United Way of Greater Fall River Inc
United Way of Greater Fall River is a public charity based in Fall River, Massachusetts. It raises and distributes resources to support health and human services, education, prevention, and financial security in its community. The organization reports funding more than 75 local programs across seven Southcoast communities.
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc at a glance
In short: United Way of Greater Fall River Inc gave $902K across 29 grants in 2025 (avg $31K), mostly in Massachusetts. 14% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $902,123
- -5.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 29
- -12.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $31,108
- +7.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $16,000
- Total assets
- $12,566,419
- +19.0% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 14% first-time grantees (4 of 29, 2025)
- Primary geography
- Massachusetts (99% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to United Way of Greater Fall River Inc
- Invitation Only
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Impact Grants are open to eligible Greater Fall River 501(c)(3) organizations. Food and Basic Needs Grants are for eligible 501(c)(3) food-distribution partners in the service area. Allocation Grants are by invitation to agency partners. Applicants should prepare the required application responses and supporting documents; required documents must be submitted as PDFs.
- Contact
Mailing address: 30 Bedford Street PO Box 2550, Fall River, MA 02720
Phone: (508) 678-8361
Website: https://uwgfr.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who United Way of Greater Fall River Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was People Inc (Community Supports) ($120K). Together the top 10 received $620K.
Grant Size Distribution
152 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 116 grants of 152 (76%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization identifies Assonet, Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, Westport, Little Compton, and Tiverton as the communities where it works. Its grant materials generally describe eligibility as being within the Greater Fall River service area.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 29 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is United Way of Greater Fall River Inc open to new grantees?
14%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 4 of 29 grantees (14%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $10K; repeat grants $35K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $33K repeat.
- 83% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+13%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $794K (2019) to $1.0M (2021). In 2025 it made 29 grants totaling $902K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| People Inc (Community Supports) Fall River, MA | Alloation and Food Grant | $120,000 |
| Thomas Chew Boys & Girls Club Fall River, MA | Allocation and Community Impact Grant | $82,000 |
| Ser-Jobs for Progress Fall River, MA | Allocation and Community Impact Grant | $65,000 |
| The Arc of Bristol County Attleboro, MA | Allocation | $60,000 |
| Diabetes Association Fall River, MA | Allocation | $53,500 |
| Steppingstone Fall River, MA | Allocation and Food Grant | $51,500 |
| GFR Re-Creation Fall River, MA | Allocation and Community Impact Grant | $50,382 |
| Teach for America Boston, MA | Allocation | $50,000 |
| Family Service Association Fall River, MA | Allocation | $45,000 |
| Kids Academy Fall River, MA | Allocation | $42,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $12,566,419 | $1,950,406 | $1,496,344 | $902,123 | 29 | $858,394 |
| 2024 | $10,559,846 | $2,904,782 | $1,482,843 | $958,145 | 33 | $1,810,793 |
| 2023 | $9,097,414 | $1,889,684 | $1,509,224 | $899,376 | 30 | $490,839 |
| 2022 | $8,206,591 | $1,504,335 | $1,563,736 | $801,384 | 25 | $329,448 |
| 2021 | $9,244,439 | $2,074,239 | $1,959,052 | $1,027,646 | 35 | $351,594 |
| 2020 | $7,509,762 | $1,750,992 | $1,377,098 | $873,742 | 31 | $394,008 |
| 2019 | $7,210,245 | $1,245,452 | $1,345,675 | $793,759 | 26 | $261,291 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
United Way of Greater Fall River says it works to advance equity and help people access the resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive. Its stated priorities include health, education, and economic mobility, with an emphasis on prevention, resilience, and equitable, lasting change.
Its grant programs support areas including healthy communities, youth opportunity, financial security, food and basic needs, and local resilience. The organization describes Impact Grants as support for smaller, new, or innovative programs that fill service gaps. In 2024, grantees included SER-Jobs for Progress, whose mission is to provide education, employment, and training programs for economically disadvantaged or limited-English-speaking people, and the Diabetes Association, which says it advances diabetes prevention, early detection, education, and disease management. Other 2024 grantees included Wat uppa Rowing Center, whose mission is to teach low-income teens to row, and the Katie Brown Educational Program, which works to prevent domestic and relationship violence through public education.
Grantmaking
United Way reported 33 grants totaling $958,145 in 2024, an average of about $29,035 per grant. Its 2025 filing data lists a grant count of zero. Notable 2024 awards included $70,000 to SER-Jobs for Progress, $60,000 to The Arc of Bristol County, $53,500 to the Diabetes Association, and $35,150 to Samaritans. Its 2025 filing, the latest on this page, reports 29 grants totaling $902,123.
