United Way of Eastern Frontier Country
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 730732745
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Shawnee, OK, USA
- Phone
- 4052734012
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $425,605
- Expenses
- $590,387
- Assets
- $812,877
- Liabilities
- $235,743
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CALEB WINSETT (PAST PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN HANNA (PRESIDENT)
- ASHLEY FICHTNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SANDRA VANDERBURG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SANDRA VANDERBURG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $66,250 total reported compensation
- MICAH BARTON (DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINA): $12,188 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve the health, safety, education, and economic well-being of individuals and families in need in pottawatomie county, Oklahoma by connecting community resources with responsive and accountable health and human service organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
The united way of pottawatomie county is a charitable organizationwith a vision to build a stronger, healthier, and morecompassionate community. We accomplish this by convening andfunding qualified health, youth, and human service charities whoserve the local needs of our community. We fund programs ofpartner agencies with donations collected from the public in anannual campaign held in the fall. The donated funds aredistributed the following year to partner agencies through anallocation process called allocation/community investment. Tosupport our commitment to accountability and transparency, allocation decisions are made by a committee of 24 communityindividuals which are approved by the united way of pottawatomiecounty board of directors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 78% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 77
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $20.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 47.3%; rating input score 47; 41st 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -38.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $515K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $66K · 25 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 13 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.