United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley

Analysis

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is a registered charity in United States, based in Allentown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1991, 35 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, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley reported income of $23.5m and spending of $24.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $17.9m to $23.5m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 the Greater Lehigh Valley sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amarillo Area Foundation Inc ($23.4m), Givengain Foundation USA ($23.6m) and Dupage Community Foundation ($23.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $647k (2.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.6m. At year end it held assets of $19.3m against liabilities of $6.9m, net assets of $12.5m. It reported 75 employees.