Public Charity

UNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INC

Based in AMES, IA, UNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.4M in revenue, $2.3M in expenses, $4.4M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 214 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $9.3M.

EIN: 420947489 AMES, IA Federated Giving Programs NTEE: T70 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$2.4M
Total Expenses$2.3M
Total Assets$4.4M
Grants Given214
Grant Total$9.3M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

UNITED WAY OF STORY COUNTY UNITES PEOPLE, IDEAS, AND RESOURCES TO TRANSFORM LIVES IN STORY COUNTY.

Where $100 goes at United Way of Story County Inc

How United Way of Story County Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $86 for programs

$86
United Way of Story County provides funding for services provided by our partner agencies throughout story county
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to United Way of Story County Inc

Rarely funds new orgs 7% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2022–2024).

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Sample Grants Given

AMES, IA · 2024
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF STORY COUNTY COMMUNITY AGENCIES
$205,297
AMES, IA · 2024
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF STORY COUNTY COMMUNITY AGENCIES
$87,506
AMES, IA · 2024
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF STORY COUNTY COMMUNITY AGENCIES
$86,996
AMES, IA · 2024
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF STORY COUNTY COMMUNITY AGENCIES
$79,551
MAXWELL, IA · 2024
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF STORY COUNTY COMMUNITY AGENCIES
$73,040

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Officers & Directors

PAST CHAIR Amber Deardorff
DIRECTOR Andrew Perry
PRESIDENT AND CEO Ashley Thompson
DIRECTOR Bethany Mccurdy
2ND VICE CHAIR Chelsey Aisenbrey
FINANCE DIRECTOR Cindy Smith

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$9,266,894 214 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $2.4M $2.3M $4.4M
2024 $2.5M $2.4M $4.1M
2023 $2.6M $2.2M $3.8M
2021 $2.6M $2.2M $3.4M
2020 $2.6M $2.6M $3.0M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $2.6M to $2.4M (-7%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.4M.

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Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in IA, IL.

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