Missouri · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC
UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC (Missouri) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,832,493 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($653,280). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What United Way of the Ozarks Inc does
Mission
United way ozarks region unites people, resources and ideas to enhance lives in the ozarks.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United way of the ozarks dba united way ozarks region supports a community safety net of services focused on helping individuals and families and impacting the cycle of poverty. This safety net includes 20 programs hosted by our 15 partner organizations in 14 counties in southwest missouri. Programs are organized around issues of championing children and pathways out of poverty and focus both on strategies to create financial stability and self-sustaining individuals and families. Through the community investment program, united way volunteers participate in training to learn the critical issues facing the community as agreed upon by several community collaboratives; review information presented by community organizations; then direct funds for greatest impact.
$1,327,565 spentof which $743,400 as grants$57,424 earned by the program94% of program spendingUnited way ozarks region supported many initiatives. These initiatives include the cancer initiative in partnership with community partnership of the ozarks; veteran's assistance initiative in partnership with the american red cross; and 2-1-1. Day of caring provides more than 1,400 volunteers from over 80 companies to complete 130 projects for 54 non-profit agencies for a total value of $220,577 in volunteer manhours. Give 5 is a "civic matchmaking" program for area seniors/retirees that is entirely funded by grants and sponsorships.
$78,099 spentof which $78,099 as grants6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,405,664.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.5M to $2.8M (+12%).
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: 2022 2% · 2023 5% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Rachel Munday
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $3k → $230k.
7 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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: $329k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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 OZARKS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% 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
59% 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 OZARKS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 42% · 2019 27% · 2020 25% · 2021 36% · 2022 43% · 2023 49% — 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
63% of UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
59% of UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $872k 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 OZARKS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
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 OZARKS INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC (Missouri) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,832,493 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($653,280). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,832,493 in grants to UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $653,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF THE OZARKS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 33 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