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United Way of Southwest Michigan

EIN 38-1358411Community Development Michigan Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live United

United Way of Southwest Michigan works to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. It is part of a national network of more than 1,300 locally governed organizations that work to create lasting positive changes in communities and people's lives. Building on more than a century of service as the nation's preeminent community-based fundraiser, United Way engages the community to identify the underlying causes of the most significant local issues, develops strategies and pulls together financial and human resources to address them, and measures the results.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.84Overall score
out of 100

95.70Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,645,660

Total expenses · USD$4,171,646

Program expenses

$3,337,316.80 recorded amount

80.0%

Fundraising expenses

$325,388.39 recorded amount

7.8%

Administrative expenses

$504,769.17 recorded amount

12.1%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.07 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: Anna Murphy
Recorded compensation: $119,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.85%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of Southwest Michigan
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	United Way of Southwest Michigan works to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. It is part of a national network of more than 1,300 locally governed organizations that work to create lasting positive changes in communities and people's lives. Building on more than a century of service as the nation's preeminent community-based fundraiser, United Way engages the community to identify the underlying causes of the most significant local issues, develops strategies and pulls together financial and human resources to address them, and measures the results.
`ein` EIN	38-1358411
`tot_exp` Total expenses	4171646.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.121
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.07
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.078
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8
`fscore` Financial score	95.7
`leader` Recorded leader	Anna Murphy
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	119000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0285
`motto` Tagline	Live United
`name` Charity name	United Way of Southwest Michigan
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4645660.0
`score` Overall score	95.84
`state` State code	MI
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3337316.8000000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	325388.388
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	504769.16599999997

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 38-1358411
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: Michigan (MI)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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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.