United Way of Pennsylvania

Analysis

United Way of Pennsylvania is a registered charity in United States, based in Lemoyne, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1967, 59 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 Pennsylvania reported income of $3.2m and spending of $6.3m, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.1m to $3.2m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Pennsylvania sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Inc ($3.2m), Bird City Century II Development Foundation ($3.2m) and Glades Academy Inc ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $148k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $524k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 16 employees.