals? 2.)does the program provide measurable outcomes? 3.)does the program collaborate with other organizations? 4.)does the program avoid duplication of services? 5.)is the agency financially sound and maintaining appropriate controls?
$3,586,646 spentof which $3,586,646 as grants79% of program spendingThe United Way of Greater Lafayette provides a volunteer center program that seeks to build and strengthen our community by promoting and developing volunteerism through awareness among area residents of social needs in the greater lafayette community. The volunteer center promotes the recruitment of volunteers to work with social service agencies to develop and maintain quality programs. Our goal is to pull all available resources together for the greater good of our community.
$2,599 spent0% of program spendingThe labor liaison provides a connection point for United Way of Greater Lafayette and union members across the various industries in tippecanoe county. United way supports the peer union counseling program, which trains individuals and union members about available resources in the community to help them be a resource for other employees and residence of the community who are in need of services.
$113,405 spentof which $12,081 as grants2% of program spendingSee mission statement
$849,123 spentof which $293,538 as grants$31,642 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,551,773.
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 $11M to $13M (+14%).
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.
95% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE’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. 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
David Bathe
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $71k → $778k.
13 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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: $673k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Greater Lafayette Community Foundation); $174k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Greater Lafayette). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 LAFAYETTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 74%; 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 GREATER LAFAYETTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 47% · 2019 25% · 2020 49% · 2021 70% · 2022 38% · 2023 73% — 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
55% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
95% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $857k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 GREATER LAFAYETTE is better cushioned than half of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $149k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$149k
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 LAFAYETTE
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 LAFAYETTE: 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 LAFAYETTE?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE (Indiana) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,104,333 to it, the largest being INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS INC ($2,920,276). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $5,104,333 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE?
- INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF UNITED WAYS INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,920,276 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER LAFAYETTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 35 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