United Way of Delaware County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 314423899
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Delaware, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6144368929
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,004,832
- Expenses
- $2,978,043
- Assets
- $3,758,051
- Liabilities
- $953,883
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRANDON FELLER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BRANDON FELLER (PRESIDENT): $188,299 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the united way of Delaware county is to improve the quality of life in our community. This is achieved by effectively managing the funds entrusted to them and strategically investing in programs that enhance health, education and financial stability in the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
The strengthening families initiative is a trusting network of 40+ local social services organizations, government agencies and non-traditional partners addressing collective impact strategies on adverse childhood experiences (aces). Aces are events or circumstances that may be traumatic to children during the first 18 years of life. (aces) can have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. The overall goal being to reduce and/or mitigate aces in Delaware county children and families. Evidence-based strategies to address this goal were researched by the health policy institute of Ohio, and selected by partner agencies include: early childhood education (birth to 3rd grade): increase kindergarten readiness parent, caregiver, and family skills training: increase school attendance mentorship programs: strengthen or sustain ages 11-17 year old's sense of hope. The ability to set and achieve goals and their motivation to pursue those goals. Community conditions: includes work through the Delaware county hunger alliance, Delaware county housing alliance, Delaware county against human trafficking coalition and other basic need providers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 82.9%; rating input score 83; 22nd 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: 0.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $188K · 14 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 14 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.