United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County
STAR RATINGCi's Star Rating is calculated based on the following independent metrics: |
✔+
FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY
Audited financial statements for current and previous years available on the charity’s website.
B-
RESULTS REPORTING
Grade based on the charity's public reporting of the work it does and the results it achieves.
n/r
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT
The demonstrated impact per dollar Ci calculates from available program information.
NEED FOR FUNDING
Charity's cash and investments (funding reserves) relative to how much it spends on programs in most recent year.
61%
CENTS TO THE CAUSE
For a dollar donated, after overhead costs of fundraising and admin/management (excluding surplus) 61 cents are available for programs.
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OVERVIEW
About United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County:
United Way of Windsor-Essex (UWWE) is a 3-star charity. It is financially transparent and has a below-average results reporting grade of B-. Its overhead costs are outside of Ci's reasonable range.
Founded in 1962, the United Way of Windsor-Essex (UWWE) is dedicated to eliminating child poverty in Windsor-Essex County. It aims to help kids succeed by supporting families, giving children support in and out of school, and building a skilled local workforce.
In F2023, UWWE spent 79% of program and grant spending on its Cradle to Career strategies (both in-house and granting). UWWE is transitioning from its traditional grant model to supporting the Cradle to Career (C2C) strategy. C2C is a strategy created by a collective of community partners called ProsperUs. UWWE is the main organizer of ProsperUs. C2C aims to create supports for children from birth until they find a career. It will do this through programs like kindergarten readiness programs, grade three reading and math programs, and high school student supports. These include the On Track to Success (OTTS) program. This program helps high school students graduate high school and supports them as they transition to higher education. There are 173 students enrolled in the program. As part of its C2C strategies, UWWE opened Ignite Academy in F2023. It offers reading and math support to students in grades two to seven. In F2023 153 students were enrolled in Ignite Academy.
In F2023 UWWE spent 15% of program spending on Other programming. This includes the Up2Youth program as well as programs to boost student, youth, women and retiree engagement.
The charity also spent 6% of program spending in transition funding. This is funding that was committed to other charities before the transition to C2C strategies. In F2023 UWWE granted $173k to the Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor and $95k to Family Services Windsor-Essex.
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Results and Impact
In F2023, United Way Windsor-Essex reports that 90% of its On Track to Success students graduated from high school on time/ in four years. Additionally, 76% of program graduates were in a post-secondary program. The national average for households of similar incomes is 47%.
The charity also reports that the Ignite Academy had a 74% retention rate, and that 97% of caregivers felt that their child benefited from the program.
While Ci highlights these results, this may not be a complete representation of United Way Windsor-Essex's results and impact.
This charity is not yet rated on impact (n/r).
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Finances
United Way Windsor-Essex received $4.8m in donations in F2023. It also received $315k in government funding, down 87% from $2.5m in F2021. This is due to a decrease in funding related to covid-19 initiatives.
Fundraising costs are 20% of donations and administrative costs are 19% of revenues (less investment income). Total overhead spending is 39%. For each dollar donated, 61 cents are available for programs. This is outside Ci's reasonable range for overhead spending.
In F2023, UWWE spent $2.7m on program costs (52% of total revenues excluding donor-designated donations) and $1.4m on grants (29%). The charity had a deficit of $1.1m.
Reserve funds of $3.1m can cover program and grant costs at the F2023 level for one year and three months.
As part of UWWE’s shift to focus on the Cradle to Career strategy, it is committed to spending $6.5m over five years for Ignite Academy, starting March 2022.
UWWE granted $367k in transition funding to different charities as it shifts to fully supporting C2C. United Way will extend transition funding for certain organizations for various periods through to March 2024 for a maximum of $172k.
This charity report is an update that has been sent to United Way of Windsor-Essex for review. Changes and edits may be forthcoming.
Updated on August 14, 2024 by Alessandra Castino.
Financial Review
Fiscal year ending March
|
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrative costs as % of revenues | 18.5% | 19.1% | 9.8% |
| Fundraising costs as % of donations | 20.3% | 20.6% | 15.2% |
| Total overhead spending | 38.8% | 39.7% | 25.0% |
| Program cost coverage (%) | 74.7% | 140.3% | 90.7% |
Summary Financial StatementsAll figures in $000s |
2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 4,837 | 4,374 | 5,027 |
| Government funding | 315 | 237 | 2,486 |
| Investment income | 82 | 43 | 75 |
| Other income | 137 | 44 | 152 |
| Total revenues | 5,371 | 4,699 | 7,739 |
| Program costs | 2,662 | 2,132 | 1,942 |
| Grants | 1,436 | 869 | 3,150 |
| Donor-designated donations | 430 | 67 | (276) |
| Administrative costs | 979 | 891 | 752 |
| Fundraising costs | 982 | 900 | 762 |
| Total spending | 6,491 | 4,859 | 6,330 |
| Cash flow from operations | (1,119) | (161) | 1,409 |
| Capital spending | 182 | 149 | 14 |
| Funding reserves | 3,062 | 4,212 | 4,618 |
Note: GOVERNMENT FUNDING: Ci reported government funding based on the charity’s T3010 filing with the CRA and backed out the amount from Canadian donations. TRANSFERS TO OTHER UNITED WAYS: Ci reported funds transferred to other United Ways as expenses, affecting revenues and expenses by $1k in F2023, $1k in F2022, and $13k in F2021. AGENCY SURPLUSES: Ci included agency surpluses returned in other revenue, affecting total revenues by $nil in F2023, $nil in F2022, and $32k in F2021. PLEDGES RECEIVABLE: Ci adjusted for change in pledges receivable, affecting donations and total revenues by $160k in F2023, ($459k) in F2022, and $704k in F2021. UNITED WAY CANADA: Ci reported grants to United Way Canada in administrative costs and backed the amount out of grants, affecting grants by ($41k) in F2023, ($44k) in F2022, ($45k) in F2021. GRANTS PAYABLE: Ci adjusted for changes in donor designations payable, affecting donor-designated grants and total expenses by $325k in F2023, ($20k) in F2022, and ($362k) in F2021. DEFERRED REVENUE: Ci adjusted for deferred revenue, affecting total revenues by ($25k) in F2023, ($96k) in F2022, and $21k in F2021. It was included in other revenue as the audited financial statements do no separate government vs non-government deferred revenue.
Salary Information
$350k + |
0 |
$300k - $350k |
0 |
$250k - $300k |
0 |
$200k - $250k |
0 |
$160k - $200k |
0 |
$120k - $160k |
1 |
$80k - $120k |
8 |
$40k - $80k |
1 |
< $40k |
0 |
Information from most recent CRA Charities Directorate filings for F2023
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