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United Way of Central Iowa

EIN 42-0680425Community Development Iowa Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live united

Founded in 1917, United Way of Central Iowa's mission is to improve lives by uniting the caring power of our community. United Way convenes and unites action in three important areas: education, income and health. By making steady advances together, we create opportunities for a better life for all. The partnerships built by United Way of Central Iowa accomplish much more than any single group on its own, because it takes everyone in the community working collectively to address the underlying causes of problems. This is how United Way of Central Iowa is working to advance the common good. It's what we mean to live united.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

97.60Overall score
out of 100

96.61Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$27,983,776

Total expenses · USD$28,634,986

Program expenses

$24,941,072.81 recorded amount

87.1%

Fundraising expenses

$1,431,749.30 recorded amount

5.0%

Administrative expenses

$2,233,528.91 recorded amount

7.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Mary Sellers
Recorded compensation: $239,558.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.83%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of Central Iowa
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1917, United Way of Central Iowa's mission is to improve lives by uniting the caring power of our community. United Way convenes and unites action in three important areas: education, income and health. By making steady advances together, we create opportunities for a better life for all. The partnerships built by United Way of Central Iowa accomplish much more than any single group on its own, because it takes everyone in the community working collectively to address the underlying causes of problems. This is how United Way of Central Iowa is working to advance the common good. It's what we mean to live united.
`ein` EIN	42-0680425
`tot_exp` Total expenses	28634986.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.078
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.04
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.05
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.871
`fscore` Financial score	96.61
`leader` Recorded leader	Mary Sellers
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	239558.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0083
`motto` Tagline	Live united
`name` Charity name	United Way of Central Iowa
`tot_rev` Total revenue	27983776.0
`score` Overall score	97.6
`state` State code	IA
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	24941072.806
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1431749.3
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2233528.908

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 42-0680425
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: Iowa (IA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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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.