Nebraska · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS
UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS (Nebraska) receives grants from 128 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,594,415 to it, the largest being THRESHOLD COC ($12,746,214). 82 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 128
- Grants received
- $39M
- Net assets
- $11M
What United Way of the Midlands does
Mission
United Way of the Midlands mission is "we unite our community's caring spirit to build a stronger tomorrow".
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Effective july 2020, the uwm agreed to provide services to the ne department of labor regarding implementation and operation of the jag model in nebraska. This program established jag accredited programs at nebraska schools with the purpose of helping junior high and high school students overcome obstacles and build skills so they are set up for success in the classroom and workplace. This program is funded in large part by an agreement with the ndol consisting of funds provided though the us department of labor and the us department of health and human services.
$7,589,761 spentof which $10,000 as grants$7,986,593 earned by the program28% of program spendingWhen a caller dials 2-1-1, they find easy access to health and human service programs in nebraska and iowa. Certified resource specialists maintain a computerized comprehensive database of nearly 4,000 health and human service programs. Individuals who need help are connected with the right community resources who use the vast database. The information gathered helps to identify gaps in local human services, which can assist local policy makers with future planning efforts. Effective october 2019, the ne211 helpline was manned 24x7x365.
$2,943,702 spent$3,715,887 earned by the program11% of program spendingThis energy-efficiency program aims to help low-income households reduce energy costs while ensuring their health and saftey. The services are offered to eligible households at no cost - thanks to funding from the u.s. Departments of energy and health and human services. In addition to energy-efficieny improvements, the program also check each home's indoor air quality, combustion safety, carbon monoxide and other possible issues. Uwm's 211 helpline processes applications for douglas county and determines eligibility, helping improve the lives of many low-income families.
$250,476 spent$595,363 earned by the program1% of program spendingGoodfellows
$630,685 spentof which $49,000 as grants$629,535 earned by the program2% of program spendingComprehensive volunteerism
$551,850 spent$499,738 earned by the program2% of program spendingCourt referral
$98,224 spent$87,669 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther programs
$15,028,656 spentof which $9,861,974 as grants55% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,093,354.
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 $21M to $25M (+22%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 17% · 2022 5% · 2023 13% · 2024 27% · 2025 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Shawna Forsberg
President/CEO
Board chair
Chanda Chacon
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 28 funders to 55 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $3.7M.
26 of 128 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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: $772k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of the Midlands Foundation); $10k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of the Midlands). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 128 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 MIDLANDS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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
65% 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 MIDLANDS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 14% · 2019 24% · 2020 15% · 2021 63% · 2022 70% · 2023 10% — 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 THE MIDLANDS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
87% of UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 MIDLANDS's funding base is broadening — from 28 funders to 55 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
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 THE MIDLANDS: 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 MIDLANDS?
- UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS (Nebraska) receives grants from 128 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,594,415 to it, the largest being THRESHOLD COC ($12,746,214). 82 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS have?
- IRS filings report 128 organizations giving $38,594,415 in grants to UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS, 82 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS?
- THRESHOLD COC is the largest funder on record, with $12,746,214 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 128 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