Tipp City Area United Way Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237120582
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Tipp City, OH, USA
Phone
9376693863
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,779
Expenses
$45,953
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAM CATALANO (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RUTH SAFREED (DIRECTOR): $7,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To raise funds in a united appeal for the operating expenses of community accepted local, state or national charitable, health and welfare agencies.

What it reported doing in 2018

Tipp city area united way is working to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. Through our work at the united way we realize that a quality education that leads on a stable job with enough income to support your family through retirement and good health are the building blocks to a better life. Education: helping children and youth achieve their potential. Improving access to quality, affordable child care and early learning opportunities. And providing after-school and mentoring programs for at-risk youth. Income: helping families become financially stable and independent. United way supports basic needs while increasing financial education. Helping hardworking people obtain their earned income tax returns. Health: improving people's health. By supporting programs that increase access to critical health care services. Reducing substance abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence for healthier life styles. Nationally, services funded by the united way touch one out of every three people. We invite you to be a part of the change. Together we can inspire hope and create opportunities for our community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, 49% for grants, and 0% for affiliated organizations.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -695.2%; rating input score 6; 6th 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: 15.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.7% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2011 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 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.