New York · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE
UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $392,625 to it, the largest being AMG CHARITABLE GIFT FOUNDATION ($300,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $490k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $393k
- Net assets
- $517k
What United Way of New York State does
Mission
To strengthen the capacity of local united ways through their charitable human service activities to be leaders in achieving results that improve the lives of all new yorkers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Member services - coordination of information and training services to members, individual consultation, and research of members.
$95,027 spentof which $27,007 as grants$181,634 earned by the program25% of program spending2-1-1 - provision of administrative services to 2-1-1 new york, management or policy issues, and support to 2-1-1 board.
$161,371 spent$267,442 earned by the program43% of program spendingPublic policy - survey of member issues, research on issues, writing proposals, tracking issue progress, informing network of progress and outcomes.
$118,412 spent$5,388 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $374,810.
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 2017 to 2018, from $419k to $376k (−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: 2020 9% · 2021 53% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $300k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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: $29k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of the Greater Capital Region). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 NEW YORK STATE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 NEW YORK STATE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
100% of UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $392k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 NEW YORK STATE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 2-1-1 New York Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE: 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 NEW YORK STATE?
- UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $392,625 to it, the largest being AMG CHARITABLE GIFT FOUNDATION ($300,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $392,625 in grants to UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE?
- AMG CHARITABLE GIFT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF NEW YORK STATE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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