Copper Country United Way

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
386030235
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Houghton, MI, USA
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,343
Expenses
$182,087
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Rubich (President)

People named in this filing

  • Laura Miller (Director)
  • David Heinz (Director)
  • Marlene Gilpin (Director)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Copper Country United Way is a Michigan Not-for-profit corporation that raises and distributes money to human service agencies in Michigan's Houghton & Keweenaw Counties.

What it reported doing in 2018

The Copper Country United Way solicits funds by using volunteer to deliver united Way packages to employers who solicit from their employees. Donations collected are returned to the Copper Country United Way. The Copper Country United Way also solicits through direct mail which is prepared by volunteers. Other business promotions are run to solicit funds for the United Way. these include businesses running a promotion and donating all their profits to the United Way. All money collected by United Way is disbursed to 501(c)(3) organizations

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 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -446.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd 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: 3.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $160K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.