Barry County United Way

Analysis

Barry County United Way is a registered charity in United States, based in Hastings, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1957, 69 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Barry County United Way reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2024, income grew from $1.1m to $1.4m (+18%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Barry County United Way sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundation ($1.4m), Blackford County Community Foundation ($1.4m) and United Way of St Lucie & Okeechobee Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $403k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $227k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 12 employees.