Virginia · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG
UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG (Virginia) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,840,623 to it, the largest being ROBINS FOUNDATION ($1,262,500). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 75
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg does
Mission
United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg is a nonprofit organization that exists to mobilize the caring power of our local communities to help those in need and to create opportunities for all people to thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Thanks to the generous support of donors, corporate partners and volunteers, in fy25 we were able to support and impact 111,022 households through grants, signature programs and strategic initiatives. Through our three focus areas, healthy community, youth opportunity and financial security - we achieved the following outcomes:youth opportunity: we helped 3,907 young children enroll in high-quality early learning programs and supported 30,996 k12 youth through school and community programs. We also supported the facilitation of adoptive placements for 54 young people.community engagement: we mobilized 1,470 volunteers and advocates to strengthen community programs and expand our collective impact.
$2,991,597 spentof which $2,991,597 as grants58% of program spendingFinancial security: we helped 11,415 individuals access financial education and services, including 1,934 who received financial counseling. 587 individuals secured affordable rental housing or homeownership. 217 vita program volunteers assisted 3,611 filers, returning $3.8 million in refunds. We placed 849 adults in jobs and supported 40 families through the publix emergency fund and 19 womenrise scholars. Through our continued partnership as the financial manager of dominion energyshare program, 13,200 individuals and families received bill pay assistance.
$887,337 spent17% of program spendingHealthy community: we connected 14,473 individuals to healthcare and 4,735 to mental health services. We provided 324,083 meals, supported 1,380 people in securing new housing, and enabled 27,692 nights of safe shelter. Energyshare assisted 12,596 households and rideshare provided 480 rides for essential needs.
$1,293,081 spent25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,172,015.
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 $13M to $22M (+64%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 1% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Barbara Couto Sipe
President & CEO
Board chair
Robert L Cowgill
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $301k → $2.0M.
12 of 75 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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: $7.0M from 13 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation Inc); $108k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 75 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 RICHMOND & PETERSBURG has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
43% 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 RICHMOND & PETERSBURG.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 39% · 2019 28% · 2020 23% · 2021 15% · 2022 15% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“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
49% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
63% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 RICHMOND & PETERSBURG receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $844k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$844k
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 RICHMOND & PETERSBURG
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG: 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 RICHMOND & PETERSBURG?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG (Virginia) receives grants from 75 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,840,623 to it, the largest being ROBINS FOUNDATION ($1,262,500). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG have?
- IRS filings report 75 organizations giving $10,840,623 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG?
- ROBINS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,262,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER RICHMOND & PETERSBURG find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 75 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