New York · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION
UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION (New York) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,256,786 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($492,446). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $11M
What United Way of the Greater Capital Region does
Mission
To improve peoples' lives through the investment of community resources. The vision is to be the leader in bringing people and resources together to achieve measurable and sustainable improvements in the quality of life in our communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Uwgcr's community impact initatives are the heart of our mission "to advance the common good." with everyone's help, uwgcr creates opportunities for a better life by focusing on meeting basic needs, a quality education that leads to a better job, which provides a stable family income, and good health.
$1,479,338 spent44% of program spendingDonors can choose to contribute to united way's community care fund (discussed above), or to a specific uwgcr initiative (some of which are discussed below). Additionally, donors may choose to donate to other non-profit 501(c)(3) agencies. These funds are collected, and distributed quarterly to the designated agencies.
$1,602,541 spentof which $1,602,541 as grants48% of program spending2-1-1 is an easy-to-remember phone number that connects callers to free information about health and human services available in their community. United way's 2-1-1 northeast region activities cover 21 counties, are available 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, or 24 hours a day online, with help available in 240 languages. When people get assistance to overcome life's challenges, they are less likely to experience long-term problems that affect their families and community.
Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$289,474 spent$289,474 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,371,353.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.9M to $13M (+69%).
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 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 9% · 2023 17% · 2024 12% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Peter Gannon
CEO
Board chair
Brian Sano
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $72k → $350k.
15 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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: $6.0M from 8 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Chicago Community Trust); $201k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of the Greater Capital Region). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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 THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
71% 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 THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 45% · 2019 21% · 2020 22% · 2021 44% · 2022 33% · 2023 58% — 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
21% of UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION'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
55% of UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION'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 $1.0M that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.1M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.1M
- Department of the Treasury$1.1M
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 THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Blake Annex · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION: 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 THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION?
- UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION (New York) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,256,786 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($492,446). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $2,256,786 in grants to UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $492,446 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 46 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