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United Way of Florida Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Tallahassee, FL EIN: 59-2104175 Website
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United Way of Florida Inc is a public charity based in Tallahassee, Florida, and a statewide association serving Florida’s 28 local United Ways. Established in 1980, it supports the network through advocacy, training, coordination, and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

Key facts about United Way of Florida Inc

In short: United Way of Florida Inc gave $2.7M across 21 grants in 2025 (avg $131K), mostly in Florida. 19% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
59-2104175
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$2,749,501
Grants made (2025)
21
Average grant
$130,929
Median grant
$58,387
New grantees (estimate)
19% first-time grantees (4 of 21, 2025; small sample)
Total assets
$461,746
Primary geography
Florida (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$462K

-51.3% YoY

Annual Giving

$2.7M

+127.5% YoY

Grant Count

21

-22.2% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$131K

+192.4% YoY

Is United Way of Florida Inc open to new grantees?

19%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 4 of 21 grantees (19%) were first-time recipients. With only 21 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 5 points. First grants averaged $84K; repeat grants $142K. How we count

Medians: $84K first-time, $58K repeat.

  • 81% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2023–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

United Way of Florida’s mission is to enhance local Florida United Ways’ efforts to increase people’s organized capacity to care for one another. Its stated priorities include public policy and advocacy, resource development, the Florida ALICE project, training and best-practice sharing, and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Its 2024 filing also describes member services and training for local United Way staff and volunteers, public policy, 2-1-1 services in Florida, and the ALICE Report.

The 2025 grants listed were to local United Ways, and each listed grant’s purpose was hurricane relief. The grantees describe their own missions in community-service terms: United Way Suncoast says it mobilizes communities so all can thrive; Heart of Florida United Way says it works to improve lives through community action for health, education, and financial stability; United Way of Central Florida says it mobilizes resources for local change; and United Way of Palm Beach County says it works to ensure access to education, housing, financial stability, medical care, and food. These are the grantees’ descriptions, not United Way of Florida’s mission.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, United Way of Florida reported 21 grants totaling $2,749,501. The median grant was $58,387; grants ranged from $10,000 to $1,083,524. All listed grant dollars went to recipients in Florida, and the listed grants were for hurricane relief.

The largest awards included $1,083,524 to United Way Suncoast in Tampa, $311,184 to Heart of Florida United Way in Orlando, $184,447 to United Way of Central Florida in Highland City, and $161,577 to United Way of Palm Beach County in West Palm Beach. Other listed recipients included United Way of Pasco County ($151,883), United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades ($135,906), and United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties ($121,008).

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

The organization serves Florida’s 28 local United Ways. All grant dollars listed for filing year 2025 went to recipients in Florida.

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 21 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Daytona BeachFort MyersHighland CityNaplesOrlandoPort CharlotteSt AugustineTampaVeniceWest Palm BeachFort PierceGainesvilleJacksonvilleLake CityLeesburgSpring HillStuartTallahasseeVero BeachCincinnati

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3MTotal only2020 Total only2021 0 grants2022 10 grants2023 27 grants2024 21 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $5K (2020) to $2.7M (2025). In 2025 it made 21 grants totaling $2.7M.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

United Way Suncoast: $1.1MUnited Way Suncoast$1.1MHeart of Florida United Way: $311KHeart of Florida United Way$311KUnited Way of Central Florida: $184KUnited Way of Central Florida$184KUnited Way of Palm Beach County: $162KUnited Way of Palm BeachCounty$162KUnited Way of Pasco County: $152KUnited Way of Pasco County$152KUnited Way of Lee Hendry and Glades Inc: $136KUnited Way of Lee Hendry andGlades Inc$136KUnited Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties: $121KUnited Way of Volusia-FlaglerCounties$121KUnited Way of Lake & Sumter Counties: $83KUnited Way of Lake & SumterCounties$83KUnited Way of North Central Florida: $61KUnited Way of North CentralFlorida$61KUnited Way of the Big Bend: $60KUnited Way of the Big Bend$60K

The largest 2025 recipient was United Way Suncoast ($1.1M). Together the top 10 received $2.4M.

