Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way

Analysis

Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way is a registered charity in United States, based in Sunbury, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1968, 58 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 June 2023, Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way reported income of $2.5m and spending of $2.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.5m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chicago Lights ($2.5m), Blue Angels Foundation Inc ($2.5m) and Ccpro Foundation ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $357k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $167k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 108 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.