Massachusetts · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,317,960 to it, the largest being United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ($985,304). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What United Way of Tri County Inc does
Mission
To increase the organized capacity of people to care for one another by raising funds, connecting volunteers, strengthening agencies and teaching social responsibilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Product philanthropy ceased conducting in fiscal year 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Food security: it is our mission to provide hunger relief, improve the quality of life, and connect families and neighbors in need to essential services in our community. Our goal is to reduce levels of food insecurity, while strengthening the connections between people and available resources. With food pantry locations in framingham, marlborough, and clinton massachusetts, the united way of tri-county's food security program distributes over 4.5 million pounds of food annually. We also provide hot meals to needy individuals and families in framingham and clinton.
$7,153,740 spent75% of program spendingCall center: we operate mass211, a state wide hot line that provides free information & referral services for the citizens of the commonwealth 24/7 365 days a year. Mass211 is for non-life threatening calls. We are the official hot line for the massachusetts emergency management agency, the executive office for early education and care, department of public health, children requiring assistance (cra) and the massachusetts runaway assistance program.through our call2talk mental health/suicide prevention line people who are depressed and or despondent can speak to a friendly highly trained listener so they can talk out thir stress and anxieties. This is a free service. Call2talk is part of the national lifeline suicide prevention network.
$1,613,641 spentof which $610,000 as grants$808,000 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe united way of tri-county is a community building organization that invests our donors' contributions in programs and services that have a proven track record of success. Our primary goal is to improve the quality of life for individuals and families by providing them the opportunities they need to become productive, self-sufficient members of the community. We fund community partner agencies that provide critical programs for children, families and single adults. Additionally we provide direct services to the community in the areas of food security, product philanthropy, information & referral, suicide prevention and childhood literacy. We are a volunteer driven organization that engages the help of over 12,000 volunteers each year.the united way of tri-county provides services to thousands of our neighbors and friends in 34 communities throughout norfolk, middlesex, and worcester counties.
$773,520 spentof which $62,789 as grants$338,789 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,540,901.
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 $5.2M to $5.9M (+15%).
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: 2024 10% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC’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. 6 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
Paul Mina
President and CEO, clerk
Board chair
Robert Moran Jr
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 26 funders, grant income fell $658k → $511k.
17 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 TRI COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 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 TRI COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
75% 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 TRI COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 81% · 2019 58% · 2020 12% · 2021 18% · 2022 20% · 2023 26% — 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
42% of UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
69% of UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 TRI COUNTY INC's revenue grew 16% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 490 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.3M on record — $1.0M federal, $3.3M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
- Department of Agriculture$27k
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$2.6M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$662k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$2k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 TRI COUNTY 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 TRI COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,317,960 to it, the largest being United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc ($985,304). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $4,317,960 in grants to UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC?
- United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc is the largest funder on record, with $985,304 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF TRI COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 74 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