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United Way of the Bluegrass

EIN 61-0444679Community Development Kentucky Mid-sized

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live united

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. That's why United Way's work is focused on the building blocks for a good life: Education - Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Potential Income - Promoting Financial Stability and Independence Health - Improving People's Health Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy. United Way's goal is to meet the needs of today while reducing the needs of tomorrow. It's about helping families in crisis now while creating long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes to prevent problems before they begin. It takes everyone working together to create a brighter future.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

79.59Overall score
out of 100

72.28Financial score
out of 100

92.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,037,067

Total expenses · USD$5,378,496

Program expenses

$3,920,923.58 recorded amount

72.9%

Fundraising expenses

$1,156,376.64 recorded amount

21.5%

Administrative expenses

$295,817.28 recorded amount

5.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.23 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: William Farmer
Recorded compensation: $121,669.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.26%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of the Bluegrass
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	92.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. That's why United Way's work is focused on the building blocks for a good life: Education - Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Potential Income - Promoting Financial Stability and Independence Health - Improving People's Health Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy. United Way's goal is to meet the needs of today while reducing the needs of tomorrow. It's about helping families in crisis now while creating long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes to prevent problems before they begin. It takes everyone working together to create a brighter future.
`ein` EIN	61-0444679
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5378496.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.055
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.23
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.215
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7290000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	72.28
`leader` Recorded leader	William Farmer
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	121669.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0226
`motto` Tagline	Live united
`name` Charity name	United Way of the Bluegrass
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5037067.0
`score` Overall score	79.59
`state` State code	KY
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	3920923.5840000003
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1156376.64
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	295817.28

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 61-0444679
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: Kentucky (KY)
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.