Charity profile · Historical source record

United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County

EIN 56-0576157Community Development North Carolina Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live United

The United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County works to mobilize our community to help people improve their lives and care for one another. When we engage and mobilize people to give, advocate and volunteer, when we invest resources in and connect people to solutions in education, income and health and when we sustain and enhance the intellectual, financial and physical resources to carry out this work, then we improve lives and advance the common good.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

86.81Overall score
out of 100

81.79Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,281,762

Total expenses · USD$4,672,073

Program expenses

$3,849,788.15 recorded amount

82.4%

Fundraising expenses

$546,632.54 recorded amount

11.7%

Administrative expenses

$266,308.16 recorded amount

5.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.12 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: David D. Bailey
Recorded compensation: $119,925.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.56%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County works to mobilize our community to help people improve their lives and care for one another. When we engage and mobilize people to give, advocate and volunteer, when we invest resources in and connect people to solutions in education, income and health and when we sustain and enhance the intellectual, financial and physical resources to carry out this work, then we improve lives and advance the common good.
`ein` EIN	56-0576157
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4672073.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.057
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.12
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.11699999999999999
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8240000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	81.79
`leader` Recorded leader	David D. Bailey
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	119925.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0256
`motto` Tagline	Live United
`name` Charity name	United Way of Asheville & Buncombe County
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5281762.0
`score` Overall score	86.81
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3849788.1520000002
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	546632.541
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	266308.161

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-0576157
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.