United Way Blackhawk Region Inc

Analysis

United Way Blackhawk Region Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Janesville, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1963, 63 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 Blackhawk Region Inc reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.2m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.4m to $2.1m (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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 Blackhawk Region Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation Inc ($2.1m), Elizabeth Deblois Charitable Trust DTD 113068 ($2.1m) and Mitchell Swaback Charities Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $216k (9.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $148k. At year end it held assets of $6.5m against liabilities of $90k, net assets of $6.5m. It reported 5 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.