United Way of Allen County Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Community collaborations: united way of allen county invests in numerous collaborative efforts that convene multiple partners to address critical community issues through our priority areas of educational opportunities, food security, housing stability, and mental health access using community-based solutions. --donor designations: united way of allen county (uwac) directs designated contributions (50 or more) to a specific uwac priority area(s), initiative(s), or to local united ways in other communities. Uwac retains 15% of designated gifts to united ways/funds that are part of the northeast Indiana consortium and 15.1% on gifts to other united ways. No other fees or percentages are charged against these gifts. --volunteer engagement and day of caring: our total volunteer engagement coordinated over 1,700 volunteers for over 9,700 hours of community service which equals over 340,600 worth of service invested back in to allen county. We work with corporate partners to connect their employees to volunteer opportunities in the community. We coordinate kit builds for them to complete or companies participate in our largest volunteer event, day of caring. Our 32nd annual united way day of caring continued to rebound in terms of volunteer numbers. In 2024, over 1,500 volunteers contributed over 6,000 volunteer hours, and completed 72 projects. Projects submitted for day of caring are completed in one day and typically consist of cleaning, landscaping, painting and other general maintenance. Projects take place at non-profit agencies, schools or private residences coordinated by neighborlink. United way works together with corporate partners, non-profit agencies and volunteers to meet the needs of our community, making allen county a better place to live and work. --persistence pays off: persistence pays off (ppo) is an initiative of united way that was launched in april 2021. The goal of the initiative is to get more students to complete their college degree or certificate by helping eliminate some of the barriers that students are facing. We partner with the trio offices at ivy tech community college fort wayne and purdue fort wayne along with luthern social services to provide students educational goal attainment, case management, life skills development and financial literacy coaching. Three hundred and sixty-six students have received services through ppo in four and a half academic years with a persistence rate of 96%. This means that 96% of the students have either completed their certification or degree or have re-enrolled the next semester to continue their education.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 72
• Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 97.3%; rating input score 97; 33rd 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings