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United Way of Norman Inc

United Way of Norman Inc (Oklahoma) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,055,731 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($478,799). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.6M
Funders on record
22
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$873k
18/22 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What United Way of Norman Inc does

Mission

The mission of United Way of Norman is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community. We do this by working to advance the common good by addressing the most critical problems facing our community. Alongside community partners, we assess the need, develop strategies to address the top priority issues, mobilize partners and resources to implement the plan, and measure our results and report our impact to the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The United Way of Norman helps to fund 40 programs within 27 partner agencies. Our partner agencies provided support to more than 84,000 people in our community last year. It is through annual support from local donors that we can aid those in our community who need assistance. United Way funding is granted to agencies that provide services that have been identified by our community as the most critical. Our services are rendered to people of all ages from infants to the elderly and everyone in between.

    $950,160 spentof which $950,160 as grants
    70% of program spending
  2. United Way of Norman continues to provide services and programs that meet otherwise unmet needs in the community. Our School Supply program provides supplies to children preschool - 12th grade whose families financially qualify. In 2025, more than 1,200 children received the tools that they needed to succeed from day one, in a dignified and confidential manner. The Student United Engage Leadership program provides 9th grade students in our service area the opportunity to develop leadership and character through a variety of community awareness and service projects. The Student United Leadership Exploration and Development program (LEAD) provides 10th, 11th and 12th grade students who work year-round to raise funds to benefit other local teenagers in need. United Way of Norman partners with 211 to provide up to date, 24-hour guidance to residents in Norman and southern Cleveland County who need direction or assistance provided by our partner agencies. These services include financial crises, mental health, housing, food, and many other needs. Though 211 assistance is provided to all who call, it is those in financial need who make up most callers

    $215,174 spentof which $33,283 as grants
    16% of program spending
  3. We focus on three impact areas: Education, Financial Stability, and Health. By focusing on the root causes of local issues, we are building the foundation for a good quality of life for everyone. Our goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent problems from occurring, while insuring immediate and compassionate response to life's unexpected emergencies. By generating resources, investing them strategically, and measuring results, we are creating opportunities for a better tomorrow.

    $192,373 spent
    14% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,357,707.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($581k)2018 Revenue 110 ($1.8M) Expenses 108 ($1.8M) Net assets 95 ($552k)2019 Revenue 119 ($1.9M) Expenses 114 ($1.9M) Net assets 98 ($567k)2020 Revenue 131 ($2.1M) Expenses 110 ($1.8M) Net assets 120 ($698k)2021 Revenue 117 ($1.9M) Expenses 104 ($1.7M) Net assets 131 ($764k)2022 Revenue 111 ($1.8M) Expenses 101 ($1.7M) Net assets 131 ($763k)2023 Revenue 124 ($2.0M) Expenses 107 ($1.8M) Net assets 158 ($916k)2024 Revenue 173 ($2.8M) Expenses 158 ($2.6M) Net assets 170 ($986k)2025 Revenue 101 ($1.6M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 150 ($873k)
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Revenue (101)Expenses (100)Net assets (150)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.0M to $2.1M (+8%).

$1.8M
$1.8M
$1.8M
$2.0M
$1.9M
$2.0M
$2.1M
$2.1M
$2.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2024 40% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$58k
’17
−$30k
’18
$15k
’19
$276k
’20
$148k
’21
$97k
’22
$208k
’23
$161k
’24
−$40k
’25
9.8
months of
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

Daren Wilson

President/CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Listed253341333738433836
Joined·+11+18+8+12+10+13+7+10
No longer listed·310168981212
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $69k → $158k.

7 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 Norman Inc’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 Norman Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

76% 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 Norman Inc.

45%
largest funder
67%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 93% · 2019 49% · 2020 42% · 2021 49% · 2022 30% · 2023 29% — 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

72% of United Way of Norman Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

United Way of Norman Inc draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Oklahoma, across 9 states in all.

WI
CO
MO
KS
AR
NC
OK
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Oklahoma out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding United Way of Norman Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14k on record.

State$14k
18
19
Top programs
  • Reimbursement & Repayment -Oth$14k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 10%Fundraising 9%

Governance

29
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OK

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds United Way of Norman Inc?
United Way of Norman Inc (Oklahoma) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,055,731 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($478,799). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does United Way of Norman Inc have?
IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,055,731 in grants to United Way of Norman Inc, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of United Way of Norman Inc?
UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $478,799 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like United Way of Norman Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 22 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