What is United Way of Greater Lorain Countys overhead expense?
Historically, our overhead expense has been between 15 and 18%. Our current overhead expense is 17.6%. Of this 8.9% is administration, 8.7 is fund raising.This means that 82.4 cents out of every dollar raised in campaign by United Way gets directed to services. This expense percentage compares very favorably to standards set by national and government watch dog groups that monitor such activities.
