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Glossary

Working Capital Ratio:

Determines how long a charity could sustain its level of spending using its net available assets, or working capital, as reported on its most recently filed Form 990. We include in a charity's working capital unrestricted and temporarily restricted net assets, and exclude permanently restricted net assets. Dividing these net available assets in the most recent year by a charity's average total expenses, yields the working capital ratio. We calculate the charity's average total expenses over its three most recent fiscal years.

Scoring Rubric for Fundraising Charities

Score: 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
Working Capital Ratio (years): >1.0000 0.5000 - 1.0000 0.2500 - 0.5000 0.0000 - 0.2500 < 0.0000
Working Capital Ratio (years): Score:
>1.0000 10
0.5000 - 1.0000 7.5
0.2500 - 0.5000 5
0.0000 - 0.2500 2.5
< 0.0000 0

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