Louisiana · Nonprofit
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,482,162 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($2,121,206). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $15M
What United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc does
Mission
To unite our community by funding programs in the areas of education, income and health. Our goal is to create long-lasting change that prevents problems from happening in the first place. Our community is the 5 parish area of Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and Jeff Davis.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Allocation to United Way Agency Partners - United Way of Southwest Louisiana works closely with our agency partners to ensure that the generous donations we receive are carefully and thoughtfully put to good use to help the most people. Each year, a group of dedicated volunteers make important allocation decisions that impact us all and help make our region a better place to live and work. Out goal is to help area non-profits lay the building blocks for a better life through the funding of programs in the areas of education, income, health, and safety net.
$1,671,521 spentof which $1,671,521 as grants$41,293 earned by the program46% of program spendingWe track certain costs of managing, supporting, researching and funding all of these community programs. These costs include, but are not limited to, training, technology, marketing, accounting and governance, and are vital to ensuring sustainability, innovation and growth of future community investments.
$1,072,230 spent29% of program spendingSupport of Community Initiatives, Disaster Management, Case Management and Other Programs - United Way of Southwest Louisiana is looking at the big picture - embracing the entire circle of life focusing on children and youth, families and neighborhoods, seniors, and people rebuilding their lives. We know that the big picture includes us all. That is why in addition to funding agency partners, we provide our own programs including supporting victims of Hurricane Ida, Hurricane Laura, and also support other community-led initiatives such as the Community Helpline, 2-1-1 referral systems, Disaster Response, Prisoner Re-Entry Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, and the Voluntary Income Tax Assistance Program and others.
$908,217 spentof which $203,943 as grants$532,335 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,651,968.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.7M to $14M (+87%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 4% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Curtis Brescher
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $88k → $889k.
8 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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: $5.5M from 13 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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 Southwest Louisiana Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 Southwest Louisiana Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 79% · 2019 44% · 2020 53% · 2021 44% · 2022 75% · 2023 60% — 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
29% of United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M 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 Southwest Louisiana Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $465k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$465k
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 Southwest Louisiana 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Way of Southwest Louisiana 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 Southwest Louisiana Inc?
- United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc (Louisiana) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,482,162 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($2,121,206). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $5,482,162 in grants to United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,121,206 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Southwest Louisiana Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 41 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