Wiregrass United Way Inc

Analysis

Wiregrass United Way Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dothan, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1981, 45 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, Wiregrass United Way Inc reported income of $3.3m and spending of $3.0m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.2m to $3.3m (+3.9%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Wiregrass United Way Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Louis Public Schools Foundation ($3.3m), Twisted Pink Inc ($3.3m) and Baton Rouge Community College Foundation Inc ($3.3m).

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 $109k (3.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $207k. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $291k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 6 employees.