United Ways of New England Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042687831
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2011
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6176248000
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Federated Giving Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$948,776
Expenses
$2,434,272
Assets
$1,271,539
Liabilities
$1,271,539

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Each United Way in the UWONE partnership is working to address community issues and challenges in its region in an innovative and collaborative manner. All of the United Ways in this partnership are working to ensure that children enter school ready to learn and achive, that youth stay engaged in school and graduate from high school with options for the future and that individuals and familes can achieve financial stability through job training and housing.

What it reported doing in 2011

United Ways of New England, Inc. (UWONE) is a charitable fundraising support organization and classified as a Type III 509 (a)(3) organization. UWONE was established as a cooperative venture amoung local, neighboring United Ways in eastern New England for the purposes of planning, coordinating and executing regional fund-raising campaigns directed to selected major business organizations in the area. As of December 1996, the name of the organization was officially changed to United Ways of New England, Inc. (UWONE). The board of directors is comprised of eleven members, most of whom are senior executives from participating companies. The board works closely with an advisory committee comprised of CEO's from local United Ways in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -156.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -71.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -67.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2011
  • Money network: 190 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 116 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.