Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941668459
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Yuba City, CA, US
- Phone
- 530.743.1847
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $241,704
- Expenses
- $202,076
- Assets
- $99,344
- Liabilities
- $29,391
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Robert Bendorf (President)
- Erica Hernandez (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Robert Harlan (Executive Dir.): $53,308 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Strengthening our communities through effective partnerships.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2023 Yuba-Sutter-Colusa United Way (YSCUW) created a Strategic Plan to move the organization forward into 2026. YSCUW serves the California counties of Yuba, Sutter and Colusa.In 2024 YSCUW had 24 non-profit Partner Agencies. YSCUW managed charitable campaigns for more than 30 local businesses, local governments, school districts and state employees working in Yuba, Sutter and Colusa counties.YSCUW also serves as the agent and chair for the local board of the Federal Emergency Food and Shelter Program, which distributed $172,448 to local non-profit agencies to purchase food for residents and also to provide emergency shelter services. 13 local non-profit organizations received this funding.YSCUW serves as a major community conduit, connecting citizens in need with connections to no cost and low-cost goods and services. Nearly 500 phone calls asking for this assistance were handled through the YSCUW office in 2023 alone.YSCUW collaborates directly with individuals, non-profit and government agencies, members of the faith-based community, and local schools to help improve local social services and to address community needs.Over 220 parents of children 0-5 years have completed our United Way Born Learning Academy which we began in 2022. The Born Learning Academy uses proven tips, tools and resources to help families take an active role in preparing their children for preschool, TK and kindergarten. Through the series of six workshops in local schools, Born Learning Academy provides practical, user-friendly guidance. Born Learning Academy strengthens our communitys school readiness effortsit also helps our partner schools solidify engagement of families with the schools.YSCUW welcomed some 500 members of the public in May of 2024 to the annual Community Resource Fair with 75 exhibitors talking to families about low-cost and no-cost programs and services available in the local area.YSCUW held their annual Cash for Food Drive in the Summer of 2024 which raised $15,351. Our annual Turkey Drive held in November raised $17,500 plus 496 turkeys and hams. 100% of the proceeds from these events were donated to local food pantries and the Yuba-Sutter Food Bank.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.3%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 67.4%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $1,834.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.4%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 13 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 56.3% of revenue deployed · 67.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $136K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.