United Way of Cascade County

Analysis

United Way of Cascade County is a registered charity in United States, based in Black Eagle, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1969, 57 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 June 2024, United Way of Cascade County reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.4m to $1.5m (+5.4%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Cascade County sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Mosaic United ($1.5m), Singer Foundation ($1.5m) and Mountrail County Health Foundation ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $116k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $376k. At year end it held assets of $944k against liabilities of $666k, net assets of $278k. It reported 11 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.