Iowa · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF SPENCER
UNITED WAY OF SPENCER (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,384 to it, the largest being MIKE & LINDA FITERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $260k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What United Way of Spencer does
Mission
United Way of Spencer distributes funds to local charities that have been collected in an organized concise manner from the public during its annual fund drive.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
United Way of Spencer provided funding to over twenty local non-profit organizations allowing, among other things, high risk children to receive daycare, the local red cross office to assist in crises, the domestic violence office to assist battered wives, the meals on wheels program to feed the elderly, the girls and boys club to positively impact children and help fund local humane society.
$369,340 spentof which $369,340 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $369,340.
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 2022 to 2023, from $350k to $1.5M (+326%).
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.
94% of UNITED WAY OF SPENCER’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. 4 of the last 10 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100 → $9k.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF SPENCER’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 SPENCER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 88% — 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.
Where its funders are
UNITED WAY OF SPENCER draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 SPENCER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 123 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 123 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF SPENCER
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 SPENCER: 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 SPENCER?
- UNITED WAY OF SPENCER (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,384 to it, the largest being MIKE & LINDA FITERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF SPENCER have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $51,384 in grants to UNITED WAY OF SPENCER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF SPENCER?
- MIKE & LINDA FITERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF SPENCER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 4 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