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United Way of Gaston County

EIN 56-0653356Community Development North Carolina Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

LIVE UNITED

In 1953, the Greater Gastonia United Fund was chartered as a non-profit organization with eleven participating agencies. The name United Way of Gaston County was adopted by the Board of Directors on June 21, 1972. Our mission is to unite our community to help and care for one another. With more than 50 programs and 22 Partner Agencies, our priority funding areas are education, income and health.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

90.49Overall score
out of 100

87.16Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,742,863

Total expenses · USD$1,775,571

Program expenses

$1,452,417.08 recorded amount

81.8%

Fundraising expenses

$170,454.82 recorded amount

9.6%

Administrative expenses

$149,147.96 recorded amount

8.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.09 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: Deborah Ally
Recorded compensation: $104,607.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.89%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of Gaston County
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	In 1953, the Greater Gastonia United Fund was chartered as a non-profit organization with eleven participating agencies. The name United Way of Gaston County was adopted by the Board of Directors on June 21, 1972. Our mission is to unite our community to help and care for one another. With more than 50 programs and 22 Partner Agencies, our priority funding areas are education, income and health.
`ein` EIN	56-0653356
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1775571.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.084
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.096
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.818
`fscore` Financial score	87.16
`leader` Recorded leader	Deborah Ally
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	104607.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.058899999999999994
`motto` Tagline	LIVE UNITED
`name` Charity name	United Way of Gaston County
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1742863.0
`score` Overall score	90.49
`state` State code	NC
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1452417.078
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	170454.816
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	149147.964

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-0653356
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: North Carolina (NC)
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.