UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T700

Classification

1000

Street

8614 WESTWOOD CENTER DR STE 300

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING: UNITED WAY NCA'S PRIMARY SOURCE OF REVENUE IS GENERATED THROUGH EMPLOYER-SPONSORED WORKPLACE GIVING CAMPAIGNS. IN ADDITION, UNITED WAY NCA CONDUCTS A VARIETY OF FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WITH A FOCUS ON GROWING AND DIVERSIFYING FUNDING SOURCES TO SUPPORT ITS COMMUNITY IMPACT WORK AND OPERATIONS. FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS, COMPANIES, FOUNDATIONS, PUBLIC ENTITIES, AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS HAVE RECOGNIZED UNITED WAY NCA AS THE PREEMINENT NONPROFIT FOR DONATING TO THE CAUSES THEY CARE ABOUT. THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS RAISED BY UNITED WAY NCA EACH YEAR ARE INVESTED IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO TACKLE THE MOST COMPLEX SOCIAL CHALLENGES, CRITICAL AREAS OF NEEDS AND ISSUES IN OUR REGION.

  Expenses $12,484,960 · Grants $10,355,244 · Revenue $793,515

• HEALTH AND EDUCATION:UNITED WAY NCA'S THRIVE UNITED 365 HEALTH PROGRAM IMPROVES ACCESS TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH RESOURCES AND IMPROVES PEOPLE'S LIVES BY ADDRESSING HEALTH CONDITIONS MOST AFFECTING ITS COMMUNITIES. ADOPTING A COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION MODEL, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS PREVENTION AND CARE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO CREATE LOW-BARRIER HEALTH RESOURCE ACCESS POINTS FOR COMMUNITIES FACING ENDURING HEALTH DISPARITIES. THIS PLACE-BASED WORK INCLUDES IMPROVED ACCESS TO CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES....CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.IN 2024-25, UNITED WAY NCA AND PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED MORE THAN 2,200 PEOPLE IN HEALTH EDUCATION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RISKS OF CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS AND RECEIVE TESTS TO ASSESS THEIR HEALTH NEEDS. THE PROGRAM ALSO BUILT AND DISTRIBUTED 9,148 KITS CONTAINING FOOD, CLOTHING, AND HYGIENE SUPPLIES .UNITED WAY NCA'S EDUCATION INITIATIVES PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY RESOURCES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN REALIZING THEIR ACADEMIC AND TRAINING GOALS. UNITED WAY NCA PARTNERS WITH SEVEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS DESIGNATED AS TITLE I SCHOOLS. TITLE I SCHOOLS RECEIVE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH HIGH PERCENTAGES OF CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOME AND 80% OF STUDENTS ARE RECIPIENTS OF FREE AND REDUCED MEALS (FARMS). THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE SUPPORTS A PLACE-BASED STRATEGY IN WHICH EACH SCHOOL PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND ALLOCATES RESOURCES TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRATED FOCUS ON ACADEMICS, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THIS STRATEGY AIMS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS LOCATED IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE STRUCTURAL FORCES LINKED TO RACISM AND POVERTY SHAPE THE EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ERECT BARRIERS TO LEARNING AND SCHOOL SUCCESS. THE SEVEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THAT UNITED WAY NCA PARTNERS WITH ARE BASED IN COMMUNITIES WHERE FAMILIES HAVE FEW RESOURCES TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT TYPICAL SCHOOLS PROVIDE. THROUGH UNITED WAY NCA'S COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, 3,285 STUDENTS WERE SERVED ADDRESSING ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOR AND COURSE PERFORMANCE. FOR OVER 300 YOUTH FACING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHRONIC LEARNING CHALLENGES, THEY RECEIVED INDIVIDUALIZED INTENSIVE SERVICES AND SHOWED CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT ON ALL INDICATORS. THIS INCLUDES 68% IMPROVEMENT IN ATTENDANCE GOAL, 75% IMPROVEMENT IN MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS GOAL, AND 86% IN ATTAINING SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

