Charity profile · Historical source record

United Way of Whatcom County

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Live United
United Way of Whatcom County has worked for over 50 years to increase financial resources for local health and human service needs, and to seek and invest in community-building opportunities to improve Education, Income and Health for Whatcom County residents. Our mission is to increase the capacity to care for one another in Whatcom County and our 40+ funded programs touch more than 150,000 people each year. We focus on community wide goals for change in order to make a tremendous impact and by encouraging our community to Give, Advocate and Volunteer we mobilize workplaces, organizations and individuals to LIVE UNITED and make a better community for all.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.11Overall score
out of 100
93.09Financial score
out of 100
100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,778,623
Total expenses · USD$1,664,730

Program expenses

$1,363,413.87 recorded amount
81.9%

Fundraising expenses

$178,126.11 recorded amount
10.7%

Administrative expenses

$121,525.29 recorded amount
7.3%
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
Peter Theisen
Recorded compensation
$91,436.00
Recorded compensation percentage
5.49%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for United Way of Whatcom County
Source fieldOriginal source value
ascore
Accountability & transparency score
100.0
category
Category
Community Development
description
Mission & description
United Way of Whatcom County has worked for over 50 years to increase financial resources for local health and human service needs, and to seek and invest in community-building opportunities to improve Education, Income and Health for Whatcom County residents. Our mission is to increase the capacity to care for one another in Whatcom County and our 40+ funded programs touch more than 150,000 people each year. We focus on community wide goals for change in order to make a tremendous impact and by encouraging our community to Give, Advocate and Volunteer we mobilize workplaces, organizations and individuals to LIVE UNITED and make a better community for all.
ein
EIN
91-0570788
tot_exp
Total expenses
1664730.0
admin_exp_p
Administrative expense fraction
0.073
fund_eff
Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)
0.09
fund_exp_p
Fundraising expense fraction
0.107
program_exp_p
Program expense fraction
0.8190000000000001
fscore
Financial score
93.09
leader
Recorded leader
Peter Theisen
leader_comp
Recorded leader compensation
91436.0
leader_comp_p
Recorded leader compensation fraction
0.054900000000000004
motto
Tagline
Live United
name
Charity name
United Way of Whatcom County
tot_rev
Total revenue
1778623.0
score
Overall score
95.11
state
State code
WA
subcategory
Subcategory
United Ways
size
Source size label
small
program_exp
Program expenses
1363413.87
fund_exp
Fundraising expenses
178126.11
admin_exp
Administrative expenses
121525.29

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.