Iowa · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC
UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC (Iowa) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,940,748 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($959,779). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What United Way of Johnson & Washington Counties Inc does
Mission
United way of johnson & washington counties, inc. (uwjwc) unites in purpose to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
United way of johnson & washington counties, inc. (uwjwc) provides funding support to 28 partner agencies that provide services addressing the greatest needs in our community through the focus of our four strategic impact areas: healthy community, youth opportunity, financial security, and community resiliency. Investments to partner agencies are determined through a volunteer-led bi-annual process that uses data from our community needs assessment and strategic community roadmap to allocate funding to make the greatest impact. The uwjwc partner agency network creates opportunities for resource sharing as well as a collaborative approach to solving complex, community-wide issues.
$1,277,306 spentof which $1,277,306 as grants67% of program spendingUnited way of johnson & washington counties, inc. (uwjwc) works to identify gaps, set shared goals, and invest in solutions that make a measurable difference in the needs of our community. Uwjwc conducts a comprehensive community needs assessment every three years, working with the community to gather qualitative and quantitative insights to inform a shared community roadmap that unites local stakeholders in driving meaningful, long-term change. Uwjwc serves as a hub for volunteerism and community engagement through our online volunteer portal, connecting community members with opportunities with local nonprofit agencies, as well as through coordinated group volunteer projects, book and supply drives, and our annual day of caring, which connected 100 volunteers from local businesses to complete projects at 15 nonprofit locations around our community.uwjwc leads the community organizations active in disaster (coad) coalition, maintains the emergency volunteer center (evc), and participates in planning efforts with johnson county emergency management and the emergency operations center to coordinate disaster response and emergency preparedness. Uwjwc also maintains a robust disaster…
$631,483 spentof which $20,858 as grants$5,602 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,908,789.
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 2025 to 2026, from $2.9M to $3.3M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2021 8% · 2022 6% · 2023 12% · 2024 10% · 2025 7% · 2026 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES 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. 2 of the last 10 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
Jennifer Banta
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2026 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 8 funders to 17 funders, grant income fell $297k → $296k.
14 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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 JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
89% 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 JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 45% · 2019 45% · 2020 40% · 2021 49% · 2022 20% · 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
70% of UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
59% of UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES 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 $1.2M that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Iowa 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 12 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 JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC is better cushioned than half of the 35 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 35 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Government funding UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $817k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$817k
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 JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC (Iowa) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,940,748 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($959,779). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,940,748 in grants to UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC?
- THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $959,779 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF JOHNSON & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 35 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