Washington · Nonprofit
United Way of Spokane County
United Way of Spokane County (Washington) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,489,002 to it, the largest being PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST ($1,102,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $804k
What United Way of Spokane County does
Mission
The mission of Spokane County United Way is to mobilize our community resources to create measurable results that improve the lives of the people living in our community and advance the idea of the common good. (Continued on Schedule O)Our vision is that Spokane County will be known for increasing health, prosperity, and educational attainment for at risk community members, and is a tool for breaking the local cycle of intergenerational poverty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education: Funding is provided primarily to local impact partners as part of the organizations goal of cutting educational achievement gaps in half, focusing resources on children and youth who are low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, and/or have special needs. Spokane County United Way is involved in providing over 10,000 community members access to bilingual trail markers through Born Again Learning Trails and over 5,000 children under the age of 5 access to 1 free book every month through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Foundation.
$364,733 spentof which $258,459 as grants27% of program spendingFinancial Stability: Funding provided to community agencies and community members for programs that support improving the financial stability of low-income households in Spokane County, WA, especially low-income families with children.
$324,555 spentof which $322,711 as grants24% of program spendingDonor Designated Gifts: Spokane County United Way runs a major fundraising program, the Workplace Campaign. Many of the donations to the campaign are specifically designated to qualified non-profit agencies. Acting as an agent, United Way ensures that these donations are collected and accurately distributed, under standards established by United Way Worldwide. The Organization collected and will distribute $278,363 related to this campaign during the fiscal year.
$314,387 spentof which $256,311 as grants$2,429 earned by the program24% of program spendingHealth: Funding is provided to local impact partners for programs directed at improving the health and safety of families in Spokane County, WA. Spokane County United Way provides financial support to local organizations that focus on preventing or mitigating the impact of child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, mental illness, and substance abuse.Excelerate Success: Excelerate Success addresses the impacts of racism, particularly structural racism. The initiative seeks to build community by promoting collaboration among Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and white people in Spokane County as well as among people with other marginalized identities. Excelerate Success has 3 core strategies: racial affinity groups; trainings led my impacted communities; and annual community learning events.Volunteer Services: The organization supports individual, group, and corporate volunteer engagement as a strategy to fulfill its mission. To support its financial stability work, Spokane County United Way promoted a free self-filing tool, www.MyFreeTaxes.com. Members of the Emerging Leaders Society contributed talent and 170 volunteer hours to projects in the community with local…
$331,070 spentof which $166,212 as grants25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,334,745.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.8M to $940k (−47%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 2% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of United Way of Spokane County’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $513k → $405k.
9 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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: $2.4M from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Innovia Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money United Way of Spokane County raised.
From the IRS filings of United Way of Spokane County’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 Spokane County leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 Spokane County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 53% · 2019 90% · 2020 41% · 2021 31% · 2022 22% · 2023 30% — 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
59% of United Way of Spokane County's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
84% of United Way of Spokane County's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 Spokane County's revenue fell 62% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding United Way of Spokane County receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $304k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$249k
- Department of the Treasury$55k
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 Spokane County
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United Way of Spokane County: 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 Spokane County?
- United Way of Spokane County (Washington) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,489,002 to it, the largest being PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST ($1,102,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United Way of Spokane County have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $3,489,002 in grants to United Way of Spokane County, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United Way of Spokane County?
- PHILANTHROPY NORTHWEST is the largest funder on record, with $1,102,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United Way of Spokane County find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 30 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing