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United Way of Metropolitan Chicago

EIN 30-0200478Community Development Illinois Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

United, we are unleashing the potential of greater Chicago...neighborhood by neighborhood.

United Way of Metro Chicago is the largest private funder and most effective convener of human services in the Chicago region. We fight for the health, education, financial stability and safety of every person in every neighborhood across the Chicago region. We go beyond single-issue solutions and temporary fixes to impact millions of lives

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

87.91Overall score
out of 100

86.92Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$51,531,405

Total expenses · USD$55,352,535

Program expenses

$45,942,604.05 recorded amount

83.0%

Fundraising expenses

$5,258,490.83 recorded amount

9.5%

Administrative expenses

$4,096,087.59 recorded amount

7.4%

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: Wendy Du Boe
Recorded compensation: $372,440.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.67%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	United Way of Metro Chicago is the largest private funder and most effective convener of human services in the Chicago region. We fight for the health, education, financial stability and safety of every person in every neighborhood across the Chicago region. We go beyond single-issue solutions and temporary fixes to impact millions of lives
`ein` EIN	30-0200478
`tot_exp` Total expenses	55352535.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07400000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.09
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.095
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.83
`fscore` Financial score	86.92
`leader` Recorded leader	Wendy Du Boe
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	372440.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0067
`motto` Tagline	United, we are unleashing the potential of greater Chicago...neighborhood by neighborhood.
`name` Charity name	United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
`tot_rev` Total revenue	51531405.0
`score` Overall score	87.91
`state` State code	IL
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	45942604.05
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	5258490.825
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	4096087.590000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 30-0200478
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: Illinois (IL)
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.