Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$1,199,186

Total expenses

$1,224,982

Contributions and grants received

$1,111,077

Grants paid

$596,649

Program service revenue

$26,067

Investment income

$62,042

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,473,379

Total liabilities, end of year

$794,523

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,678,856

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$945,774

Management and general expenses

$104,096

Fundraising expenses

$175,112

Program service expenses (Part III)

$945,774

Program services were 77.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE O THE MISSION STATEMENT OF UNITED WAY OF WAYNE COUNTY IS TO BRING PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TOGETHER TO IMPROVE LIVES IN WAYNE COUNTY. FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS, UNITED WAY OF WAYNE COUNTY (UWWC) HAS ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF MANY SOCIAL ISSUES. IN 2015, UNITED WAY OF WAYNE COUNTY REALIZED THE CHALLENGES TO HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PLACED MORE EMPHASIS WITHIN ITS FOUR FOCUS AREAS OF EDUCATION; HEALTH & WELLNESS; FINANCIAL STABILITY, AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIVENESS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT FOR AGES 0-10 TO HELP PREPARE CHILDREN TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND LIFE. IN 2020, WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES OF A PANDEMIC, THE UWWC PARTNERED WITH THE WAYNE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND CURAMERICA BY HIRING DOZENS OF COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE WORKERS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. IN 2022, ON THE HEELS OF MULTIPLE YEARS OF DECLINE IN EMPLOYEE CAMPAIGNS, AND MOVING THROUGH A PANDEMIC, THE UNITED WAY OF WAYNE COUNTY BOARD AND STAFF, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER UNITED WAY AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BEGAN TO SEEK OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND REMAIN RELEVANT. IN 2023, STAFF BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE SUCCESS OF OTHER UNITED WAYS MOVING TO AN ISSUE FOCUS. THE TRANSFORMATION WOULD ALLOW UNITED WAY OF WAYNE COUNTY TO DIVERSIFY THEIR FUNDING AND CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. IN 2023, UWWC ALSO BEGAN THEIR FIRST DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAM, UCAN, UNITED COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK, ALLOWING US TO UTILIZE THE EXPERIENCE IN CASE WORK AND SERVE A GAP IN BASIC NEEDS. IN 2024, UWWC OFFICIALLY BEGAN THE ISSUE FOCUS TRANSFORMATION AND IN 2025, THANKS TO INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, CHOSE POVERTY AS THE ISSUE WITH FINANCIAL STABILITY AS A GOAL. THIS THREE-YEAR PROCESS GRADUALLY REDUCES GRANTING FUNDS TO OTHER AGENCIES WHILE EDUCATING THEM ON OUR PROCESS. AS WE START 2026, WE ARE CENTERED IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ISSUE FOCUS AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY GRANTS WHILE PREPARING 100% FOR THE ISSUE FOCUS IN THE FUTURE. IN DOING SO, WE ARE HOLDING MULTIPLE ISSUE FOCUS SUMMITS AND SEEKING ROOT CAUSES WE WILL CHOOSE TO IMPACT AS A COMMUNITY. RECOGNIZING WE CANNOT LEAD IN EVERY CAUSE, WE ARE SEEKING OTHER LEADERS TO WALK THROUGH THE JOURNEY WITH US. THE CONVENINGS ARE ALLOWING US TO UNDERSTAND THE LEADERSHIP IN SOME ROOT CAUSES AND GAPS IN OTHERS.

  Expenses $945,774 · Grants $596,649 · Revenue $26,067

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• MISCELLAENOUS

  $72,257

• WAYNE UPLIFT RESOURCE ASSOCIATION

  $57,000

  FOSTERING SELF-SUFFI

• LITERACY CONNECTIONS OF WAYNE COUNT

  $47,447

  FINANCIAL STABILITY

• SALVATION ARMY

  $42,750

  PROVIDING COMMUNITY

• NUTRITION PROGRAM-WAGES

  $41,948

  PROVIDING COMMUNITY

• TOMMY'S FOUNDATION

  $39,886

  PROVIDING COMMUNITY

• FOUR DAY MOVEMENT

  $38,193

  PROVIDING COMMUNITY

• AMERICAN RED CROSS

  $37,077

  PROVIDING COMMUNITY

• BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WAYNE COUNTY

  $33,758

  NURTURING CHILDREN &

• COUMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL

  $33,380

  NURTURING CHILDREN &

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

26 February 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202620729349300807

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