Maryland · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC
UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,327,340 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR ($1,330,398). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $998k
What United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc does
Mission
Connecting community members in dorchester, somerset, wicomico and worcester counties with direct and partner resources to strengthen health, education and financial security so all neighbors can thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community investment: united way of the lower eastern shore invests contributions in three impact areas. 1) helping children and adults succeed in learning to reach their potential; 2) providing emergency and crisis help and support for individuals and families to achieve economic security and stability; 3) improving access to and awareness of local health and wellness services to empower and support all neighbors in achieving better health and wellness.comprehensive stewardship of donors' dollars is provided to ensure all contributions are directed to local programs serving these areas of great need in the community. Each year committee members invest their time and energy to visit with applicants and learn about their work and programs and review each application including budgets, outcomes and efficiencies in meeting local needs. Funding recommendations are allocated and approved by the board of directors based on annual fundraising and budget, and are distributed monthly to approved nonprofit partners. The process assures united way donors their contributions are being invested as equitably and effectively as possible in local nonprofits and direct programs which are…
$626,360 spentof which $626,360 as grants47% of program spendingUnited way of the lower eastern shore also provides direct programs and is active in numerous community collaborations, including for 2023-24:the imagination library literacy program for birth-five, including the smartstart collaboration with the local health system to encourage newborn enrollments, collegiate student united way club, wellness made easy health literacy program, read to succeed and read with me reading programs for pre-k through 3rd grade students, jumpstart nonprofit development support, women united and emerging leaders affinity/volunteer groups, holiday outreach programs, addiction awareness youth art competition, maryland alice report, data tools and facilitated simulations, nonprofit training and support and information and referral services.united way of the lower eastern shore also operates the get connected volunteer center, as the designated volunteer center for the lower shore of maryland, to connect all community members with opportunities to volunteer with about 150 local nonprofits across the region, providing free access to everyone to manage and track volunteer impact. United way of the lower eastern shore is involved in significant community…
$712,478 spent53% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,338,838.
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 $867k to $1.1M (+28%).
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: 2021 15% · 2022 0% · 2024 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
81% of UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Pamela R Gregory
President/CEO (nonvoting)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $257k → $540k.
8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE 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 LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 84% · 2019 55% · 2020 28% · 2021 36% · 2022 36% · 2023 33% — broadly stable.
“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 THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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 THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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.
Against its field
UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 13 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE 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 THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,327,340 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR ($1,330,398). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,327,340 in grants to UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR is the largest funder on record, with $1,330,398 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 25 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