Michigan · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,923,794 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,035,180). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $571k
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $0
What United Way of Washtenaw County does
Mission
To connect people, organizations, and resources together to create a thriving community for everyone.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Community impact: coordinates planning and grant making with other local funders to best meet human service needs; partners and invests in over 55 programs of 40 local nonprofits to address these identified human service needs across the county; monitors and regularly evaluates governance, fiscal condition and program results of funded agencies; manages special grant programs; ensures compliance with patriot act and processes donor designated gifts; serves in various community leadership roles in addressing emerging human service issues.
$311,389 spentof which $259,506 as grants75% of program spendingFinancial stability: manage a national tax program, vita (volunteer income tax assistance) under irs guidance to provide free tax preparation for taxpayers making 54,000 or less. Train and certify volunteers to comply with tax regulations and ethics who will work one-on-one with eligible taxpayers to provide tax preparation and filing services for both federal and state returns. Special focus is on helping taxpayers obtain refundable credits such as the eitc and state of michigan home heating and property tax credits. The vita program was able to serve clients in person, a scan and go service, and 100% virtual. A combination of these allowed for an increase in the number of returns. Total number of federal returns prepared was 717 with the help of a pool of 35 fully certified and experienced volunteers. Financial coaching provides free one-on-one support that builds and sustains foundation level asset building for individuals and families while connecting them to other human and financial service offerings. The only requirement for receipt of services is a desire to become more financially stable.
$49,923 spent12% of program spendingCommunity service: promote united way contributions from union members, recruits volunteers for united way and other nonprofits from union membership, and links families through the community labor council and the afl-cio community services programs.
$30,928 spent7% of program spendingUnited way regional call center 2-1-1 provides callers with information about and referrals to human services for everyday needs and in times of crisis. United way regional call center 2-1-1 offers basic human needs resources, physical/mental health resources, employment support, support for older americans and persons with disabilities, support for children, youth, and families. Volunteer center - provides the largest local listing of volunteer opportunities in washtenaw county to make it easy for individuals, families, and groups to engage in service to the community. Dei - diversity, equity and inclusion.
$22,106 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $414,346.
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.
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 $9.0M to $0 (−100%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 3% · 2020 1% · 2021 13% · 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Pamela Smith
CEO/presiden
Board chair
Brandon Tucker
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $258k → $480k.
16 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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: $1.9M from 10 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way for Southeastern Michigan). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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 WASHTENAW COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
79% 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 WASHTENAW COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 26% · 2019 32% · 2020 29% · 2021 37% · 2022 33% · 2023 22% — 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
50% of UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
63% of UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY'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 $1.4M that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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.
Organizations like UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 WASHTENAW COUNTY: 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 WASHTENAW COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,923,794 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,035,180). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $3,923,794 in grants to UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY?
- ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,035,180 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF WASHTENAW COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 43 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