UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T700

Classification

1000

Street

980 JAMES ST

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

• COMMUNITY IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT:EVERYTHING WE DO IS DEDICATED TO ENSURING THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN LIVE, LEARN, GROW, WORK, PLAY, AND THRIVE. OUR THRIVING UNITED WAY FRAMEWORK FOCUSES ON FOUR KEY PILLARS: HEALTHY COMMUNITY, YOUTH OPPORTUNITY, FINANCIAL SECURITY, AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCY. WE CONVENE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AROUND THESE PILLARS, WE LEAD COALITIONS, WE FUND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS TARGETED OUTCOMES, AND WE RUN PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS YOUTH LITERACY, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND ACCESSING RESOURCES.

  Expenses $4,465,134 · Grants $3,351,105 · Revenue $270,712

• LITERACY COALITION OF ONONDAGA COUNTY:THE LITERACY COALITION OF ONONDAGA COUNTY (LCOC) BEGAN IN 2007-2008. LCOC WORKS TO ACHIEVE 100% LITERACY ACROSS ALL AGES. LCOC BRINGS TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS TO MONITOR LITERACY AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT LEARNING FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. THE LCOC CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY AND IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST PROGRAM IN NYS. 1,822,073 BOOKS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM. A FREE BOOK IS SENT IN THE MAIL EVERY MONTH TO CHILDREN IN ONONDAGA COUNTY FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE. LCOC ALSO FOCUSES ON LITERACY SERVICES FOR ADULTS.

  Expenses $664,745

• HOUSING & HOMELESS COALITION:THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS COALITION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK (HHC) ACTS AS THE LOCAL HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC NY-505). THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK BECAME THE COLLABORATIVE APPLICANT IN 2017 AND THE STAFF OF HHC BECAME UNITED WAY EMPLOYEES.HHC IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING, PREVENTING, AND ULTIMATELY ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE HHC ALLOCATES AND OVERSEES FEDERAL FUNDING TO SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE THREE-COUNTY REGION: ONONDAGA, OSWEGO, AND CAYUGA. PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THROUGH THE WORK OF THE HHC, HOMELESSNESS IN THIS REGION HAD BEEN REDUCED. SINCE 2021, HOMELESSNESS HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND THE HHC HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THE NEW CHALLENGES THAT HAVE ARISEN. HHC HAS ALSO BROUGHT IN NEW GRANTS DURING THE YEAR AND HAS ADDED STAFF.

  Expenses $1,031,646

• CA$H COALITION:UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ADMINISTERS THE CA$H COALITION (CREATING ASSETS, SAVINGS & HOPE), CONVENER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES DEDICATED TO PROMOTING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND ASSET-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-TO-MODERATE-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN ONONDAGA COUNTY. THE CA$H COALITION OVERSEES FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES THROUGH THE VITA (VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE) PROGRAM. TOTAL RETURNS WERE 2,760 GENERATING RETURNS OF $3.68M.2-1-1:2-1-1 CNY IS AN INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICE LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2015 THAT SERVES ONONDAGA, OSWEGO, MADISON, JEFFERSON, LEWIS, AND ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES. IT IS SUPPORTED BY NYS, ONONDAGA COUNTY, AND UNITED WAY. IN THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS/TEXTS TO 211 CNY BETWEEN 7/1/24 AND 6/30/25 WAS 34,509.REGIONAL VOLUNTEER CENTER:UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK COORDINATES A COMPREHENSIVE VOLUNTEER CENTER SERVING CAYUGA, CORTLAND, MADISON, ONONDAGA, AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. OUR VOLUNTEER CENTER WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PANDEMIC RELIEF EFFORTS. WE CONNECTED 3,419 PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING VOLUNTEERCNY, DAY OF CARING, AND COMMUNITY DRIVES. THE DAY OF CARING IN 2024 MOBILIZED 1,444 VOLUNTEERS, LOGGED A TOTAL OF OVER 4,332 HOURS ON OUR DAY OF CARING, COMPLETING 100+ PROJECTS AT LOCAL NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THE VALUE OF THAT TIME CAN BE CALCULATED AT OVER $150K!WE ALSO COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING DRIVES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR:- 2024 CARE PACKAGE THAT BUILT APPROXIMATELY 1,800 CARE PACKAGES.- 2024 BOOK DRIVE THAT PROVIDED OVER 5,000 BOOKS.- 2025 SHARE THE WARMTH/MLK DAY OF SERVICE: THAT PROVIDED OVER 1,000 COATS AND WINTER ITEMS.- 2025 UNITED FOR MOMS THAT PROVIDED 225 BAGS.LEADSAFE CNY COALITION:IN MARCH OF 2024, UNITED WAY OF CNY BECAME THE HOME OF THE LEADSAFE CNY COALITION AND HIRED A DIRECTOR. THE COALITION IS FOCUSED ON ERADICATING LEAD POISONING, ASSISTING/EDUCATING AFFECTED FAMILIES, AND CONNECTING PEOPLE TO TESTING, REMEDIATION, AND HEALTHCARE. THRIVE AT WORK:THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ON-SITE FINANCIAL COACHING AND EDUCATION TO HELP EMPLOYEES NAVIGATE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND BUILD STABILITY.BOOK BUDDIES:A TUTORING PROGRAM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT TRAINS AND PLACES VOLUNTEERS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO WORK WITH CHILDREN IN GRADES K-3.

