North Texas Area United Way Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
750950126
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Wichita Falls, TX, USA
Phone
9403228638
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,039,230
Expenses
$4,196,525
Assets
$2,912,169
Liabilities
$1,031,706

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROL MARLAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAROL MARLAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $79,098 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the north Texas area united way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities through providing leadership in identifying and evaluating needs in our communities, collaborating with other systems of care to help solve issues and developing initiatives which produce the most effective results for children and families. Ntauw is a community-minded organization, supporting programs and services which address improving outcomes related to education, income and health.

What it reported doing in 2025

Education: north Texas area united way (ntauw) helps individuals be prepared, inspired, and empowered to be career and college ready. One way this is accomplished is by supporting community programs that enrich educational opportunities, including those offered by boys and girls club of wichita falls, big brothers/big sisters, presbyterian childrens' homes and services, child care partners, communities in schools, wichita falls arts council, wichita falls youth symphony orchestra and zavala. Ntauw supports educational programs employing evidence-based strategies to improve kindergarten readiness, academic success and high school graduation. Ntauw designs and implements its own programs funded by grants to fill identified gaps. An example of this is the Texas home visiting program (thv) that matches parents with a trained home visitor who goes to the parent's home or a convenient location. Texas home visiting implements programs that are proven to support families from pregnancy until the time a child enters kindergarten. Texas home visiting utilizes three programs that have been proven to help children and families. The programs are: nurse-family partnership, parents as teachers, and home instruction for parents of preschool youngsters.. Programs currently funded by ntauw include a parent talkline and fatherhood engagement program, as well as other services that meet the needs of families residing in wichita county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $50.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.7% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 16 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.