United Way of Sheboygan County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390808471
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sheboygan, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9204583425
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,278,929
- Expenses
- $2,440,724
- Assets
- $3,807,147
- Liabilities
- $1,204,487
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATE BAER (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KATE BAER (CEO): $139,331 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 sheboygan county's mission is to improve lives and community conditions in measurable, lasting ways with a vision of a community where everyone can achieve their full potential. United way is committed to partner with local organizations, government, and businesses to understand and solve complex issues.
What it reported doing in 2024
United way of sheboygan county is committed to advancing our countywide goals and moving the needle forward on critical issues in our community. We do this by investing strategically investing in our community, supporting local nonprofit partners whose work aligns with shared objectives and continuously evaluating where we can make the greatest difference. Strategic investments were made in 17 local agencies, as well as our 3 community impact initiatives: -providing access to healing (path), a school-based mental health program that offers therapy services directly within local schools. -community partnership for children, which works to develop and support a coordinated system for sheboygan county's children, families and caregivers. -volunteer center of sheboygan co., organizes year-round volunteer opportunities and create a vibrant culture of giving back. United way of sheboygan county also works to strengthen the local social sector through small grants, our nonprofit resource network, volunteer center network, youth mental health network and additional trainings and workshops for the community. The organization also serves as fiscal agent and has vital partnerships with the sheboygan county human trafficking task force and sheboygan county housing coalition. During the fiscal year that ended 6/30/2025: -1,200 free books were distributed through our community partnership for children -3,547 volunteers supported 64 nonprofits through the support of our volunteer center -1,997 calls or messages requesting help with housing, healthcare, food, employment and other critical needs were sent to 211 from sheboygan county -11,786 therapy sessions were provided to 716 students in sheboygan county through our school-based mental health program -45,000 residents of sheboygan county received support thanks to funding from united way of sheboygan county
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% of its reported program spending out as 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 92.4%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $17.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 69.2%; rating input score 69; 18th 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: -7.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 92.4% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 23 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 22 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.
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.