United Way of El Paso County

Analysis

United Way of El Paso County is a registered charity in United States, based in El Paso, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1959, 67 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 March 2024, United Way of El Paso County reported income of $5.9m and spending of $6.2m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2020 to March 2024, income grew from $4.4m to $5.9m (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2021, when income rose by 134%. 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, United Way of El Paso County sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minnesota Black Collective Foundation ($5.9m), Della Lamb Community Services ($5.9m) and Pasadena Educational Foundation ($5.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $361k (5.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $7.4m against liabilities of $655k, net assets of $6.8m. It reported 74 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.