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Cedar Valley United Way

EIN 42-0801846Community Development Iowa Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Live United

Cedar Valley United Way's mission is to be a responsive leader in building caring and vital relationships throughout the Cedar Valley. Through being accountable and focused on our relationships, we will produce positive impact and yield measurable results. Our active role will add value to communities throughout the greater Cedar Valley. Cedar Valley United Way has a unique fund distribution and community planning process that calls on volunteers and staff to determine the extent of need in our community and assess each agency and program to verify its ability to provide an effective safety net for individuals and families. With careful planning, they make sure the resources at their disposal, including dollars, volunteers and in-kind services, go where they will do the most good and help make the Cedar Valley a better place to live.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.50Overall score
out of 100

83.75Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,958,186

Total expenses · USD$2,470,131

Program expenses

$2,087,260.69 recorded amount

84.5%

Fundraising expenses

$271,714.41 recorded amount

11.0%

Administrative expenses

$106,215.63 recorded amount

4.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Sheila Baird
Recorded compensation: $90,553.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 3.66%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Cedar Valley United Way
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Cedar Valley United Way's mission is to be a responsive leader in building caring and vital relationships throughout the Cedar Valley. Through being accountable and focused on our relationships, we will produce positive impact and yield measurable results. Our active role will add value to communities throughout the greater Cedar Valley. Cedar Valley United Way has a unique fund distribution and community planning process that calls on volunteers and staff to determine the extent of need in our community and assess each agency and program to verify its ability to provide an effective safety net for individuals and families. With careful planning, they make sure the resources at their disposal, including dollars, volunteers and in-kind services, go where they will do the most good and help make the Cedar Valley a better place to live.
`ein` EIN	42-0801846
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2470131.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.043
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.845
`fscore` Financial score	83.75
`leader` Recorded leader	Sheila Baird
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	90553.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0366
`motto` Tagline	Live United
`name` Charity name	Cedar Valley United Way
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2958186.0
`score` Overall score	88.5
`state` State code	IA
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	2087260.6949999998
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	271714.41
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	106215.63299999999

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 42-0801846
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: Iowa (IA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.