United Way of Southern Kentucky Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 610590564
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bowling Green, KY, USA
- Phone
- 2708433205
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,187,529
- Expenses
- $2,800,031
- Assets
- $5,278,890
- Liabilities
- $1,257,339
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
28 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBBIE HILLS (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- DEBBIE HILLS (PRESIDENT/CEO): $151,098 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 be the leader in bringing together the resources to build a stronger, more caring community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Southern Kentucky 2-1-1: in july 2024 southern Kentucky 2-1-1 completed its ninth year of information and referral services to the residents of the allen, barren, butler, edmonson, hart, logan, metcalfe, monroe, simpson and warren counties. In january 2021 text services became available, adding another way those in need could reach out to 2-1-1. In fy2025, southern Kentucky 2-1-1 provided more than 9,421 contacts with information about utility assistance, food pantries, rent assistance, emergency shelter, childcare, employment, transportation, and clothing, and more. Contacts via telephone or text are answered 24/7/365, and our online public search about available services can be accessed through www.navigateresources.net/uwsk/. In january 2025, southern Kentucky 2-1-1 became the service provider for the central Kentucky counties of hardin, breckenridge, grayson, larue, and meade. The opening of southern Kentucky 2-1-1 in july 2016 made information about community services available to more than 60% of kentuckians, and in 2021, 2-1-1 services became available state-wide. Since opening, a total of 68,693 contacts have come into the center.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 63% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 98
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 78.5%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 74.5%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 96.4%; rating input score 96; 26th 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: 12.2%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 78.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 27 of 28 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $151K · 28 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 30 current checks pass · 2 findings 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.