Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY
UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,570,880 to it, the largest being YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,067,789). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $7.6M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What United Way of York County does
Mission
We assist working households in our community to achieve financial stability by collaboratively and equitably reducing barriers to prosperity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During fy24-25, the truancy and focus programs were discontinued, and the seedling scholarships program changed names to the childcare program, which also now includes grants to early childhood education centers. A transportation program has begun, but did not have significant activity in fy24-25.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The community fund and designations - through United Way of York County's annual campaign, donors can designate their contribution to the community fund. During the past year, funding was provided to 65 programs of 37 partner agencies through the community fund in areas of education, health, and financial stability. United Way of York County receives program applications from partner agencies which were reviewed and assessed by trained community volunteers to ensure they demonstrate measurable results. United Way of York County also allocates funds for special one-time projects and new programs of partner agencies. Applications for these programs are also reviewed by volunteers and with United Way of York County's board of directors who approve the actual funding levels. As part of United Way of York County's annual fundraising campaign, donors are also able to designate their contribution to qualified organizations exempt under 501(c)(3). This service is provided as a convenience to our donors. Organizations receiving designations are not required to submit information relative to the use and results of these contributions. We continue to transition to an issue-focused…
$3,182,064 spentof which $2,314,000 as grants$8,457 earned by the program90% of program spendingThe childcare focus area supports york county families in their journey towards finding affordable quality early learning experiences for their children, by providing scholarships to families and grants to early childhood education (ece) centers. To qualify for a scholarship, the parent(s) of the student(s) must either reside or be employed by a company located in york county. There must be one person employed full-time in the household. The student must be a resident of pennsylvania. An eligible student is a child 6 weeks through 5 years of age. If a scholarship recipient turns 6 years of age during the period of the award, the scholarship will be awarded through the month of the child's sixth birthday. The child must attend an approved program and be a member of a household with an annual household income of not more than $100,000. To qualify for an early childhood education center grant, the ece center must have a keystone quality star rating of 3 or 4 as determined by the pennsylvania office of child development and early learning and hold an active operating license with the pennsylvania department of human services. They must be a 501c3 non-profit organization registered in…
$167,701 spent5% of program spendingThe transportation focus area addresses transportation as a barrier to employment and will provide ride united micro grants and transportation innovation grants, and will establish a transportation access coalition. The ride united micro grants will be made in collaboration with united way worldwide, and will provide alice families with transportation support like rideshare vouchers, gas cards and bus passes. Transportation innovation grants will accept grant applications for transformative transportation solutions for alice households in york county, pa. The transportation access coalition has been convened by United Way of York County to pave the way for the long-term investments required to make systematic improvements.
$0 spent0% of program spendingThe financial wellness focus area includes volunteer income tax assistance (vita) and united for financial fitness. Vita is a free program for any low-to-moderate income york county, pa resident. Clients can visit a vita site to have their tax return filed by a trained volunteer. United for financial fitness offers free budgeting and credit seminars to help alice maximize their income.
$118,127 spent3% of program spendingUnited Way of York County also offered the york county truancy prevention initiative ("yctpi") which was committed to reducing and preventing school truancy. United Way of York County's participation in this program ended as of june 30, 2024.
$56,551 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,524,443.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.9M to $9.7M (+23%).
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 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 5% · 2020 4% · 2021 5% · 2022 4% · 2023 5% · 2024 5% · 2025 1%. 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 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.
Board chair
Julian Tolbert
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $415k → $954k.
18 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 YORK COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 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 YORK COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
60% 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 YORK COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 27% · 2019 22% · 2020 15% · 2021 15% · 2022 14% · 2023 18% — 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
62% of UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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 YORK COUNTY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M 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.
Government funding UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $110k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$110k
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 YORK 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 YORK 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 YORK COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,570,880 to it, the largest being YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,067,789). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $7,570,880 in grants to UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY?
- YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,067,789 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAY OF YORK COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 59 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