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United Way of the Mid-South

EIN 56-1010742Community Development Tennessee Large

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live United

United Way of the Mid-South has served the people of our community since 1923 by generating resources to address critical health and human service needs. Every day, United Way supported programs help provide a nurturing environment for children, job skills for people who want to work, health care for seniors who might otherwise go without, food and shelter for those facing tough times, safe havens from physical and psychological abuse, therapy for those coping with special challenges and so much more. We create community solutions in the following areas: helping children and youth succeed; strengthening families and promoting self-sufficiency for individuals; enhancing the lives of adults with disabilities and seniors; maintaining our community's safety net; and building vital and safer neighborhoods.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

88.88Overall score
out of 100

84.28Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$20,519,820

Total expenses · USD$20,287,016

Program expenses

$16,919,371.34 recorded amount

83.4%

Fundraising expenses

$1,176,646.93 recorded amount

5.8%

Administrative expenses

$2,170,710.71 recorded amount

10.7%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.06 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: Kenneth S. Robinson
Recorded compensation: $262,700.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.29%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of the Mid-South
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	United Way of the Mid-South has served the people of our community since 1923 by generating resources to address critical health and human service needs. Every day, United Way supported programs help provide a nurturing environment for children, job skills for people who want to work, health care for seniors who might otherwise go without, food and shelter for those facing tough times, safe havens from physical and psychological abuse, therapy for those coping with special challenges and so much more. We create community solutions in the following areas: helping children and youth succeed; strengthening families and promoting self-sufficiency for individuals; enhancing the lives of adults with disabilities and seniors; maintaining our community's safety net; and building vital and safer neighborhoods.
`ein` EIN	56-1010742
`tot_exp` Total expenses	20287016.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.107
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.06
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.057999999999999996
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.8340000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	84.28
`leader` Recorded leader	Kenneth S. Robinson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	262700.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0129
`motto` Tagline	Live United
`name` Charity name	United Way of the Mid-South
`tot_rev` Total revenue	20519820.0
`score` Overall score	88.88
`state` State code	TN
`subcategory` Subcategory	United Ways
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	16919371.344
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1176646.9279999998
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2170710.712

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 56-1010742
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: United Ways
Recorded location: Tennessee (TN)
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.