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Nonprofit · EIN 91-0606058

UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY

Tax-exempt · SPOKANE, WA 99201

Financials

$2.2M$3.1M2022$1.7M$2.6M2023$1.5M$1.7M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$1,455,384$1,685,527-$230,143$939,997$135,787$804,210
June 30, 2024990$1,708,382$2,571,350-$862,968$1,760,256$769,257$990,999
June 30, 2023990$2,225,822$3,095,987-$870,165$2,319,731$667,352$1,652,379
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,440,589
Program service revenue
$1,571
Investment income
$5,644
Net rental income
$7,580
Other revenue
$7,580

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$307,788
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$94,541
Other salaries and wages
$541,704
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$809,506
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$100,956
Occupancy
$80,346
Travel
$3,353
Depreciation
$2,437
Program services (functional)
$560,281
Management and general (functional)
$1,119,526
Fundraising (functional)
$5,720

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,760,256
Total assets, end of year
$939,997
Total liabilities, end of year
$135,787
Net assets, end of year
$804,210
Land, buildings and equipment
$7,888
Net assets without donor restrictions
$812,844
Net assets with donor restrictions
-$8,634
Gross receipts
$1,455,384
Employees
15
Volunteers
30
Year formed
1953
State of legal domicile
WA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Dan DentPresident, CEO & Secretary
Officer
40$93,597
Traci McGlatheryBoard Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Lauren AutreyTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Lisa SundermanChair Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Anna TormaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Ashley CameronDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Becky HammillDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Cara BeattyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Chrystal OrtegaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Connie TanguyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Dan SpringerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Freda GandyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
James MohrDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Jesse ZumbroDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
John ParkerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
14 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Ken BrownDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Leon CovingtonDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Leslie CogleyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Lisa LewisDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Laura VickersDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Lola PhillipsDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Mary Anne RuddisDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Mona TerrellDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Neal BolingDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Sandra JarrardDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Ken RobertsGovernance Committee Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Aileen LuppertCommunity Impact Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Yolanda GallardoDEI Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Tim FitzgeraldImmediate Past Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 29 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Tim FitzgeraldBoard Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Lauren AutreyTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Traci McGlatheryChair Elect/Campaign Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Ann GormanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Anna TormaDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Becky HammillDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Ben SmallDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Cara BeattyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Cathie WinegarDirector - until mid-year
Trustee or director
2$0
Charlotte NemecDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Chris PretiDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Dan SpringerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Freda GandyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
James MohrDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Ken BrownDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Leon CovingtonDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Lisa LewisDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Lisa SundermanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Lola PhillipsDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Mona TerrellDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Neal BolingDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Nicole Jenkins-RosenkrantzDirector
Trustee or director
2$0
Rev Benjamin WatsonDirector - until mid-year
Trustee or director
2$0
Ken RobertsGovernance Committee Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Aileen LuppertCommunity Impact Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Yolanda GallardoDEI Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Jason ThackstonImmediate Past Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Larry Valadez - ImmediatePast Community Impact Chair
Trustee or director
2$0
Dan Dent - From 42024President, CEO & Secretary
Officer
40$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 29 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
John DicksonPresident, CEO & Secretary
Officer
40$137,202$20,080
Lonni Marlow - Left 223Vice President Finance & Admin
Officer
40$42,413$4,743
Jason ThackstonBoard Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Tim FitzgeraldTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Stacy CowlesDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Ann GormanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Ben SmallDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Cara BeattyDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Charlotte NemecDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Chris PretiDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Delores DuquetteDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Ken BrownDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Ken RobertsDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Lisa LewisDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Lisa SundermanDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Neal BolingDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Nicole Jenkins-RosenkrantzDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Benjamin WatsonDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Cathie WinegarDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Dan SpringerDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Leon CovingtonDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Mona TerrellDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
James MohrDirector
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Traci McGlatheryCampaign Chair
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Aileen LuppertCommunity Impact Chair
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Yolanda GallardoDEI Chair
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Frank VelazquezImmediate Past Chair
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Larry Valadez - Immediate PastCommunity Impact Chair
Trustee or director
2$0$0
Gary KlingspornDirector (Until 9/22)
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
920 N WASHINGTON ST STE 100, SPOKANE, WA 99201-2229
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Lisa Sunderman, PO Box 1006, Spokane, WA 99210
Signed the 990
Lisa Sunderman, Board President
Phone
(509) 838-6581
Return prepared by
Eide Bailly LLP

