Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND
UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,193,103 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ($3,287,220). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $-395580
What Utility Emergency Services Fund does
Mission
To provide housing stabilization to individuals and families in crisis by providing utility assistance and other housing stabilization programs.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Long-term housing which consists of the following: Oil Assistance Program UESF providers direct assistance for oil to low-income individuals and families who are unable to afford the cost of an oil delivery Philadelphia Works Partnership Since February 2010, UESF has partnered with Philadelphia Works to assist their workforce development clients with utility, rental/mortgages, and security deposit assistance.
$585,599 spent10% of program spendingVeterans Program-UESF works with veterans and veteran families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of losing their homes. UESF's range of services helps them acquire the resources to become stable.
$4,452,975 spent76% of program spendingFront Door programs which consist of the following: Utility Settlement Program-UESF provides financial assistance to low-income individuals and families who are facing utility terminations or who have had their utilities shut off. UESF provides assistance for PECO, Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) and Philadelphia Water Département (PWD) applicants up to $1,500 per applicant through various grants including The Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Office of Homeless Services and Philadelphia Works, PECO, PGW, and PWD provide contributions to UESF to provide support to UESF to Provide support to UESF to run the program. Water Conservation Housing Stabilization Program Low-income families with high water usages and high bills often get behind on their bills and face having their water turned off. UESF helps water customers facing these problems.
$232,060 spent4% of program spendingYouth and Family programs which consists of the following Family Stabilization Programs, partnering with the United Way of Philadelphia and South Jersey and the Siemer Institute. The program focuses on families with students in the Philadelphia School District. The goal is to improve a family's long-term housing stability, thereby reducing school mobility for children thus increasing a child's academic success.
$624,032 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,894,666.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.8M to $5.6M (+212%).
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 66% · 2018 65% · 2019 56% · 2020 52% · 2021 66% · 2022 89% · 2023 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
John Hanssens
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $216k → $809k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND’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
UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 47% · 2019 61% · 2020 61% · 2021 72% · 2022 71% · 2023 71% — 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
71% of UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 82% 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
97% of UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $515k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND has grown faster than half of the 760 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 760 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2023
Organizations like UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND: 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 UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND?
- UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,193,103 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY ($3,287,220). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $5,193,103 in grants to UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $3,287,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND 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.
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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 11 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