New York · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC
UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,336,836 to it, the largest being CORNING INCORPORATED FOUNDATION ($2,810,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What United Way of the Southern Tier Inc does
Mission
To unite and prioritize resources to improve the quality of life for every person and family in our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Campaign allocations - uwst administers two primary types of funding streams to nonprofit organizations: allocations and strategic investment fund grants.allocations provide nonprofit organizations with program funding for operations, specifically those that align with uwst's main focus areas: southern tier kids on track, southern tier senior supports, and southern tier basic needs. - southern tier kids on track typically defines funding for services associated with ages birth to 8 years old, including early child care and education, targeted school-age programming, and parent supports for child success. - southern tier senior supports is defined as funding for services that help our senior population age safely in place. This includes those who need assistance to care for themselves, or in accomplishing their activities of daily living in and around the home. This also includes those who need home-delivered meals to meet their nutritional needs or transportation to medical appointments. - southern tier basic needs is defind as funding for services that help our most vulnerable neighbors. This includes those needing food for themselves and their families and those needing…
$3,007,695 spentof which $3,007,695 as grants90% of program spendingCommunity investment - community investment reflects the costs associated with conducting the allocation (community investment) function. All program investments are made in a matter consistent with uwst's five investment values. These values consider client need, program results, focused alignment with our strategic intent, effective use of resources, and continuous learning and improvement. Ultimate authority for all program investments rests with the uwst board of directors, these investments are made to qualified organizations based on demonstration of strong performance in each of the five value areas.
$253,184 spent8% of program spendingCommunity building - community building reflects the costs associated with collective community efforts to respond to social issues.community building is about authentic relationships to collectively solve social issues. It brings together people from the community, government, business, academia, non-profits, the faith community and others to identify and take steps towards solutions to issues affecting their communities. Uwst is engaged specifically in a "collective impact" framework, serving in a backbone capacity, coordinating these community change efforts.this work includes: - convening the councils of the board of directors that are responsible for monitoring program investments to ensure intended outcomes are achieved, and evaluation of results is used to drive the desired community change; - gathering constituent voice and feedback used to identify issues and drive uwst-led community change efforts; - meeting regularly with representatives from other various sectors to develop a shared vision for change - a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solutions through agreed upon actions (common agenda): - working with others to ensure authentic…
$87,743 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,348,622.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6.5M to $6.9M (+7%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 7% · 2021 5% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER 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. 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.
Board chair
David Walker
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $49k → $757k.
14 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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: $105k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc); $99k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of the Southern Tier Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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 SOUTHERN TIER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 86% · 2019 89% · 2020 88% · 2021 76% · 2022 20% · 2023 74% — 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
60% of UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
96% of UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $929k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 SOUTHERN TIER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 SOUTHERN TIER 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,336,836 to it, the largest being CORNING INCORPORATED FOUNDATION ($2,810,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $4,336,836 in grants to UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC?
- CORNING INCORPORATED FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,810,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC 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 32 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