United Way of DuPageWest Cook
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 451534557
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Oak Brook, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6306546339
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,479,096
- Expenses
- $6,029,486
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Carrie Buddingh (President)
Highest reported compensation
- David Cassel (Chief Professional Officer): $100,102 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
United way of dupage/west cook improves lives by mobilizing caring people to invest in the community where their resources are needed most.
What it reported doing in 2014
In health, united way concentrates on connecting individuals to a medical home for consistent care, specifically a primary care physician, and provides healthy lifestyle education and programming for young people. For the year ending June 30, 2015, united way of DuPage/west cook connected 60,103 people to a primary care physician; 71,200 people to preventative services and 41,273 people to insurance or subsidies. On the school-based prevention side, united way supported 1,866 youth with increased access to fresh and healthy foods and 2,219 young people with access to safe places for physical activity. Basic needs For those in most need in our communities, the DuPage/west cook united way is a core provider of food, shelter and safety from domestic violence. For the year ending June 30, 2015, united way of DuPage/west cook served 600,293 people; including providing 453,000 people with food; 134,999 with emergency housing or financial assistance to stay in their home; and 11,278 people with safety from violence in their home.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 31
- Sustainability: 11
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $14.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: Limited
- 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -34.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -40.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $5.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 21 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $164K reported
- Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 64 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 63 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.