United Way of Long Island

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
116042392
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Deer Park, NY, USA
Phone
6319403705
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,508,478
Expenses
$16,599,637
Assets
$13,695,753
Liabilities
$5,392,019

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

49 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Theresa Regnante (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Theresa Regnante (President): $406,825 total reported compensation
  • Craig fligstein (CDO): $247,370 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD WERTHEIM (HOUSING DIRECTOR): $235,964 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

United way of long island, ("uwli"), convenes volunteer, non-profits, unions, businesses, governmental agencies and donors to help create innovative approaches and verifiable results in the key human service areas of income, education and health. Uwli works with community partners to address long-term issues while funding urgent basic needs such as food, housing, health and heat.

What it reported doing in 2024

United Way of Long Island partners with agencies and programs that help children to succeed from cradle to career, encourage positive youth development, advance the study of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and increase the percentage of students who graduate from high school and are career ready. The organization also partners with agencies and programs that promote stable employment, support affordable housing, provide emergency shelter and increase the percentage of families who are financially self-sufficient through vocational training in high growth, high-demand industries. 17% of United Way of Long Islands allocations to partner agencies were invested in Education initiatives.64% of United Way of Long Islands allocations to partner agencies were invested in Income/Financial Stability initiatives.Other highlights include approximately $550,000 invested in YouthBuild, more than $475,000 in academic scholarships to high school and college students from families with low and moderate incomes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% 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. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 46.7%; rating input score 47; 11th 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; 66th 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: -0.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 43 of 43 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $407K · 49 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.