United Way Tech Stack
Community-focused nonprofit mobilizing resources across tens of thousands of local chapters
United Way operates a distributed network nonprofit with 201–500 staff across the U.S., anchored in Alexandria, Virginia. Their tech stack reflects a mature fundraising and donor-management operation: Salesforce for CRM, Blackbaud + Sage Intacct for nonprofit accounting, Power BI for analytics, and AWS infrastructure for scale. Active hiring across executive, operations, finance, and fundraising roles—with 54 positions posted in the last 30 days—signals aggressive growth in donor engagement and program expansion, particularly in early childhood education and financial security initiatives.
Tech Stack 42 technologies
What United Way Is Building
◆Challenges
- Expanding donor pipeline
- Increasing corporate fundraising revenue
- Meeting fundraising targets
- Improving donor retention
- Retaining donors
- Data governance and quality
- Secure reliable data infrastructure
- Persistent community challenges
- Scaling priority programs
- Increasing access to high-quality early childhood education
▲Active Projects
- Annual campaign
- Workplace campaign donor engagement strategy
- Celebration of caring event
- Community needs assessment
- Donor relationship management system
- Management and growth of key programs
- Alamo quality pathway
- Directors of excellence program
- Providers council
- Integrating new software tools
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer, Resource Development Director, Brand Experience Director, Chief Executive Officer