United Way of Bucks County

Analysis

United Way of Bucks County is a registered charity in United States, based in Levittown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1954, 72 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, United Way of Bucks County reported income of $8.2m and spending of $8.7m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.5m to $8.2m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, United Way of Bucks County sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Camino Community Development Corporation Inc ($8.2m), The Scioto County Area Foundation ($8.2m) and Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi Inc ($8.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $239k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $537k. At year end it held assets of $4.0m against liabilities of $680k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 20 employees.