United Way of Decatur and Mid Illinois

Analysis

United Way of Decatur and Mid Illinois is a registered charity in United States, based in Decatur, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1954, 72 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 Decatur and Mid Illinois reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.9m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $2.0m to $1.3m (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Decatur and Mid Illinois 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 82nd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shaw Festival Foundation ($1.3m), Four Way Community Foundation ($1.3m) and Foundation for the Tri-State Community Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $130k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $354k. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 8 employees.