Wisconsin · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC
UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,188,283 to it, the largest being WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,117,207). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What United Way of Washington County Inc does
Mission
Mobilize the caring power of washington county to improve lives and community conditions in measurable and lasting ways.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual sustainable funding - the organization raises and distributes funds to prioritized human service programs at 21 social service agencies based on identified impact areas and program outcomes. The organization collaborates with other agencies and community partners to help address washington county needs.
$1,157,050 spentof which $1,157,050 as grants70% of program spendingCommunity impact - the organization is committed to supporting programs and initiatives that provide community solutions and deliver measurable results. Goals and objectives are based on current community needs and aligned with key county-wide priorities. Mental health has been identified as a top local need. United way is funding two new programs focused on youth to increase access to counseling and group session services.
$496,614 spentof which $276,943 as grants30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,653,664.
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 $1.6M to $2.1M (+31%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY 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. 4 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
Kristin Brandner
Chief executive officer
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 $27k → $239k.
11 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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: $814k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 WASHINGTON COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
64% 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 WASHINGTON COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 66% · 2019 36% · 2020 78% · 2021 72% · 2022 67% · 2023 55% — broadly stable.
“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 WASHINGTON 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
62% of UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $833k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 WASHINGTON COUNTY INC is better cushioned 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 WASHINGTON 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% 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 WASHINGTON 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 WASHINGTON COUNTY INC?
- UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,188,283 to it, the largest being WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($1,117,207). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,188,283 in grants to UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC?
- WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,117,207 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 30 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