Char-Em United Way Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237049778
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Boyne City, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3124021954
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $47,900
- Expenses
- $443,794
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Melanie Leaver (President)
- Mark Heydlauff (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Rebeca Otto (Executive Dir.)
- Melanie Leaver (President)
- Mark Heydlauff (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Char-Em United Way serves as a catalyst to develop new strategies and services to meet currently unmet needs, primarily in the areas of education, income stability, and community health. Char-Em United Way also provides financial and other support to effective health and human service programs which meet identified community needs, serves as the local administer for the Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program, coordinates volunteers for community organizations, provides prescription discount cards, and advocates for area citizens.
What it reported doing in 2021
Dolly Parton Imagination Library - Char-Em United Way serves as the local affiliate for this national program run through the Dollywood Foundation. The program provides books to children ages 0-5 free of charge to the family. An age appropriate book is mailed monthly to the child's home from the time they register until their fifth birthday. The cost of the books and promotional material is covered fully by Char-Em United Way through local donations and fundraisers. The cost averages between $25-30 per child per year. Locally, Char-Em United Way launched the project for children in Emmet and Charlevoix Counties in August 2012. It is proving to be extremely well received, with new registrations occurring nearly every day. In addition to providing books, we invite all families to family literacy activities and provide additional resources throughout the year to reinforce their efforts to build language and literacy skills through a bi-monthly electronic newsletter. The short term outcome of DPIL for our community is to positively increase the literacy skills and kindergarten readiness of Emmet and Charlevoix County children. The longer term outcomes are to impact 3rd grade reading proficiency which, in turn, will result in higher high school graduation rates and adult success for the children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Sustainability: 3
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -826.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $433K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.