  Expenses $1,380,390 · Grants $1,077,755

• UNITED WAY NCA'S ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVES PROVIDE INFORMATION, RESOURCES, AND SERVICES TO END DEBT AND INCREASE GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. SINCE 2015, UNITED WAY NCA HAS OPERATED THE REGION'S FIRST GROUP OF FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTERS (FECS) TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. TODAY, UNITED WAY NCA'S FIVE FECS OFFER INDIVIDUALS, VETERANS, AND WORKING FAMILIES NO-COST, PROFESSIONAL HIGH-QUALITY FINANCIAL CAPACITY BUILDING SERVICES, SUCH AS PERSONALIZED FINANCIAL COACHING AND HOUSING COUNSELING. FEC PROGRAMS INCLUDE FINANCIAL AND WORKFORCE TRAINING, INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP COACHING, TAX PREPARATION SERVICES AND WEALTH BUILDING WORK. ...CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.IN 2025 - 5,447 RESIDENTS RECEIVED A VARIETY OF FINANCIAL COACHING SERVICES RANGING FROM FREE TAX PREPARATION, FINANCIAL WORKSHOPS, AND HOUSING COUNSELING THAT ARE AIMED AT HELPING OUR REGION'S RESIDENTS GET ON THE PATHWAY TO A STRONGER FINANCIAL FUTURE; 550 INDIVIDUALS BENEFITED FROM ITS VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) AND THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) PROGRAM. THROUGH ITS FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES, UNITED WAY NCA RESULTED IN $1.1M IN TAX REFUNDS AND CREDITS ALLOWING AREA RESIDENTS TO PLAN, SAVE AND GET AHEAD. 961 VETERANS RECEIVED SERVICES TO DEVELOP CAPACITY FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PLANNING, EMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.

  Expenses $1,281,689 · Grants $1,104,601

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $19,231,466

  Expenses

  $21,628,888

  Contributions

  $16,435,047

  Grants paid

  $12,537,600

• 2023

  Revenue

  $21,205,101

  Expenses

  $24,291,098

  Contributions

  $19,056,876

  Grants paid

  $16,141,676

• 2022

  Revenue

  $22,668,840

  Expenses

  $26,391,368

  Contributions

  $20,477,810

  Grants paid

  $16,838,263

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $25,572,571

  Expenses

  $24,186,221

  Assets (EOY)

  $52,010,356

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $48,565,740

  Expenses

  $25,693,328

  Assets (EOY)

  $56,305,316

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,632,493

  Expenses

  $25,869,269

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,055,303

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $27,579,001

  Expenses

  $27,250,763

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,647,427

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $32,981,505

  Expenses

  $33,470,150

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,396,433

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $32,930,288

  Expenses

  $33,048,545

  Assets (EOY)

  $39,131,773

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $33,545,163

  Expenses

  $31,572,961

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,115,742

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $34,720,735

  Expenses

  $34,514,757

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,595,344

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $38,419,641

  Assets (EOY)

  $43,843,832

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $36,026,525

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,761,221

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• SAMU FOUNDATION

  $3,184,745

  2022 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• SAMU FOUNDATION

  $2,784,620

  2023 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK

  $676,639

  2022 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK

  $551,906

  2023 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK

  $515,285

  2024 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT (SOME)

  $413,500

  2022 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT (SOME)

  $333,543

  2023 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT (SOME)

  $329,072

  2024 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• BRITEPATHS INC

  $295,423

  2024 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION

  $283,794

  2022 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• GIVE BACK FOUNDATION

  $6,007,821

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• GIVE BACK FOUNDATION

  $4,656,990

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• GIVE BACK FOUNDATION

  $4,656,990

  2024 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• GIVE BACK FOUNDATION

  $3,873,964

  2025 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $989,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION

  $543,667

  2024 · 2 grant(s) for varying purposes

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $352,196

  2023 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $243,993

  2022 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

  $195,841

  2024 · CHARITABLE DONATION

• WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION

  $143,667

  2023 · 1 grant(s) for varying purposes

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

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