Marshfield Area United Way

Analysis

Marshfield Area United Way is a registered charity in United States, based in Marshfield, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1964, 62 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Marshfield Area United Way reported income of $950k and spending of $968k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $950k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Marshfield Area United Way sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Impact Fund ($950k), Volunteer Action Center of Broward County Inc ($951k) and Restore a Child Inc ($949k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $79k (8.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $104k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 5 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.