United Way of Missoula County

Analysis

United Way of Missoula County is a registered charity in United States, based in Missoula, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1967, 59 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 Missoula County reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $912k to $1.6m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Missoula County sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Judy & Bernard Briskin Family Foundation ($1.6m), Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation ($1.6m) and Grays Harbor Community Foundation ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $172k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $543k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $633k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 15 employees.