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United Way of Williamson County

United Way of Williamson County (Texas) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,565 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($179,559). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2021
$469k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$661k
Net assets
$0
10/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What United Way of Williamson County does

Mission

The mission of United Way of Williamson County is to unite people and organizations throughout Williamson County in order to build stronger communities and improve lives.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

  1. More than a fundraiser, United Way of Williamson County works locally to change lives and create pathways for a better life for everyone who lives here. A multi-faceted approach, focused on lasting solutions, brings together the community to positively impact children, families and seniors. We are working to make it easier for everyone to have a good quality of life; a good education which is essential to getting a good job with health benefits, an income that can cover today's needs and save for tomorrow strengthens the financial stability of a family, and good health so children can succeed in school and adults at work. The first approach to this work involves providing financial support to partner programs that deliver measurable progress so that individuals and families can improve their quality of life. through a second approach, United Way of Williamson County engages other community partners (government, education, nonprofit businesses, individuals) in collaborative work aimed at removing obstacles and creating more pathways to a better life. Initial collaborative work has resulted in the creation and management of strategic programs that offer more free tax preparation,…

    $604,201 spentof which $450,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $604,201.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2018 Revenue 86 ($1.1M) Expenses 99 ($1.2M) Net assets 96 ($1.3M)2019 Revenue 84 ($1.1M) Expenses 105 ($1.2M) Net assets 85 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 84 ($1.1M) Expenses 86 ($1.0M) Net assets 90 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 37 ($469k) Expenses 58 ($675k) Net assets 0 ($0)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (37)Expenses (58)Net assets (0)

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 $1.4M to $0 (−100%).

$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.3M
$1.4M
$0
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$112k
’17
−$60k
’18
−$143k
’19
$67k
’20
−$206k
’21
12
months of
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

Jodee O'Brien

CEO

Board chair

Jennifer Byrd

Chair

As listed on its FY2021 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.

20172018201920202021
Listed1816181613
Joined·+2+7+6+11
No longer listed·45814
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $27k → $39k.

9 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 Williamson County’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 Williamson County leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

99% 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 Williamson County.

27%
largest funder
62%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 64% · 2019 81% · 2020 59% · 2021 43% · 2022 52% · 2023 53% — 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

20% of United Way of Williamson County's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

76% of United Way of Williamson 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 $158k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Texas funders.

WI
IN
OH
DE
OK
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $503k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like United Way of Williamson 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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 3%Fundraising 7%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

82%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds United Way of Williamson County?
United Way of Williamson County (Texas) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,565 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($179,559). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does United Way of Williamson County have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $660,565 in grants to United Way of Williamson County, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of United Way of Williamson County?
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $179,559 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like United Way of Williamson County find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 20 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