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THE UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER DAYTON AREA

EIN 31-0536658 DAYTON, OH

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Revenue 2024
$3,020,879
Expenses 2024
$3,502,735

Program services were 64.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
409 E MONUMENT AVE STE 405

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

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO LEAD A UNITED COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT OUR NEIGHBORS. UNITED WAY GENERATES FINANCIAL AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEET LOCAL NEEDS AND MAKE LASTING IMPROVEMENT TO THE REGION'S QUALITY OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER DAYTON LEADS A UNITED COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT OUR NEIGHBORS. A VOLUNTEER-LED ORGANIZATION, UNITED WAY IS THE AREA'S LARGEST PRIVATE FUNDER OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, PRIMARILY PROVIDED BY LOCAL AGENCIES IN MONTGOMERY, GREENE AND PREBLE COUNTIES. UNITED WAY FOCUSES ON UNDERLYING CAUSES TO GET TO THE HEART OF LOCAL PROBLEMS AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE - SUCH AS PREPARING YOUTH TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND THE JOBS OF TOMORROW, OR PREVENTING HOME FORECLOSURE AND HOMELESSNESS. OUR LOCAL UNITED WAY ALSO CONNECTS PEOPLE IN NEED WITH SERVICES THROUGH HELPLINK 2-1-1 AND CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH VOLUNTEER CONNECTION.

  • FUND GRANTS, DONOR DESIGNATIONS, AND VOLUNTEER CONNECTION: UNITED WAY FUNDS LOCAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES THROUGH A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY. KNOWLEDGEABLE VOLUNTEERS STUDY THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ON HOW BEST TO MEET THE NEEDS AND FILL GAPS WITH GRANTS FROM UNITED WAY FUNDS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THESE PROGRAMS SERVED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE DAYTON REGION.

    Expenses $1,386,816 · Grants $1,108,051 · Revenue $33,602

  • UNITED WAY'S HELPLINK 2-1-1 IS A FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE PROVIDED 24-HOURS-A-DAY, 365-DAYS-A-YEAR. HELPLINK 2-1-1 MAINTAINS THE REGION'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND IS CONNECTED WITH SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND COUNTY. HELPLINK OFFERS INFORMATION, REFERRALS, ADVOCACY AND SCHEDULES APPOINTMENTS FOR THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PROGRAM AND CONDUCTS OUTREACH TO DISLOCATED WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. HELPLINK 2-1-1 PROVIDES AN AFTER-HOUR ANSWERING SERVICE FOR NONPROFIT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND CASE CONSULTATION SERVICE FOR FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, HELPLINK 2-1-1 RECEIVED 56,896 CALLS AND PROVIDED 45,444 REFERRALS FOR VARIOUS NEEDS. ALSO THROUGH OUR SEARCHABLE DATABASE ONLINE WE RECEIVED 9,897 ONLINE SITE VISITS WITH 4,113 SEARCHES FOR RESOURCES. OUR TOP 3 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FELL INTO THESE THREE CATEGORIES; RENT PAYMENT ASSISTANCE 14,149, UTILITY PAYMENT ASSISTANCE 8,626, AND FOOD PANTRIES 7,047. ALSO ESTABLISHED A DATA DASHBOARD THROUGH 211 COUNTS TO SHOW THE MINIMUM NEEDS IN OUR 9 COUNTY AREA: MONTGOMERY, GREENE, PREBLE, CLARK, CHAMPAIGN, MADISON, MUSKINGUM, MORGAN, AND PERRY COUNTIES TO THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES BY ZIP CODE, COUNTY.

    Expenses $511,245 · Revenue $279,984

  • DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER DAYTON AREA, THROUGH THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND FREEDOM SCHOOLS PROGRAM, SERVED STUDENTS AT THREE SITES THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO. DURING THE SUMMER BREAK FROM SCHOOL, THE FREEDOM SCHOOLS PROGRAM PROVIDES READING AND LEARNING ENRICHMENT AND PLAYS A MUCH NEEDED ROLE IN HELPING TO CURB SUMMER LEARNING LOSS AND CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.

    Expenses $213,025 · Revenue $190,904

  • PREBLE AND GREENE COUNTY PROGRAM SERVICES.

    Expenses $161,355

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.

  • Thomas Kelley

    PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD SEC

    Total calculated
    $170,425
    From this org
    $162,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,753
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,672
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,507
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,246
    Filer's total
    $170,425

  • Mary Garman

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jose Rodriguez

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jane Marshall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Martin

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Geraldine Pegues

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Paul Dorsten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Michael Gross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Brent Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tom Ritchie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mark Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kenya Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Diane Walsh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kelly Wolski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Deirdra Yocum

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ali Carr-Chellman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Amber Washington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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
    $3,020,879
    Expenses
    $3,502,735
    Contributions
    $2,369,872
    Grants paid
    $1,108,051
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,268,966
    Expenses
    $4,101,940
    Contributions
    $2,670,827
    Grants paid
    $1,806,696
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,241,843
    Expenses
    $4,348,404
    Contributions
    $3,889,198
    Grants paid
    $1,886,875

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
    $4,740,702
    Expenses
    $4,378,840
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,543,430

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,531,487
    Expenses
    $4,293,055
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,520,791

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,267,627
    Expenses
    $5,031,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,736,895

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,734,406
    Expenses
    $6,245,912
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,090,916

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,970,440
    Expenses
    $6,357,918
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,417,821

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,119,484
    Expenses
    $8,531,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,339,942

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,493,064
    Expenses
    $8,430,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,108,256

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,083,124
    Expenses
    $9,095,142
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,504,830

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,408,719
    Expenses
    $9,238,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,637,463

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,722,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,026,966

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.