United Way of Richland County

Analysis

United Way of Richland County is a registered charity in United States, based in Mansfield, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1948, 78 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, United Way of Richland County reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.5m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.4m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, United Way of Richland County sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for Portland Public Schools ($1.4m), Littleton Public School Foundation ($1.4m) and Akron Marathon Charitable Corporation ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (5.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $138k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $222k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 4 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.