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Filing year 2023

Orange County's United Way

Irvine, California·EIN 33-0047994·NTEE T700 · Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations·3
Total revenue
$26.9M
Total assets
$33.6M
Total expenses
$31.2M
Reported officers
61
Mission

TO IMPROVE LIVES IN ORANGE COUNTY BY DELIVERING MEASURABLE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX ISSUES IN EDUCATION, FINANCIAL STABILITY, HEALTH, AND HOUSING. ORANGE COUNTY UNITED WAY IS COMMITTED TO BREAKING BARRIERS AND IMPROVING LIVES FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE. THROUGH OUR KEY INITIATIVES-UNITED FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, UNITED FOR FINANCIAL SECURITY, AND UNITED TO END HOMELESSNESS-WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE LOCAL STUDENTS SUCCEED, OC FAMILIES GAIN FINANCIAL SECURITY, AND OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS FIND A PLACE TO CALL HOME. WE ALSO OFFER VITAL SUPPORT VIA 2-1-1 ORANGE COUNTY (211 OC), OUR KEY SERVICE THAT CONNECTS THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WITH HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE RESOURCES. THROUGHOUT 2024, WE CELEBRATED OUR CENTENNIAL, COMMEMORATING 100 YEARS OF IMPACT TOGETHER IN ORANGE COUNTY AND RECOMMITTING TO ANOTHER CENTURY OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE, CREATING BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR ALL, AND CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY THE OC WAY. TO LEARN MORE OR DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN HELP, VISIT UNITEDWAYOC.ORG. ORANGE COUNTY U

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

$471k
$521k
Base
$369k
Bonus
$84k
Other
Benefits
$9k
Chief Financial Officer
$232k
$257k
Base
$213k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$13k
Chief Transformation Officer
key employee
$225k
$249k
Base
$224k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$653
Chief Strategy Officer
key employee
$170k
$188k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Vice President, Development
vice president
$163k
$180k
Base
$149k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Vice President, Operations
vice president
$157k
$173k
Base
$143k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Executive Director, U2eh
$155k
$171k
Base
$141k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Executive Director, U4fs
$144k
$159k
Executive Director, U4ss
$139k
$154k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 52 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking

Up 6%
from 2022

From $442k in 2022 to $471k in 2023.

$442k
2022
$471k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$506k to $521k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Orange County's United Way reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$35.4M
$32.9M
2022
$26.9M
$31.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking executives earn in California

Comparable philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $59,560.

25th percentile
$21k
Median
$59,560
75th percentile
$123k
90th percentile
$241k

These are philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 365 organizations across 365 filings (2021 – 2023).

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