  Expenses $1,466,574

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $9,070,921

  Expenses

  $8,970,861

  Contributions

  $8,521,602

  Grants paid

  $3,351,105

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,078,812

  Expenses

  $8,596,168

  Contributions

  $7,690,340

  Grants paid

  $3,365,297

• 2022

  Revenue

  $9,093,701

  Expenses

  $9,888,283

  Contributions

  $8,504,098

  Grants paid

  $4,282,080

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

  $9,385,723

  Expenses

  $10,185,192

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,420,955

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,935,433

  Expenses

  $9,124,818

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,242,128

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,530,107

  Expenses

  $7,619,693

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,852,559

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,211,612

  Expenses

  $8,501,195

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,012,896

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,586,355

  Expenses

  $8,616,066

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,257,173

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,410,121

  Expenses

  $8,546,194

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,763,343

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,892,240

  Expenses

  $8,197,169

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,548,252

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,014,862

  Expenses

  $8,245,768

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,080,790

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,033,539

  Expenses

  $8,119,804

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,184,346

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $8,511,792

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,981,616

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

• EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE ONONDAGA

  $1,079,885

  2022 · ECA WAS AN INITIATIVE OF THE UWCNY. IN 2023 IT BECAME ITS OWN NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND UWCNY TRANSFERRED THE UNSPENT REVENUES TO THE NEW ORGANIZATION.

• 2425 DESIGNATIONS TO OTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS

  $996,991

  2024 · 24/25 DESIGNATIONS AS MADE BY CAMPAIGN DONORS TO NON-UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AGENCIES

• 2324 DESIGNATIONS TO OTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS

  $903,491

  2023 · 22/23 DESIGNATIONS AS MADE BY CAMPAIGN DONORS TO NON-UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AGENCIES

• 2223 DESIGNATIONS TO OTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS

  $638,972

  2022 · 22/23 DESIGNATIONS AS MADE BY CAMPAIGN DONORS TO NON-UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AGENCIES

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY

  $498,500

  2023 · SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY

  $498,500

  2024 · SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ONONDAGA COUNTY

  $493,500

  2022 · SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O

• SALVATION ARMY OF THE SYRACUSE AREA

  $390,985

  2022 · SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O

• SALVATION ARMY OF THE SYRACUSE AREA

  $374,550

  2023 · SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O

• SALVATION ARMY OF THE SYRACUSE AREA

  $374,550

  2024 · SEE VISION AREA FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT IN SCHEDULE O

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

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Grants received

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

  $996,991

  2024 · 24/25 DESIGNATIONS AS MADE BY CAMPAIGN DONORS TO NON-UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AGENCIES

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

  $903,491

  2023 · 22/23 DESIGNATIONS AS MADE BY CAMPAIGN DONORS TO NON-UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AGENCIES

• CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $661,300

  2024 · CAMPAIGN SUPPORT; GENERAL SUPPORT; PROGRAM/PROJECT SUPPORT;

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK INC

  $638,972

  2022 · 22/23 DESIGNATIONS AS MADE BY CAMPAIGN DONORS TO NON-UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AGENCIES

• CENTRAL NEW YORK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $396,307

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT; CAMPAIGN SUPPORT; PROGRAM SUPPORT; SUPPORT FOR LITERACY; STAFFING SUPPORT

• 2-1-1 NEW YORK INC

  $214,887

  2024 · TO LEAD AND OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A STATE-WIDE, FREE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SYSTEM, ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE 2-1-1 DIALING CODE.

• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• 2-1-1 NEW YORK INC

  $185,812

  2023 · TO LEAD AND OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A STATE-WIDE, FREE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SYSTEM, ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE 2-1-1 DIALING CODE.

• 2-1-1 NEW YORK INC

  $168,813

  2022 · TO LEAD AND OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A STATE-WIDE, FREE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SYSTEM, ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE 2-1-1 DIALING CODE.

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $150,000

  2022 · Human Services

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

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