California · Nonprofit
UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,725,547 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($6,612,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What United Ways of California does
Mission
United Ways of California (uwca) improves the health, education and financial results for low income children and families by enhancing and coordinating the community impact work of california's united ways.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Usda food and farmworkers relief program: under the usda's food and farmworkers relief program, uwca partnered with 16 local united ways to distribute $600 payments to food and farmworkers throughout the state as consideration for their continuing to work through the period of the covid-19 pandemic. The organization was able to provide this relief to more than 38,000 individuals, many of whom are outside the reach of ordinary social services. Grants were made to individuals and also to agencies that participated in the outreach and distribution efforts.
$18,284,722 spentof which $19,413,142 as grants76% of program spendingCal eitc. Under the california earned income tax credit program (cal eitc), uwca partnered with 13 local united ways, lutheran services, onela, and john burton advocates for youth to enable our thousands of california customers to receive over $46 million in tax credits.
$1,401,498 spentof which $100,922 as grants6% of program spending2-1-1: partnering with 8 local united ways as well as other local partners, the organization provided access for 96% of californians to the 2-1-1 network. This provides californians with trained call center staff who offer support, resources and information about access to available services for shelter, food, medical services and emergency disaster relief and recovery services.
$1,166,676 spentof which $43,530 as grants5% of program spendingFtpa program. Under the california free tax preparation aassistance program (ftpa), uwca partnered with 13 local united ways, lutheran services, onela, and john burton advocates for youth to participate in the delivery of over 76,000 federal and state tax returns, saving californians over $6 million in tax preparation fees.
$1,060,075 spent$512,955 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther programs. In addition to the larger programs mentioned above, the organization operated 27 other programs, providing a wide range of services. Thus providing resources for caregivers in california and providing workshops for californians to assist them in accessing services.
$2,158,770 spent9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,071,741.
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 2023 to 2024, from $9.4M to $5.4M (−43%).
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 12% · 2018 22% · 2019 76% · 2020 24% · 2021 48% · 2022 46% · 2023 84% · 2024 83%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Peter Manzo
President & CEO
Board chair
Anne Wilson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $773k → $1.6M.
10 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 WAYS OF CALIFORNIA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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 WAYS OF CALIFORNIA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
58% 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 WAYS OF CALIFORNIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 37% · 2019 34% · 2020 83% · 2021 27% · 2022 46% · 2023 32% — 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
20% of UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
92% of UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.9M 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.
Against its field
UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $85.6M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$83.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.4M
- Federal Communications Commission$345k
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 WAYS OF CALIFORNIA
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 WAYS OF CALIFORNIA: 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 WAYS OF CALIFORNIA?
- UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,725,547 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($6,612,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $18,725,547 in grants to UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,612,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 34 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