Florida · Nonprofit
United Way of Palm Beach County Inc
United Way of Palm Beach County Inc (Florida) receives grants from 132 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,868,003 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,154,500). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 132
- Grants received
- $25M
- Net assets
- $21M
What United Way of Palm Beach County Inc does
Mission
To ensure that everyone in Palm Beach County has access to the basics: A quality education, a place to live, financial stability, good medical care, and enough to eat.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Stabilizing families by investing in: Financial stability - Households increase income, build savings, and grow assets. Fight hunger - Households have increased access to nutritious food. Housing & homelessness - Individuals and families achieve housing stability.Helping youth succeed by investing in: Graduate & thrive - Youth gain the education, skills, and support to succeed in life. Mentoring - Youth have access to a positive, caring relationship with a nonparental adult.Empowering healthy lives by investing in: Special needs - Enhancing the quality of life for families with children with disabilities.Initiative led by the United Way of Palm Beach County, Inc.Hunger relief:Beginning in 2015, United Way of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, and upwards of 180 other partners have been implementing our hunger relief plan to reduce local hunger. The plan includes ten bold goals, with 4 strategy teams addressing childhood hunger, seniors, building infrastructure, and the Glades.
$10,549,104 spentof which $6,124,912 as grants$143,683 earned by the program88% of program spendingInvesting in programs and initiatives that help individuals and nonprofit organizations during a crisis.211's information, assessment and referral helpline provides guidance and support 24-hours a day, seven days a week for individuals and families facing a variety of challenges.United Way leads the County's disaster relief and recovery efforts by coordinating volunteers and donations, providing necessary funds to agencies so they can open their doors and provide services as soon as possible, as well as participating in long-term recovery efforts.
$125,319 spentof which $100,000 as grants1% of program spendingSupport initiatives that build the organizational capacity of nonprofit organizations.Nonprofit legal assistance project offers access to an attorney for any matter affecting a nonprofit organization, their board of directors, staff or clients.Agency accreditation strengthens the administrative and operational capacity of nonprofit agencies by assessing the agencies' health as well as core competencies in numerous areas including board governance, financial practices, strategic planning, fundraising, human resources and more.
$480,413 spentof which $480,413 as grants4% of program spendingOther program costs represent the grants to partner agencies as designated by donors.
$854,894 spentof which $885,753 as grants$20,156 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,009,730.
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 $17M to $29M (+65%).
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 17% · 2018 18% · 2019 19% · 2020 23% · 2021 26% · 2022 28% · 2023 48% · 2024 36% · 2025 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of United Way of Palm Beach County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $884k → $3.3M.
19 of 132 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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: $1.6M from 22 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Palm Beach County Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Palm Beach County Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 132 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 Palm Beach County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 3 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
66% 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 Palm Beach County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 26% · 2019 29% · 2020 25% · 2021 84% · 2022 18% · 2023 49% — 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
36% of United Way of Palm Beach County 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
62% of United Way of Palm Beach County 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 $9.3M that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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 Palm Beach County Inc receives grants from 132 organizations whose IRS filings report $25M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding United Way of Palm Beach County Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record — $1.3M federal, $150 state.
- Department of the Treasury$1.3M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$10k
- FEES-GENERAL-FOR SERVICE $150
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 Palm Beach County 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 Palm Beach County 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 Palm Beach County Inc?
- United Way of Palm Beach County Inc (Florida) receives grants from 132 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,868,003 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,154,500). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does United Way of Palm Beach County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 132 organizations giving $24,868,003 in grants to United Way of Palm Beach County Inc, 75 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Palm Beach County Inc?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $10,154,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Palm Beach County Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 132 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