Grant Size Distribution

58 grants across all recorded years

31<$50K13$50–100K10$100–250K1$250–500K2$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 31 grants of 58 (53%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
United Way Suncoast Tampa, FLHurricane Relief$1,083,524
Heart of Florida United Way Orlando, FLHurricane Relief$311,184
United Way of Central Florida Highland City, FLHurricane Relief$184,447
United Way of Palm Beach County West Palm Beach, FLHurricane Relief$161,577
United Way of Pasco County Land O Lakes, FLHurricane Relief$151,883
United Way of Lee Hendry and Glades Inc Fort Myers, FLHurricane Relief$135,906
United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties Daytona Beach, FLHurricane Relief$121,008
United Way of Lake & Sumter Counties Leesburg, FLHurricane Relief$82,758
United Way of North Central Florida Gainesville, FLHurricane Relief$61,086
United Way of the Big Bend Tallahassee, FLHurricane Relief$60,286

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $461,746 $3,376,937 $3,305,061 $2,749,501
2024 $947,796 $1,804,827 $1,695,545 $1,208,799
2023 $393,467 $2,682,231 $2,657,938 $2,197,410
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$1M$2M$3M$4M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$461,746$947,796$393,467
Revenue$3,376,937$1,804,827$2,682,231
Expenses$3,305,061$1,695,545$2,657,938
Net Investment Income$10,858$1,861$149

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 8, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 1, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 30, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 16, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Chuck Morton as board chair, Jessica Muroff as chair-elect, Michael Griffin as secretary/treasurer, and Laura Gilliam as immediate past chair. It also lists Brittany Birken, Rhett Bagwell, Jim Bush, Christina Criser Jackson, Greta Dupuy, and Courtney Edgcomb as board members.

United Way of Florida Inc is led by Melissa Nelson, President since 2024 (on filings since 2020); 1 of 19 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Melissa Nelson

    President

    Board Member → President- B, 2023

    President- B → President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $71K (2023) → $167K (2025)

  • Chuck Morton

    Board Chair

    Secretary → Chair - Elect, 2024

    Chair - Elect → Board Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Gilliam

    Immediate Past Chair

    Chair - Elect → Chair, 2024

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas D. Epsky

    Board Member

    Chair → Immediate Pa, 2024

    Immediate Pa → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim McBee

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Griffin

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Board Member → Secretary & Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amber Miller

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Courtney Edgcomb

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessica Muroff

    Chair-Elect

    Board Member → Secretary, 2024

    Secretary → Chair-Elect, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Jasen

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Suzette Jones

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angie B. Walasek

    Board Member

    Bod Member- → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angie Matthiessen

    Board Member

    Bod Member- → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brittany Birken

    Board Member

    Bod Member- → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christina Criser Jackson

    Board Member

    Bod Member- → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greta Dupuy

    Board Member

    Bod Member- → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Bush

    Board Member

    Bod Member- → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tony Jenkins

    Board Member

    Bod Member- → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rhett Bagwell

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (21)
  • Former: Jack Hillesland (2020–2024) — Bod Member-T
  • Former: Jeff Hayward (2020–2024) — Past Chair-T
  • Former: Beverly Slough (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Crystal Stiles (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Randy Riley (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Theodore G. Granger (2020–2023) — Int. Pres.-T · Filing note: From 222
  • Former: Thomas Campenni (2021–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Berneice Cox (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Laurie George (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Rick Owen (2020–2022) — President · Filing note: Thru 122
  • Former: Shawn Foster (2020–2022) — Chair - Elect
  • Former: Steve Sanderson (2020–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Bryan Taylor (2021–2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Maria Alonso (2022) — Board Member
  • Former: Andy Griffiths (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Jayne Bassler (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Kathleen Cannon (2020–2021) — Immediate Pa
  • Former: Adrian Laffitte (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Carol Houwaart-Diez (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Paul Daly (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: William Gair (2020) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Melissa Nelson — President: $167KMelissa NelsonPresident$167K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $167K, to Melissa Nelson (President).

Contact

Mailing address: 307 East Seventh Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32303
Phone: (850) 488-8276
Website: https://uwof.org

Frequently asked questions about United Way of Florida Inc

How much does United Way of Florida Inc give each year?

United Way of Florida Inc gave $2.7M across 21 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.2M across 27 grants.

What is United Way of Florida Inc's typical grant size?

United Way of Florida Inc's median grant in 2025 was $58,387, and its average grant was $130,929, across 21 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United Way of Florida Inc that year got $84K on average.

Where does United Way of Florida Inc give grants?

United Way of Florida Inc gives mostly in Florida: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.

Does United Way of Florida Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 21 grants with a stated purpose on United Way of Florida Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Hurricane Relief" (21 grants).

Who are United Way of Florida Inc's largest grantees?

United Way of Florida Inc's largest 2025 grantees include United Way Suncoast ($1,083,524), Heart of Florida United Way ($311,184) and United Way of Central Florida ($184,447), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 57% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is United Way of Florida Inc?

United Way of Florida Inc reported $462K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.4M.

What does United Way of Florida Inc fund?

United Way of Florida’s mission is to enhance local Florida United Ways’ efforts to increase people’s organized capacity to care for one another. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from United Way of Florida Inc?

United Way of Florida Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check uwof.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is United Way of Florida Inc's EIN?

United Way of Florida Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 59-2104175. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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