Idaho · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC
UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC (Idaho) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $844,749 to it, the largest being Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children ($380,270). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $493k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $845k
- Net assets
- $145k
What United Way of North Idaho Inc does
Mission
United Way of North Idaho's mission it to improve lives in our community by engaging individuals and organizations in a way that is meaningful to them through volunteerism, financial contributions or leadership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early learning family support: the work of united way of north idaho is focused on long-term change for low-income families and individuals. Helping us and our community understand, the united way alice project has identified more than 40% of our population as financially unstable. The alice child care scholarships help families continue higher education or stay in the workforce. Hundreds of families in the five northern counties have benefitted from this assistance.
$184,776 spentof which $84,776 as grants48% of program spendingChild care provider support: united way of north idaho's educational funding and collaborations reach pre-k and school aged youth to engage and develop a future workforce and strong community. Internally, our efforts are focused on school readiness and early grade reading. Investments have been made in improving quality education centers and increasing capacity.
$49,661 spent13% of program spendingCommunity care fund: united way of north idaho invests in high performing programs and services that align with its strategic priorities of education, financial stability, and health. The community care fund is funds directed toward quality local programs that benefit communities in the five counties it serves. Funding is granted to nonprofit organizations through a competitive application process.
$152,740 spentof which $52,740 as grants39% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $387,177.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $380k to $943k (+148%).
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 15% · 2021 30% · 2022 72% · 2023 69% · 2024 33% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Rachel Peterson
Executive Director
Board chair
Patt Richesin
President-Chair
As listed on its FY2025 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 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $26 → $102k.
10 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 NORTH IDAHO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 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 NORTH IDAHO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 NORTH IDAHO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 68% · 2020 37% · 2021 64% · 2022 23% · 2023 54% — 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
50% of UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
84% of UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC's grant income comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $391k 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.
Government funding UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $113k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$113k
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 NORTH IDAHO 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 Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC: 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 NORTH IDAHO INC?
- UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC (Idaho) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $844,749 to it, the largest being Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children ($380,270). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $844,749 in grants to UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC?
- Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children is the largest funder on record, with $380,270 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF NORTH IDAHO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 19 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