North Carolina · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $551,903 to it, the largest being EDDIE AND JO ALLISON SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($250,359). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $552k
- Net assets
- $701k
What United Way of Pitt County Inc does
Mission
The united way of pitt county, inc. (uwpc) is a nonprofit entity located in eastern north carolina. Uwpc is a volunteer-driven organization that seeks to impact the greater pitt county community by focusing on the keys to a good life - education, income, health, and neighbors helping neighbors.the mission of united way of pitt county, inc. Is "to mobilize resources and leadership to build a stronger community" with underlying values of integrity, excellence, compassion, committment, inclusiveness and collaboration.the organization has an active, diverse board of trustees, which consists of local area business leaders, educators, financial specialists, and other professionals. The board is supported by committees that have oversight over various aspects of its operations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The united way of pitt county, inc. Focuses on three primary programs:school readiness - the provision of funds for tutoring and mentoring programs, literacy assistance programs, pre-school readiness, alternative learning programs, and truancy reduction.workforce development - the provision of funds for job training and placement, certification and training programs, and grants for adult education programs that lead to a high school diploma or equivalent.basic needs - the provision of funds for short-term, immediate relief to people in crisis (I.e. Disaster services), and the funding of essential needs of individuals such as food, clothing, and shelter.the organization conducts an annual fundraising campaign throughout eastern north carolina to raise funds through corporate and individual pledges and gifts. Campaign funds are raised for the purpose of funding specific grant requests from local agencies that will have tremendous impact on the quality of health and human services in the greater pitt county area.
$1,646,046 spentof which $1,512,348 as grants$1,877,834 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,646,046.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $968k to $748k (−23%).
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: 2019 35% · 2020 4% · 2021 49% · 2022 60% · 2023 73% · 2024 68% · 2025 70%. 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 7 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
Dwain Cooper
Executive director
Board chair
Janis Gallagher
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $49k → $50k.
8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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: $118k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY 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 PITT COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
39% 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 PITT COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 55% · 2019 83% · 2020 54% · 2021 43% · 2022 28% · 2023 23% — 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
31% of UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
75% of UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $161k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF PITT 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 PITT COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $551,903 to it, the largest being EDDIE AND JO ALLISON SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($250,359). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $551,903 in grants to UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC?
- EDDIE AND JO ALLISON SMITH FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,359 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF PITT COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 20 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