Ohio · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,884 to it, the largest being ADENA HEALTH SYSTEM ($249,583). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $931k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $366k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What United Way of Ross County Inc does
Mission
To mobilize resourses to improve lives and strengthen our community. We envision a stronger community of engaged stakeholders collaborating to create sustainable, positive change and empower people to achieve their potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Income (financial stability, self-sufficiency, crisis & basic needs): funded programs that help individuals achieve new levels of independence and, in some cases, self-sufficiency.these programs provide job training and placedment, as well as sheltered employment, for for adults with physical and intellectual disabilities or other disadvantages. Funded programs also provide emergency shelter for homeless men, including overnight and daytime shelter, meals, case management, employment referrals, and shower and laundry facilities. Other programs provide emergency assistance for immediate basic needs, such as food, transportation, medication, utility payment and shut-off prevention, including those for disaster victims and aiding military personnel with emergency or special needs communications.
Health (nutrition, medical care, therapy, counseling,safety, socialization): funded programs and services include transitional shelter for women and children who are victims of domestic violence, abuse, or homelessness; free wrap-around services, including counseling, medical evaluations and exams, and victim advocacy for children and families impacted by sexual abuse; nutritious meals, socialization, health, and companionship events and services for senior citizens; community health and safety programs and blood services; subsidized participation in health, wellness and fitness programs for needy families, matching and mentoring programs for children and teens from one-parent/ guardian or otherwise struggling families.
Education (school readiness, academic support, development): funded programs included school-based mentoring and after-school services, tutoring and homework assistance; character development, leadership and life skills programs; arts, drama, recreation and physical fitness programs; abuse prevention programs for community, schools, and child victims of sexual abuse; anti-bullying, body safety and parenting classes; and summer youth development, leadership, and enrichment programs.
Direct program overhead and community impact and special needs funding.
$574,171 spentof which $82,875 as grants100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $574,171.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.4M to $1.6M (+14%).
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 3% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 63% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
James Hill
Governance chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $5k → $44k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 ROSS 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 ROSS COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 ROSS COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 66% · 2020 62% · 2021 75% · 2022 81% · 2023 83% — 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
83% of UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% 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
93% of UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $87k 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 ROSS COUNTY INC 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
Government funding UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $339k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$339k
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 ROSS 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 Ohio
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
93%
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 ROSS 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 ROSS COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $365,884 to it, the largest being ADENA HEALTH SYSTEM ($249,583). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $365,884 in grants to UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC?
- ADENA HEALTH SYSTEM is the largest funder on record, with $249,583 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 9 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