Maine · Nonprofit
United Way Inc
United Way Inc (Maine) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,055,700 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,379,795). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.9M
- Funders on record
- 68
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $16M
What United Way Inc does
Mission
United Way of Southern Maine (UWSM) improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
UWSM ensures every young person can thrive by expanding access to early childhood education, literacy development, out of school learning, and strong family engagement. Many Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) households face barriers such as high child care costs and limited access to early learning resources that affect school readiness and third-grade reading, a key milestone for lifelong success. UWSM advances Thrive2027 Goal 1: By 2027, reduce the third-grade reading proficiency gap to no more than 10 percentage points between all third-grade students and those who have not fared as well. To support this goal, UWSM invested $306,354 in community schools and early learning programs and $60,814 in essential services like nutritious food and vision/hearing screening. Through the Child Care Incubator, one new child care business launched, with two more openings by May 2026. Volunteers contributed 1,150+ hours reading with children. Emerging Leaders United supported programs that help youth build literacy, explore STEAM, and stay engaged after school. UWSM also leads United 4 Child Care, a public-private partnership creating up to 400 new child care slots,…
$563,967 spentof which $392,752 as grants8% of program spendingUWSM helps individuals and families, especially ALICE households, build financial stability by expanding access to education, job training, income supports, and safe, stable housing. UWSM advances Thrive2027 Goal 2: By 2027, 70% of households will pay less than 30% of income on housing. In the past year, UWSM funded programs helped 698 households move from homelessness into safe housing and 1,425 households access or maintain shelter and safety. UWSM also supported LD 641, legislation with the potential to prevent homelessness for more than 1,000 Mainers each year. Through CA$H Greater Portland, UWSM helped 8,504 households secure more than $1.4 million in refunds and save filing fees; 161 households received the Earned Income Tax Credit totaling $342,751. Women United invested in eight programs supporting single mothers through child care, housing navigation, legal aid, education, and job training. As the backbone of the Southern Maine Workforce Initiative, UWSM leads a collaborative of 26 partners creating career pathways and employer readiness, including the Bridge Program, which provides industry specific training and wraparound services for jobseekers entering high demand…
$986,725 spentof which $345,674 as grants14% of program spendingUWSM works to ensure that every person can live a healthier life by expanding access to nutritious food, mental health services, substance use supports, and community resources. UWSM advances Thrive2027 Goal 3: Reduce preventable premature deaths by 10% by 2027. To save lives, UWSM partnered with the Maine Department of Education to create a multilingual animated naloxone training video used across the state. UWSM trained 191 individuals to recognize and respond to opioid overdoses and distributed 598 naloxone doses across Southern Maine. In December 2024, UWSM launched Read Away, enabling incarcerated mothers and grandmothers to record themselves reading to their children; 39 participants reached 55 children, who received books and materials supporting more than four hours of additional reading time. UWSM funded programs supported 364 youth healing from abuse and trauma and invested over $300,000 in nine programs expanding access to behavioral health care. Through UWSM's support of 211 Maine, residents received 6,400 referrals for mental health and addiction services, ensuring timely, confidential access to lifesaving resources. Altogether, UWSM invested $1,176,609 in Healthy…
$876,925 spentof which $657,380 as grants12% of program spending211 Maine, supported by United Way of Southern Maine (UWSM), is a free, confidential 24/7 information and referral service connecting people to essential supports, including housing and shelter, food assistance, mental health services, addiction treatment, utilities help, and crisis resources. Last year, 211 Maine fielded more than 67,008 calls, texts, and emails, providing vital assistance during times of need. 211 also operates specialized services such as the Opiate Helpline, Problem Gambling Helpline, and the statewide Help Me Grow access point. During emergencies, 211 partners with the Maine Emergency Management Agency to direct residents to shelters, provide real time updates, and support disaster recovery. UWSM also manages Keep ME Warm, Maine's only statewide emergency heating assistance initiative. Funds are distributed using LIHEAP formulas to Community Action Agencies, local United Ways, and 211. In 2024, 211 Maine provided over $208,000 in emergency heating support to 523 households and 1,149 individuals, ensuring families had safe, reliable heat during the winter months. Donor Designations: Giving your way.Donor designations allow contributors to direct all or part of…
$4,800,809 spentof which $2,845,947 as grants$209,587 earned by the program66% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,228,426.
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 2023 to 2024, from $22M to $20M (−10%).
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 4% · 2022 22% · 2023 30% · 2024 28% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of United Way Inc’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. 6 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
Dan Coyne
Secretary/President/CEO
Board chair
Todd Cesca
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $527k → $1.6M.
15 of 68 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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: $815k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way Inc); $569k from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Heart of Maine United Way). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 68 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 Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
67% 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 Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 19% · 2018 35% · 2019 41% · 2020 21% · 2021 32% · 2022 22% · 2023 26% — 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
42% of United Way Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
64% of United Way Inc's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.0M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 Inc receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $11M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding United Way Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.4M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$5.7M
- Department of the Treasury$645k
- Small Business Administration$95k
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 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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- 211 Maine Inc · exempt
- Joseph How Charitable Trust · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Way 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 Inc?
- United Way Inc (Maine) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,055,700 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,379,795). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does United Way Inc have?
- IRS filings report 68 organizations giving $11,055,700 in grants to United Way Inc, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,379,795 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 68 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