United Way of Washington County Maryland Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 520691704
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hagerstown, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3017398200
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Federated Giving Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,036,453
- Expenses
- $855,446
- Assets
- $966,449
- Liabilities
- $311,338
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER GUESSFORD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- HEATHER GUESSFORD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $98,594 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Through strategic leadership and investments, united way of Washington county, md will impact community improvement and inspire collaboration to address critical needs in education, income and health.
What it reported doing in 2024
Objective of investing in financial stability and basic needs programs: everyone deserves the opportunity to build a livelihood that sustains their family and fosters a secure future. Our strategy is dedicated to empowering people to attain financial stability while discovering opportunities to enhance their economic wellbeing. Efforts relate to:-helping individuals and families lower costs by providing financial services, products, and accessing benefits.-helping individuals attain family-sustaining jobs that offer living wages, benefits, and opportunities for advancement. -helping individuals and families secure safe, affordable housing, reducing homelessness, and providing pathways to home ownership. -closing persistent gaps and disparities and fostering economic opportunity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $88.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 92%; rating input score 92; 39th 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: 17.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $722K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 24 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 33 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 13 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.