United Way of Southern Nevada

Overview

Mission

United way of southern Nevada, inc. (the organization or united way) is a not-for-profit corporation governed by a local volunteer board of directors. The organization was incorporated in 1957 and its operations are primarily in clark county. The organization is one of more than 1,200 local, independent united ways across the country. United way's mission is to unite our community to improve people's lives. The organization is innovative and collaborative in their efforts to create a better community for all. United way is working with and through strategic partners to address the issues that no one agency can solve alone. The organization brings innovative thinking to the conversation, creating momentum through funds, volunteers, and support to scale the work of partners in the community. With these partners, united way is supporting children and families through its community based agenda. United way engages the community in selecting partners with innovative approaches, provides the

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.

Distribution model

Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 84
• Transparency & Controls: 74
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 23
• Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 88.8% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18.5M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 31 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 38 of 40 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 61 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 53 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
• Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.