Resources Unite
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364761269
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Dubuque, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5632316280
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $392,206
- Expenses
- $381,107
- Assets
- $223,461
- Liabilities
- $23,018
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mark Clemens (President)
- Josh Jasper (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Josh Jasper (CEO): $72,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Resources Unite's mission is to connect people to resources and volunteer opportunities that lead to a happier and more engaged way of life.
What it reported doing in 2023
Resources Unite strengthens the Dubuque community by creating connections. The goal of Resources Unite is to increase community engagement among social service providers, Social service consumers and volunteers. ResourcesUnite also works to increase accessibility of social services and information to all citizens. We strive to innovate social services and assist nonprofits in becoming more effective and more efficient. We look to inspire a community to think beyond current status and for individuals to connect and inspire their community.Program service accomplishments continued on Schedule O.Resources Unite also partners with the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce to create and run Community Connections meetings on a monthly basis. These meetings allow nonprofit organizations the opportunity to network, share resources, and to provide trainings that will further enhance their respective missions.Resources Unite connected more than 5,000 individuals to meaningful volunteer opportunities. Resources Unite provided resources including, but not limited to, food, housing support, other basic supplies to more than 10,000 individuals. Resources Unite has created meaningful relationships with Spanish and Marshallese translators to help connect our services to different marginalized indivuals throughout the tri-state area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $323K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.