Financial Information

Last year, United Way invested more than $56 million in effective community programs across the region, and we are proud to report that our overhead rate is just 13.2%, considerably lower than most other comparable nonprofit organizations.

One of the primary reasons we are able to maintain such low overhead is the fact that only 2% of our workforce is paid staff; we are lead almost exclusively by community volunteers. In addition, we recently consolidated 54 United Ways across our region into one United Way of Metropolitan Chicago system, freeing up $4 million annually for investment in the community.

Through volunteer leadership and oversight, rigorous accounting standards and a concerted effort to be transparent, United Way continues to be the most effective way to improve lives and strengthen our community. For more United Way financial information, please download the documents in the sidebar.

United Way Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Statements
United Way Fiscal Year 2007 IRS Form 990