United Way of Haywood County Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Community problem solving - the annual day of caring for specific community wide projects as well as other general services performed in the community. Day of caring began in 1997 with 15 projects and 75 volunteers, and has since expanded to 30 projects and approximately 325 volunteers. These projects include home repairs and maintenance, such as painting, yard work, and building access ramps. The mission of the day of caring is to improve the quality of life for elderly and disabled residents by improving safety and living conditions in their home. - day of caring details - in april, we ask agencies such as the haywood county health and human services and mountain projects to name people who might benefit from a day of caring project. The agencies determine if there is true financial need. The organization asks local companies to loan employees for the day to complete these projects. It is a good team building exercise for employees to spend a day outside the normal work environment. The organization will match the volunteers with projects based on their skill level. The leader of the team goes out to the project about a month before day of caring and makes a materials list. This list is given to volunteers who gather the materials and supplies needed to complete the job. Some materials are donated. Funds for day of caring are budgeted along with other agency support. Today, we have 30 projects around haywood county done by approximately 325 volunteers. Some of these projects include providing firewood to individuals, pressure washing, painting, koolsealing and underpinning. We are doing some simple plumbing, a lot of cleaning and yard work, building access ramps and repackaging products for manna food bank. Day of caring is an exciting day

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
• Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: $41.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 98%; rating input score 98; 34th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 40.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings