Massachusetts · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC
UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,771,133 to it, the largest being MASSACHUSETTS SERVICE ALLIANCE INC ($1,463,201). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What United Way of Greater New Bedford Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to mobilize people, partnerships and resources to catalyze change that strengthens the communities served.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family support program:this program is funded through two cost-reimbursement contracts. One is an accommodation rate contract from the commonwealth of massachusetts department of children and families ("dcf"), and the other is a cost reimbursement grant with the massachusetts service alliance ("msa"). Ultimately, the goal of this work is to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and build a healthier community.family resource and development center ("frc") - offers an array of services for families whose children range from birth to 18 years of age. With behavioral health partner, child and family services, the frc provides a range of services ad supports for families in need, including assessment services and information and referral resources for such things as housing services, food and nutrition services, transportation and employment and child care. The frc also provides parent educational groups, parentchild activities, educational classes and workshops for both parents and teens. In addition, the frc provides specific services for parents and children who are dealing with serious problems at home and at school, knows as children requiring assistance (cra).…
$992,789 spent$65,915 earned by the program50% of program spendingCommunity services program - the community services program provides volunteer placement throught its online volunteer matching database, conducts events for individuals to engage in community service through various service events, works with grassroots groups through the community building mini-grants program and promotes awareness and education. Also, through it's hunger commission, it provides food and logistical support free of charge to established pantries, shelters, soup kitchens and councils on aging and provide working families with free,fresh produce through mobile markets.
$627,489 spent31% of program spendingCommunity investment program:through its 'community impact grants and a 'citizens review' process, undesignated funding is granted to local agencies and public entities delivering services within united way of greater new bedford strategic priority areas. These areas consist of health, education, financial stability and basic needs.through the 'changemaker grants program', the organization awards small grants to all volunteer grassroots groups who perform projects in the strategic priority areas.the 'innovation fund', funds higher risk, higher reward projects that aim to be breakthroughs in the areas of health, education, financial stability and basic needs. The criteria for these projects must reimagine the design of a program, use technology in a new way, or test new communication tools.'women united' initiative supports projects and programs focused on early childhood success, literacy, and financial literacy for women. Donor designated funds are net proceeds from women united members and donations.the 'emerging needs & opportunities fund' allows the organization to fund projects that fall outside of the scope and timing of other funding streams. This includes projects that…
$380,000 spentof which $380,000 as grants19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,000,278.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.2M to $3.9M (+23%).
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 36% · 2018 48% · 2019 52% · 2020 52% · 2021 35% · 2022 63% · 2023 37% · 2024 36% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Michelle Hantman
President & CEO
Board chair
Christopher Fortier
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $190k → $626k.
10 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 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 NEW BEDFORD INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
82% 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 NEW BEDFORD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 32% · 2019 38% · 2020 40% · 2021 45% · 2022 52% · 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
61% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
87% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M 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.
Government funding UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.4M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$8.4M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$10k
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 NEW BEDFORD 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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 NEW BEDFORD 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 NEW BEDFORD INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,771,133 to it, the largest being MASSACHUSETTS SERVICE ALLIANCE INC ($1,463,201). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $4,771,133 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS SERVICE ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,463,201 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD 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 49 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