Mission

The mission of Spokane County United Way is to mobilize our community resources to create measurable results that improve the lives of the people living in our community and advance the idea of the common good. (Continued on Schedule O)Our vision is that Spokane County will be known for increasing health, prosperity, and educational attainment for at risk community members, and is a tool for breaking the local cycle of intergenerational poverty.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Donor Designated Gifts: Spokane County United Way runs a major fundraising program, the Workplace Campaign. Many of the donations to the campaign are specifically designated to qualified non-profit agencies. Acting as an agent, United Way ensures that these donations are collected and accurately distributed, under standards established by United Way Worldwide. The Organization collected and will distribute $137,697 related to this campaign during the fiscal year.
    Expenses $171,357 · grants $137,697 · revenue $1,571
  • Education: Funding is provided primarily to local impact partners as part of the organizations goal of cutting educational achievement gaps in half, focusing resources on children and youth who are low-income, racial/ethnic minorities, and/or have special needs. Spokane County United Way is involved in providing over 10,000 community members access to bilingual trail markers through Born Again Learning Trails and over 5,000 children under the age of 5 access to 1 free book every month through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Foundation.
    Expenses $136,789 · grants $67,000
  • Excelerate Success: Excelerate Success addresses the impacts of racism, particularly structural racism. The initiative seeks to build community by promoting collaboration among Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) and white people in Spokane County as well as among people with other marginalized identities. Excelerate Success has 3 core strategies: racial affinity groups; trainings led my impacted communities; and annual community learning events.
    Expenses $91,583
  • Financial Stability: Funding provided to community agencies and community members for programs that support improving the financial stability of low-income households in Spokane County, WA, especially low-income families with children.Volunteer Services: The organization supports individual, group, and corporate volunteer engagement as a strategy to fulfill its mission. To support its financial stability work, Spokane County United Way promoted a free self-filing tool, www.MyFreeTaxes.com. Members of the Emerging Leaders Society contributed talent and 170 volunteer hours to projects in the community with local nonprofit agencies. In addition, Spokane County United Way maintained a web-based platform, www.volunteerspokane.org, which served as a free resource to match community volunteers with opportunities at local nonprofit organizations. Spokane County United Way manages the selection and support of AmeriCorps VISTA projects and members in Spokane County in coordination with Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS).Health: Funding is provided to local impact partners for programs directed at improving the health and safety of families in Spokane County, WA. Spokane County United Way provides financial support to local organizations that focus on preventing or mitigating the impact of child abuse, child neglect, domestic violence, mental illness, and substance abuse.Community Planning & Capacity: Staff participated in community collaborations to improve cultural competency, reduce youth and family homelessness, improve access to medical and dental services for low-income populations, reduce the impact of adverse childhood experiences, and improve the local early learning infrastructure.Labor relations: Spokane County United Way Labor Services works with the labor community to educate interested members about available health and human care services, recruit volunteers, for food drives, and recruit and place members of organized labor with volunteer opportunities in human and health care organizations.Homelessness Initiatives: Spokane County United Way partners with A Way Home Washington to help participating communities improve their data collection methods, advocate for legislative change, develop partnerships with systems and service providers, and implement projects that improve access to services and lead to equitable outcomes for all young people. Building on the success of the Anchor Community Initiative, United Way is launching Built for Zero Initiative with Community Solutions; a new effort to support homeless veterans and chronically homeless adults. This work is supported by funding United Way received from the Kaiser Permanente Foundation. Spokane County United Way joined the Built for Zero collaborative which is made up of more than 90 communities that have committed to measurably ending homelessness, one population at a time. Using data, communities have changed how local homeless response systems work and the impact they can achieve. Fourteen of the collaborative communities have ended homelessness for a population by reaching a standard called functional zero. More than half have achieved reductions in the number of people experiencing chronic and veteran homelessness.
    Expenses $160,552 · grants $103,091

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
91-0606058
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1953
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$939,997
Income (IRS master file)
$1,455,384

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$1,455,384$1,685,527$939,997XML
990June 2024$1,708,382$2,571,350$1,760,256XML
990June 2023$2,225,822$3,095,987$2,319,731XML
990June 2022$2,802,582$3,175,676$2,681,328IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 2019–––IRS
990June 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 91-0606058).

Questions about UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY

What is the EIN of UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY?
The employer identification number (EIN) of UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY is 91-0606058.
Is UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1953.
Are donations to UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Lisa Sunderman.
Who are the officers and directors of UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 29 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $93,597 (Dan Dent, President, CEO & Secretary).
How much revenue does UNITED WAY OF SPOKANE COUNTY have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,455,384, expenses of $1,685,527 and total assets of $939,997 at year end.

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