The organization describes five funding streams: invite-only Allocation Grants; competitive Impact Grants for eligible health and human service organizations; Food and Basic Needs Grants for eligible food-distribution partners; and Special Initiatives and Disaster Relief & Recovery funding made available as needed. Impact Grant applications are reviewed by a volunteer community committee. The FY2027 Impact Grant portal is closed. Application materials describe exclusions including direct stipends or gifts to individuals, endowments, capital projects, fundraising events, debt or existing obligations, programs outside the service area, administrative or fundraising costs, and food-stability programs funded through a separate cycle.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Kimberly Smith as executive director; Susan Jenkinson as chair; Frank Sousa III as chair-elect; Joan Medeiros as treasurer; and Melissa Panchley as secretary. It also lists Dugan Becker, Shaun Branco, Taryn Cabral, James Gregory Clarkin, and Rebecca Collins as directors.
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc is led by Kimberly Smith, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 1 of 26 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kimberly Smith
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$21K (2019) → $96K (2025)
Susan Jenkinson
Chair
Secretary → Chair-Elect, 2023
Chair-Elect → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George Shaker Jr.
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Wallace
Director
Director → Finance Chair, 2023
Finance Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Douglas
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Pelletier
Director
Chair-Elect → Immediate Past Chair, 2023
Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Collins
Director
Chair-Elect → Board Chair, 2023
Board Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason Levine
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Pineault
Director
Assistant Treasurer → Allocations Chair, 2023
Allocations Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Marcos
Director
Director → Personnel Chair, 2023
Personnel Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Russo
Director
Director → Endowment Chair, 2023
Endowment Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Stinson
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Moise St Louis
Director
Director → Research & Planning Chair, 2023
Research & Planning Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ben Feitelberg
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christina Johnk
Director
Director → Campaign Chair, 2024
Campaign Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janna Lafrance
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dugan Becker
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shaun Branco
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Benjamin Cooper
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Gregory Clarkin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joyce Livramento-Young
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Monte Ferris
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Taryn Cabral
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frank B. Sousa III
Chair-Elect
Director → Chair-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joan M. Medeiros
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Panchley
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: George Mercier (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Robert Lunquest (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Joyce Livramento Young (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Ben Cooper (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Rommel Cordova (2024) — Director
- Former: Jorgelina Moreira (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Roger Beliveau (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Maria Matos (2020–2023) — Impact Chair
- Former: Sheldon Gana (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Alicia Ambrose (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Alison Bouchard (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Ann M. Ramos Desrosiers (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Daniel Abraham (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: James H. Kay (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: R. Christian Lafrance (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Marquis Taylor (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Michelle Pelletier-Colberg (2022) — Board Chair
- Former: Jackie Einstein (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Thomas F. Aubin (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ricky T. Tith (2021) — Director
- Former: George Oliveira (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Robin Hodkinson (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Sonia Fastino (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Christopher Gaffney (2020) — Director
- Former: Barry Bibeau (2019) — Assistant Secretary
- Former: Richard Beaulieu (2019) — Director & Assistant Treasurer
- Former: Robert Horne (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Sandra Fitzsimmons (2019) — Director
- Former: Thomas Durkin (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $96K, to Kimberly Smith (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about United Way of Greater Fall River Inc
How much does United Way of Greater Fall River Inc give each year?
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc gave $902K across 29 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $958K across 33 grants.
What is United Way of Greater Fall River Inc's typical grant size?
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc's median grant in 2025 was $16,000, and its average grant was $31,108, across 29 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United Way of Greater Fall River Inc that year got $10K on average.
Where does United Way of Greater Fall River Inc give grants?
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc gives mostly in Massachusetts: 99% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Fall River, MA (21 grants) and Boston, MA (2 grants).
Does United Way of Greater Fall River Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 29 grants with a stated purpose on United Way of Greater Fall River Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Community Impact Grant" (9 grants), "Allocation" (8 grants) and "Allocation and Community Impact Grant" (4 grants).
Who are United Way of Greater Fall River Inc's largest grantees?
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc's largest 2025 grantees include People Inc (Community Supports) ($120,000), Thomas Chew Boys & Girls Club ($82,000) and Ser-Jobs for Progress ($65,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 30% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is United Way of Greater Fall River Inc?
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc reported $12.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.0M.
What does United Way of Greater Fall River Inc fund?
United Way of Greater Fall River says it works to advance equity and help people access the resources, opportunities, and support they need to thrive. Its stated priorities include health, education, and economic mobility, with an emphasis on prevention, resilience, and equitable, lasting change. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from United Way of Greater Fall River Inc?
Impact Grants are open to eligible Greater Fall River 501(c)(3) organizations. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is United Way of Greater Fall River Inc's EIN?
United Way of Greater Fall River Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 04-2104026. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 8, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 9, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 29, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 8, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 15, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 22, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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