How much of each donation is actually used to fund services? How efficient is UWSC?
UWSC’s administrative overhead is 11.09%. These administrative dollars allow us to operate as a professional business. The Federal government recommends an administrative overhead of 25% or less, and we are in an appropriate range for our size organization. We pay 1% of our total campaign revenue for membership in United Way of America. That allows us to use the United Way name and logo and also connects us with many valuable resources offered by United Way of America. There are 1400 UW’s across the country and we’re all autonomous, locally governed organizations. United Way of America sets policies for us only in the areas of accountability and licensing of the name and logo. UWSC is by far the most efficient method to fund services for so little administrative cost to partner agencies that provide services.
