Illinois · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,575 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($200,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $293k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $360k
- Net assets
- $480k
What United Way of South Central Illinois does
Mission
To solicit, collect, and otherwise raise money from the citizens of washington, marion, jefferson, franklin, hamilton, wayne, white, edwards, and wabash counties in southern illinois for charitable, philanthropic, and benevolent purposes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
United we give - through a partnership with a national retail distribution center, United Way of South Central Illinois coordinates the distribution of essential goods, including personal healthcare items, school supplies, and household necessities, to support local schools, food pantries, shelters, and nonprofits in jefferson, marion, and surrounding counties.
$152,885 spent56% of program spendingPhilantrhopic services - allocating resources to strengthen local communities in support of the health, education, and financial stability of the residents of washington, marion, jefferson, franklin, hamilton, wayne, white, edwards, and wabash counties in illinois. Funding raised in annual campaign are allocated to 12 programs aligned with United Way of South Central Illinois provided by 11 local partner agencies.
$53,673 spentof which $42,500 as grants20% of program spendingEarly literacy and education - through participation in dolly parton's imagination library program, United Way of South Central Illinois allocates resources to promote early childhood literacy education by providing free books monthly to participating children living in jefferson, marion, and washington counties from birth to age five, no matter their family's income.
$30,093 spent11% of program spendingCase management and navigation services are performed by united way 2-1-1, a 24-hour multi-channel information and referral service available to residents of south central illinois by dialing 2-1-1. United way 2-1-1 connects callers in need of social services with community resources, volunteer opportunities, and critical information 24/7 during times of disaster. Trained community resource navigators also assist inquirers in identifying and accessing critical health and human service resourses. United way 2-1-1's database contains more than 2,500 agencies providing more than 30,000 services across it's service area.
$14,776 spent5% of program spendingEmergency food and shelter - United Way of South Central Illinois administered program to help meet the needs of hungry and homeless people throughout the united way's service area by allocating federal grant funds for the provision of food and shelter. Emergency food and shelter grant funds are used by United Way of South Central Illinois to provide food, in the form of served meals or groceries, support lodging in mass shelters or hotel, monthly rent or mortgage payments, monthly utility payments, or equipment necessary to feed or shelter people, up to $300 limit per item.
$8,172 spent3% of program spendingBasic needs & community investment - this programming ensures that individuals and families have the basic needs necessary to promote well-being in the community through direct services and community investment.
$6,314 spent2% of program spendingPrograms for needy children - United Way of South Central Illinois administered program to assist children in need by administering a school supply drive throughout the united way's service area. This program provides school supplies to needy children to help prepare them for academic studies, facilitate learning, and build self esteem.
$2,665 spent1% of program spendingHealth and support for women - United Way of South Central Illinois' women's leadership council provides services to positively impact the lives of local women and girls by promoting self sufficiency and literacy, through philanthropy, advocating, volunteering, and community service.
$2,147 spent1% of program spendingHousing stability services and homeowner assistance - the provision of support for homeowners experiencing financial hardship to prevent mortgage delinquencies and defaults, foreclosures, loss of utilities, and displacement of homeowners.
$1,192 spent0% of program spendingHealth and nutrition - United Way of South Central Illinois utilized grant funds to maximize child nutrition programs and other emergency food programs and resources to ensure children and families have access to health meals at school and at home.
Child safety - United Way of South Central Illinois allocates resources to support local organizations providing services to youth and their families in need of counseling, crisis intervention, education, prevention, and support for victims of child abuse.
Kentucky tornado relief - United Way of South Central Illinois initiated programs to raise funding in support of kentucky tornado victims. Working with emergency management, disaster partners, and local communities, united way provided support and services for kentucky families impacted by the devastating tornado events of 2021.
The 12 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $271,917.
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 $552k to $739k (+34%).
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 7% · 2021 15% · 2022 33% · 2023 20% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income fell $50k → $38k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS’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 SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 76%; 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 SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 99% · 2023 39% — 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
17% of UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
72% of UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS'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 $99k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $260k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS's revenue grew 44% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS?
- UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS (Illinois) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,575 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($200,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $359,575 in grants to UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 13 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