United Way of Brown County

Analysis

United Way of Brown County is a registered charity in United States, based in Mt Sterling, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1996, 30 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 Brown County reported income of $223k and spending of $222k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $202k to $223k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Brown County sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Hundred Shares Inc ($223k), Hagood Hope for Children Inc ($223k) and San Luis Valley Health Foundation ($223k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $239k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $239k.