Charity profile · Historical source record

United Way of South Texas

EIN 74-2052527Community Development Texas Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Improving lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community to advance the common good.

Founded in 1979, United Way of South Texas works to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community to advance the common good. We assist agencies with funding needed to provide services throughout the community, focusing on impacting community needs such as homelessness, after school programs, services for the elderly, emergency shelters, health issues, transportation, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

84.39Overall score
out of 100

80.87Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$2,373,011

Total expenses · USD$2,448,915

Program expenses

$1,941,989.59 recorded amount

79.3%

Fundraising expenses

$384,479.66 recorded amount

15.7%

Administrative expenses

$117,547.92 recorded amount

4.8%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 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: Thelma M. Garza
Recorded compensation: $105,699.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 4.31%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of South Texas
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1979, United Way of South Texas works to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community to advance the common good. We assist agencies with funding needed to provide services throughout the community, focusing on impacting community needs such as homelessness, after school programs, services for the elderly, emergency shelters, health issues, transportation, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
`ein` EIN	74-2052527
`tot_exp` Total expenses	2448915.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.048
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.157
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7929999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	80.87
`leader` Recorded leader	Thelma M. Garza
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	105699.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0431
`motto` Tagline	Improving lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community to advance the common good.
`name` Charity name	United Way of South Texas
`tot_rev` Total revenue	2373011.0
`score` Overall score	84.39
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1941989.5949999997
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	384479.655
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	117547.92

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 74-2052527
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
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.