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United Way of Greater Los Angeles

EIN 95-2274801Community Development California Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live united

United Way of Greater Los Angeles fights poverty and improves the quality of life for all in Los Angeles County by meeting basic needs like housing and health care, improving the educational achievement of youth, and helping families become financially stable. We provide expert research on the issues, invest in direct service programs that produce results, focus on systems change and drive change through partnerships that bring about effective and stronger solutions. By focusing our efforts on local and state public policy, we treat many of the root causes of poverty through desperately needed systems-change.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.50Overall score
out of 100

85.70Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$67,005,092

Total expenses · USD$67,760,243

Program expenses

$58,002,768.01 recorded amount

85.6%

Fundraising expenses

$7,182,585.76 recorded amount

10.6%

Administrative expenses

$2,507,128.99 recorded amount

3.7%

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: Elise Buik
Recorded compensation: $407,050.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.60%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	United Way of Greater Los Angeles fights poverty and improves the quality of life for all in Los Angeles County by meeting basic needs like housing and health care, improving the educational achievement of youth, and helping families become financially stable. We provide expert research on the issues, invest in direct service programs that produce results, focus on systems change and drive change through partnerships that bring about effective and stronger solutions. By focusing our efforts on local and state public policy, we treat many of the root causes of poverty through desperately needed systems-change.
`ein` EIN	95-2274801
`tot_exp` Total expenses	67760243.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.037000000000000005
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.106
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.856
`fscore` Financial score	85.7
`leader` Recorded leader	Elise Buik
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	407050.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.006
`motto` Tagline	Live united
`name` Charity name	United Way of Greater Los Angeles
`tot_rev` Total revenue	67005092.0
`score` Overall score	89.5
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	58002768.008
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	7182585.757999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2507128.9910000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-2274801
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: California (CA)
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.