Charity profile · Historical source record

United Way of Erie County

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live United
At United Way of Erie County, we are working to reduce poverty in our region and create opportunities for a better life for everyone. We recruit people and organizations from across the community who bring the passion, resources and expertise needed to get things done. United Way of Erie County is a local organization that is accountable to our investors and our community. We are governed by a local board of directors and all decisions are made at the local level. Thanks to the generous community support we receive, United Way helps improve the lives of one out of every three people in Erie County in each year. Last year alone, over 100,000 men, women and children in our region were touched by United Way.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.36Overall score
out of 100
94.80Financial score
out of 100
96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,812,814
Total expenses · USD$6,776,811

Program expenses

$5,712,851.67 recorded amount
84.3%

Fundraising expenses

$711,565.16 recorded amount
10.5%

Administrative expenses

$338,840.55 recorded amount
5.0%
Fundraising efficiency
$0.14 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
William G. Jackson
Recorded compensation
$148,521.00
Recorded compensation percentage
2.19%

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 Erie County
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
96.0
category
Category
Community Development
description
Mission & description
At United Way of Erie County, we are working to reduce poverty in our region and create opportunities for a better life for everyone. We recruit people and organizations from across the community who bring the passion, resources and expertise needed to get things done. United Way of Erie County is a local organization that is accountable to our investors and our community. We are governed by a local board of directors and all decisions are made at the local level. Thanks to the generous community support we receive, United Way helps improve the lives of one out of every three people in Erie County in each year. Last year alone, over 100,000 men, women and children in our region were touched by United Way.
ein
EIN
25-1053091
tot_exp
Total expenses
6776811.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.05
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.14
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.105
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.843
fscore
Financial score
94.8
leader
Recorded leader
William G. Jackson
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
148521.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.0219
motto
Tagline
Live United
name
Charity name
United Way of Erie County
tot_rev
Total revenue
5812814.0
score
Overall score
95.36
state
State code
PA
subcategory
Subcategory
United Ways
size
Source size label
mid
program_exp
Program expenses
5712851.6729999995
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
711565.155
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
338840.55000000005

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.