Utah · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE
UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE (Utah) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,139,317 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($350,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What United Way of Greater Salt Lake does
Mission
United way of salt lake (uwsl) mobilizes people and resources to support basic needs and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
211 utah is the single access point to utah's 10,000 different social service programs and resources. Supported by united ways of utah (united way of salt lake, united way of central and southern utah, and united way of northern utah), this vital service helps people navigate complex systems by providing information, support, and one-on-one assistance. It is free, confidential, and available via phone (211) in over 200 languages, and via text, chat, web, and email in english and in spanish. 211 utah prioritizes service navigation, a process in which our team members follow up with clients to determine whether they received services and help them remove barriers if needed--creating better outcomes for clients.
$3,309,645 spentof which $417,287 as grants$447,463 earned by the program51% of program spendingPromise partnership utah is the state's cross-sector, cradle-to-career collective impact initiative that works to align, share, and deploy resources to improve outcomes and reduce disparities in: 1) kindergarten readiness; 2) third-grade reading; 3) eighth-grade math: 4) high school graduation; 5) postsecondary readiness; 6) postsecondary completion; 7) health; and 8) financial stability. We build partnerships in the public and private sectors to support student success in promise community schools, in promise communities, and within larger systems that serve children and families. Our nationally recognized model of civic infrastructure achieved the systems transformation designation by strivetogether (strivetogether.org) for its success in improving outcomes for children and families.
$3,209,367 spentof which $2,693,953 as grants49% of program spendingThe united way of salt lake volunteer program mobilizes hundreds of volunteers to complete thousands of hours of service through a variety of initiatives to ensure that utah students and families succeed in school and beyond. In addition to mentoring, tutoring, and many other specific volunteer services, uwsl hosts four year of action events: read across america day (events focused on promoting literacy and providing thousands of new books for students); stuff the bus (a campaign to collect school supplies and stuff backpacks to equip students for the school year); day of caring (a series of service projects that pair corporate volunteers with school and community partners); and season of service (a campaign to meet student and family needs during the holidays).
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,519,012.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $8.2M to $9.0M (+9%).
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: 2024 7% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Board chair
Brian Mccallion
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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: $7.4M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Utah's Promise). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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 SALT LAKE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 SALT LAKE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
50% of UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE'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 $565k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside Utah, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $575k 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.
Against its field
UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Utah's Promise · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE: 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 SALT LAKE?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE (Utah) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,139,317 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($350,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,139,317 in grants to UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE?
- THE GOLDMAN SACHS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF GREATER SALT LAKE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 13 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