United Way of Gordon County

Analysis

United Way of Gordon County is a registered charity in United States, based in Calhoun, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1987, 39 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 Gordon County reported income of $334k and spending of $400k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.0m to $334k (-68%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Gordon County sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Follicular Lymphoma Challenge Inc ($333k), Kearney County Community Foundation ($334k) and Team Hydro Foundation Inc ($333k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 19% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $31k (7.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $32k. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $2.3m.

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.