Ohio · Nonprofit
United Way of Greater Stark County
United Way of Greater Stark County (Ohio) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,522,841 to it, the largest being STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,965,851). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.7M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $15M
What United Way of Greater Stark County does
Mission
We build our community's capacity to alleviate the impact of poverty and empower families to unleash their potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Allocations - distributions and allocations made to various funded partners and agencies of united way.
$3,861,068 spentof which $3,581,281 as grants$4,536,434 earned by the program71% of program spendingThe Financial Prosperity Center was developed to help residents become financially stable by focusing on three primary areas: employment counseling and placement, financial education and coaching, and public benefits access. It provides an array of financial literacy services to customers, allowing individuals and families access to build long-term, economic independence.
$196,007 spent$168,394 earned by the program4% of program spendingEmergency assistance includes rent assistance, utility assistance, and transportation and a 24 hour seven day a week availability of social service information to the community using the website of starkhelpcentral.com.
$212,319 spent$190,478 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther program services include: Volunteer and Community Services that promotes effective volunteer involvement by developing and training others to meet the needs of Stark County residents. Strong neighborhoods, strong family initiative supports preventing or lessening the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) during early childhood among those who live under the federal poverty level. By engaging community partners, we put the family at the center, providing programs like early childhood education, food programs, housing and shelter services, social-emotional training and intervention, and emergency rent and utility assistance help to stabilize and reduce ACEs in our youth.
$1,144,056 spent$301,153 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,413,450.
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 $14M to $16M (+15%).
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.
81% of United Way of Greater Stark County’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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
Perisic Angela
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $866k → $1.4M.
15 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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: $17k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Greater Stark County). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Greater Stark County raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Greater Stark County’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 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 Stark County has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
65% 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 Stark County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 37% · 2019 39% · 2020 17% · 2021 23% · 2022 37% · 2023 48% — 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
49% of United Way of Greater Stark County's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
96% of United Way of Greater Stark County's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 Stark County's funding base is broadening — from 16 funders to 28 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding United Way of Greater Stark County receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $930k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$930k
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 Stark County
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 Ohio
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
76%
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 Stark County: 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 Stark County?
- United Way of Greater Stark County (Ohio) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,522,841 to it, the largest being STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,965,851). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Way of Greater Stark County have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $10,522,841 in grants to United Way of Greater Stark County, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Greater Stark County?
- STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,965,851 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Greater Stark County find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 65 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