United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

United way programsthe volunteer center assists the organization by promoting volunteering programs needed in the community.community schools provides a neighborhood-based initiative led by the organization aimed at transforming schools into centers for creating neighborhoods where the strategy, schools, students, families, and community thrive as a unit to achieve student success. This transformation is achieved through robust family and community engagement, complemented by the integration of essential social services. Community schools united currently serves dorothy height, martin luther king, jr., and brewer early innovation academy in muscogee county, ga, and phenix city elementary school in russell county, al. These schools are each supported with a full-time community school coordinator, through an organizational employee. In cooperation with the city of columbus, home for good: the allianceto end homelessness is charged with implementing the 10-year plan to end homelessness. The 10-year plan provides the framework for advancing the community from a model of managing the immediate needs of homelessness to ending homelessness through long-term planning and key strategies.211 united way chattahoochee valley provides a single point of entry for all residents of the community to access assistance with online and telephone access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Individuals will receive access to emergency assistance, self-help and quality of life services, childcare and many other health and social services. The program will serve 8 counties and connect people to the assistance they need to address challenges of everyday living as well as those that develop during times of disasters and emergencies.the c4c/chips initiative was created to take advantage of economic development opportunities presented by the $280 billion chips (creating helpful incentives to produce semiconductors) and science act. The c4c effort began in september of 2022 when the first stakeholders were engaged in the concept of creating a regional technology hub for semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing in the chattahoochee valley as a part of the united way's poverty reduction initiative to reduce by half the regions' 20% poverty rate within 10 years by job creation. C4c has also established a strong partnership with Georgia tech and other higher education institutions in support of this effort.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 76
• Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: 6.9%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings