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UNITED WAY OF THE MID-SOUTH

EIN 56-1010742 MEMPHIS, TN

Revenue 2024
$17,174,330
Expenses 2024
$17,632,434

Program services were 88.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T70Z
Classification
1000
Street
1005 TILLMAN 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

Mission

The mission of United Way is to improve the quality of life for Mid- Southerners by mobilizing and aligning community resources to address priority issues.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Form 990 - Organization's Mission or Most Significant Activities The mission of United Way of the Mid-South is to improve the quality of life for Mid-Southerners by mobilizing and aligning community resources to address priority issues. Since 1923, United Way of the Mid-South delivers services, funds agencies and programs, and builds community capacity to support the economic mobility of Mid-Southerners. Our mission-driven programs and grantmaking support a healthy and resilient community. United Way offers funders, collaborators, partners, donors, and volunteers the ability to support Mid-South communities through their financial contributions and their commitment to engagement, advocacy, and volunteerism.

  • The organization provides funding to over 500 non-profit agencies throughout the United States through donor designated funds. In addition United Way provides grant funding to 73 agencies within the 8 county service area. Grants are targeted to programs that improve education, financial stability, equity, and health and work collaboratively to reduce mid-south poverty.

    Expenses $6,394,918 · Grants $2,864,361

  • United Way of the Mid-South coordinates the work of multiple agencies to implement the Free Tax Prep / Volunteer Income Tax Assistance in Crittenden County, AR; DeSoto, Tunica, and Tate Counties in MS; and Fayette, Lauderdale, Tipton, and Shelby Counties in TN. This program provides free tax preparation to maximize the total amount of eligible tax credits for low and moderate-income tax filers. The Free Tax Prep / VITA program was supported by funding from the Internal Revenue Service, Wells Fargo, Entergy, Cummins, Regions, and United Way of the Mid-South investments. Funds were used to support the operation of VITA sites, mobile tax preparation, marketing, and volunteer recognition. In the fiscal year ending 6/30/2025, over 9,400 returns were filed serving more than 13,000 individuals. Clients saved over $2.5 million in estimated refund costs and received over $11 million in refunds.

    Expenses $490,437

  • United Way of the Mid-South (UWMS) has broadened its community impact agenda to include a focus on strategically funding initiatives that promote economic mobility, and financial self-sufficiency for families and individuals in the Mid-South service region, encompassing eight counties in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. UWMS now hosts, leads, manages, and is accountable for Driving The Dream(DTD), an unduplicated system of multi-domain human services and support that allows families living in poverty to grow their financial and social mobility. Driving the Dream creates a network of support by connecting human service agencies through a shared platform, enabling equitable access to services for the most vulnerable individuals and families. DTD provides a system that works for families.

    Expenses $8,637,010

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.

  • Tomeka Hart Wigginton

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $10,301
    From this org
    $10,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Reginald S Boyce

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Bradshaw

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ben Bricken

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martia Brown

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darrell Cobbins

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Reggie Crenshaw

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Cullison

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Daniel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jon Paul Davis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tammy Alexander-Epps

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brett Harris

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Hendricks

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Evan Iverson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Ann Jackson

    Secretary/Counsel

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie A Keller

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug McGowen

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David May

    Investment Committee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ted Miller

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Niqualus Nibley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Peterson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Poag

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ayoka Pond

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Pryor

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Beverly Robertson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $17,174,330
    Expenses
    $17,632,434
    Contributions
    $16,542,203
    Grants paid
    $2,864,361
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,885,491
    Expenses
    $14,669,734
    Contributions
    $11,861,634
    Grants paid
    $4,176,490
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,774,905
    Expenses
    $11,582,953
    Contributions
    $10,438,771
    Grants paid
    $4,197,888

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
    $10,736,980
    Expenses
    $11,541,479
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,939,575

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,940,009
    Expenses
    $13,095,225
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,089,200

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,907,730
    Expenses
    $18,634,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,120,964

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,784,903
    Expenses
    $19,522,683
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,673,185

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,003,129
    Expenses
    $18,537,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,137,246

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,519,820
    Expenses
    $20,287,016
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,809,711

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,119,018
    Expenses
    $20,819,956
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,855,947

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,655,164
    Expenses
    $22,707,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,197,905

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,180,835
    Expenses
    $23,758,782
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,386,321

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,180,836
    Expenses
    $23,758,781
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,386,320

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.