California · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,769,013 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($500,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 73
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What United Way of Ventura County Inc does
Mission
To improve lives by inspiring and mobilizing the caring power and resources of our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United to end homelessness: in an effort to combat homelessness in ventura county, the united way of ventura county launched a comprehensive united to end homelessness initiative, which includes a critical landlord engagement program. The program's focus is on increasing the housing stock available for individuals and families at risk of homelessness by connecting them with landlords who are willing to accept housing vouchers and subsidies provided by local jurisdictions and community partners. This initiative acknowledges that housing is a basic human need, yet for many individuals in ventura county, that need is increasingly difficult to meet. With actively recruiting, cultivating, and retaining a network of landlords, uwvc works to prevent homelessness and ensure the long-term stability of housing for those most in need. A central component of this program is the home safe program, launched in january 2024. This program specifically targets households with exceedingly low incomes, providing resources and support to help them avoid homelessness. During the year, the two programs combined provided assistance for 246 households. This demonstrates the effectiveness of community…
$1,379,884 spentof which $729,513 as grants69% of program spendingWorkplace designations: allocations and designations to agencies: united way of ventura county (the agency) raises contribution pledges to benefit other ventura county agencies. The agency helped alleviate and overcome the identified needs of the citizens of ventura county. In connection with this, the agency is responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of a program of comprehensive year-round dissemination of information concerning the united way for the purpose of public relations, education and recruitment of volunteers. This is accomplished by a series of newspaper articles, advertising, and personal contact throughout the county.
$138,290 spentof which $138,290 as grants7% of program spendingVita/cal eitc: the earn it! Keep it! Save it! (eks) is a community partnership led by uwvc, the ventura county human services agency, and the irs to increase awareness of and access to earned income tax credit (eitc) and to provide electronic filing of income tax returns free of charge through the volunteer income tax assistance program (vita). The vita program helps ensure low to moderate income families get the refunds and credits for which they are eligible. During the 2024 tax season, 80 volunteers prepared more than 1,900 returns and brought back over $2.1 million in refunds. Additionally, $822,329 of those funds was in eitc. Eitc goes to the poorest, most vulnerable ventura county households and has been identified by poverty fighting experts as one of the most effective programs nationally, lifting millions of people above the federal poverty level every year.
$115,600 spent6% of program spendingUnited way of ventura county's other general programs have three key focus areas: education, income, and health, including disaster relief. These areas are the building blocks to a better quality of life and will help to improve the lives of our community members in ventura county. Education: helping children and youth achieve their full academic potential. Income: promoting financial stability and independence. Health: improving healthy habits, fitness and overall health. During the year, united way of ventura county assisted approximately 8,500 individuals and households.
$353,394 spentof which $102,107 as grants18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,987,168.
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 2017 to 2018, from $740k to $3.5M (+367%).
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 4% · 2018 2% · 2019 5% · 2020 12% · 2021 7% · 2025 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% 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
Mitchel Sloan
President & CEO
Board chair
Brad Whetten
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 25 funders to 16 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $322k.
18 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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: $1.5M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest United Way of Ventura County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 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 VENTURA COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
56% 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 VENTURA COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 22% · 2019 39% · 2020 13% · 2021 32% · 2022 23% · 2023 25% — 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
18% of UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
51% of UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 VENTURA COUNTY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,504 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF VENTURA 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 VENTURA 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 VENTURA COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,769,013 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($500,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $3,769,013 in grants to UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC?
- THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF VENTURA COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 73 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