Missouri · Nonprofit
UNITED WE
UNITED WE (Missouri) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,691,702 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($697,610). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $4.2M
What United We does
Mission
United We's mission is to advance all women's economic well-being and civic leadership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
United We's institute advances women's economic opportunity through nonpartisan research, policy development, and stakeholder engagement at both the national level and across missouri, kansas, oklahoma, and arkansas. In 2025, the institute led major research initiatives examining barriers to women's labor force participation, including occupational licensing and caregiving. This work included original research, multi-state policy analysis, and the development of actionable recommendations for policymakers, employers, and community leaders. The institute convened four state-based policy coalitions and began building a national occupational licensing task force, engaging cross-sector leaders to align on solutions and inform future policy efforts. These activities increased awareness of workforce barriers, informed policy discussions, and strengthened collaboration to support women's participation in the economy.
$930,341 spentof which $160,263 as grants49% of program spendingUnited We's appointments project equips women with the tools, networks, and confidence to pursue appointed leadership roles on boards and commissions. In 2025, United We expanded the program to multiple regions, supporting cohorts of women through training, mentorship, and peer learning. Participants reported increased confidence and readiness to pursue civic leadership opportunities, with several securing appointments to local and regional boards.
$579,864 spentof which $41,250 as grants31% of program spendingIn 2025, United We's studio produced and distributed four issues of its national magazine, elevating research findings, policy insights, and stories that highlight barriers and opportunities for women's economic participation. These publications served as a key platform for translating research into accessible content for business leaders, policymakers, and community stakeholders. The studio also designed and executed high-impact events and campaigns, including champions for change, convening cross-sector leaders to advance women's economic and civic leadership. Through integrated storytelling, media partnerships, and stakeholder engagement, the studio expanded United We's national visibility and reinforced alignment around solutions that support women's participation in the workforce and civic life.
$380,505 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,890,710.
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 2021 to 2022, from $7.8M to $6.3M (−19%).
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 0% · 2020 5% · 2021 4% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of UNITED WE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (72% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Wendy Doyle
President & CEO
Board chair
Joan Ruff
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $287k → $1.1M.
12 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 WE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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 WE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
40% 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 WE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 61% · 2019 71% · 2020 54% · 2021 31% · 2022 56% · 2023 39% — 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
40% of UNITED WE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
68% of UNITED WE's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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 WE has grown faster than half of the 369 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 369 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITED WE
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 Missouri
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
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- We Work for Change · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNITED WE: 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 WE?
- UNITED WE (Missouri) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,691,702 to it, the largest being EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION ($697,610). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED WE have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $3,691,702 in grants to UNITED WE, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED WE?
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $697,610 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED WE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 52 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