Nebraska · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC
UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $562,831 to it, the largest being ROBERT B DAUGHERTY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $360k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $563k
- Net assets
- $306k
What United Way of the Kearney Area Inc does
Mission
The united way of the kearney area's primary mission is to increase the overall quality of life for those in the region.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community services: youth opportunity - improving on-time graduation rates changes every community for the better and it starts by preparing all children for kindergarten and keeping them engaged in school through mentoring and enrichment activities. Activities include: recreational scholarships, coats for kids, outdoor family movie night, random acts of kindess week, and free little libraries. Programs were funded as follows: adult basic education - $250; arc of buffalo county - $4,018; franklin co casa - $3,785; collage center - $6,168; girl scouts - $3,026; head start - $6,193; the friends program - $10,543.
$56,453 spent21% of program spendingCommunity services: financial security - many local families spend more than 40% of their take home pay on housing, which does not leave enough to cover other necessities like food, utilities, or medical care. United way's partner agencies collaborate to prevent evictions and homelessness by providing assistance for rent and utilities.united way partners with postal carriers to stamp out hunger, which brought in over 4,500 pounds of food to support area food pantries. Programs were funded as follows: homeless prevention - $8,901; jubilee center - $21,018; minden senior center - $2,850; raft - $9,710; salvation army - $8,849.
$92,214 spent34% of program spendingCommunity services: healthy community - each year the united way of the kearney area invests in programs that improve healthy behaviors, personal and community safety, and access to health services.united way hosted a picklball tournament to encourage community members to learn a new sport. Programs were funded as follows: arc of buffalo county - $4,554; franklin co casa - $1,391; collage center - $6,602; compass - $10,433; family advocacy network - $23,085; helpcare clinic - $20,552; kearney/buffalo county casa - $7,430; mid-ne c.s.f.p. - $3,635; minden senior center - $2,848; s.a.f.e. Center - $11,213; salvation army - $4,000; immunization clinic - $3,651.
$125,892 spent46% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $274,559.
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 2018 to 2019, from $434k to $708k (+63%).
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: 2023 7% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Savannah Lyon
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $43k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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: $26k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC’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 THE KEARNEY AREA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 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 THE KEARNEY AREA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 90% · 2019 93% · 2020 52% · 2021 94% · 2022 59% · 2023 48% — 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
14% of UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
54% of UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC'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 $260k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $303k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $562,831 to it, the largest being ROBERT B DAUGHERTY FOUNDATION ($140,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% 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 KEARNEY AREA INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $562,831 in grants to UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC?
- ROBERT B DAUGHERTY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF THE KEARNEY AREA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 18 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