Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,961,071

Total expenses

$1,996,704

Contributions and grants received

$2,872,295

Grants paid

$221,348

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$38,412

Other revenue

$50,364

Total assets, end of year

$7,433,737

Total liabilities, end of year

$536,913

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,896,824

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,575,239

Management and general expenses

$414,154

Fundraising expenses

$7,311

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,575,239

Program services were 78.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS TO UNITED WAY PARTNER AGENCIES EDUCATION, MENTORING, A STABLE HOME LIFE, AND JOBS - MSA UNITED WAY FIGHTS POVERTY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND INVESTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD ENTERS SCHOOL READY TO SUCCEED, ARE READING AT GRADE LEVEL, AND GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME. MSA UNITED WAY STABILIZES HOMES OF AT-RISK STUDENTS BY PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SUCH AS CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING, AND MENTORS TO INCREASE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND IMPROVE BEHAVIORS. MSA UNITED WAY INVESTS IN PROGRAMS THAT IMPROVE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND ASSIST THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY WITH FINDING AND RETAINING EMPLOYMENT. MSA UNITED WAY, TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILLION MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED AND APPROXIMATELY 25,000 NIGHTS OF SHELTER TO THE HOMELESS. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF NOTE AMONG A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES PROVIDED, APPROXIMATELY 2,000 CHILDREN SPENT QUALITY TIME WITH A MENTOR, APPROXIMATELY 500 CHILDREN WITH TRAUMA INCREASED COPING SKILLS, AND AT-RISK YOUTH RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 2,000 HOURS OF DIRECT SUPPORTIVE COUNSELING. THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS WERE MOBILIZED TO HOLD FOOD, DIAPERS, WIPES, PERSONAL HYGIENE AND WARM WINTER GEAR COLLECTION DRIVES, WITH 850+ VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH DAY OF CARING. THESE PAYMENTS INCLUDE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DONORS FOR SPECIFIC AGENCIES. MSA UNITED WAY RESPONSIBLY FULFILLS DONOR INTENT.

  Expenses $221,348 · Grants $221,348

• ENDING HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY ONE WAY THAT MSA UNITED WAY FIGHTS HUNGER IS BY ADMINISTERING THE UNITED WAY BACKPACK PROGRAM, PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 1,700 BACKPACKS EVERY OTHER WEEKEND FULL OF FOOD TO STUDENTS IN BISMARCK-MANDAN AND OUTLYING RURAL COMMUNITIES. IN 2024, MEALS WERE PROVIDED TO APPROXIMATELY 1700+ AT-RISK YOUTH TO END WEEKEND HUNGER. MSA UNITED WAY RECRUITED AND COORDINATED APPROXIMATELY 600 VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE DAILY MEALS IN 11 PARKS DURING THE SUMMER TO COMBAT SUMMER HUNGER. TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS, APPROXIMATELY 63,000 CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND SENIORS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHY MEALS.

  Expenses $200,126

• HOMELESS SHELTER IN OCTOBER OF 2017, A MAJOR LOCAL EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER SHUT DOWN, LEAVING MANY WITHOUT NEEDED FOOD, SHELTER, AND RESOURCES. UNITED WAY STEPPED IN AFTER BEING ASKED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER THROUGHOUT THE FRIGID WINTER MONTHS. UNITED WAY PURCHASED PROPERTY WITH A PARTNER IN 2019 TO BUILD A PERMANENT SHELTER FOR THE COMMUNITY, SERVING MEN, WOMEN, AND FAMILIES. MSA UNITED WAY RE-OPENED OUR DOORS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS IN DECEMBER 2022 AND HAS BEEN THE ONLY 24/7 EMERGENCY SHELTER IN THE REGION, SAVING LIVES, ESPECIALLY ON DAYS WITH WINDCHILL AS COLD AS -50. THE NEW FACILITY, CALLED THE CENTER FOR OPPORTUNITY, BEGAN SERVING RESIDENTS ON JUNE 1, 2023. THE GOAL OF THE CENTER IS TO BRING A MULTITUDE OF SERVICES ONSITE, SUCH AS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT, CHILDCARE, CAREER READINESS TRAINING, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND FINANCIAL LITERACY COUNSELING. THE NEW FACILITY PROVIDES SAFE SPACE FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, AS WELL AS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. ADDITIONALLY, MSA UNITED WAY PROVIDED HOTEL ROOMS AND CARE TO COVID-POSITIVE HOMELESS CLIENTS AND CONTINUED TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO COVID-19 TESTING PRIOR TO ADMISSION INTO THE SHELTER TO KEEP ALL RESIDENTS SAFE.

  Expenses $967,500

• EXPENSES PAID FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS. INCLUDED IN COMMUNITY SERVICES IS THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY ADMINISTERED BY UNITED WAY AND OTHER SMALLER COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS. THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY IS A PROGRAM ADMINISTERED AT NO COST BY MSA UNITED WAY WHERE FREE BOOKS ARE MAILED MONTHLY TO THE HOMES OF LOCAL CHILDREN AGES 0-5 EACH MONTH. IN 2024, 40,357 BOOKS WERE DELIVERED TO THOUSANDS OF LOCAL PRESCHOOLERS ACROSS A 10-COUNTY REGION.

  Expenses $186,265 · Revenue $1,270

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• MISSOURI VALLEY FAMILY YMCA

  $50,125

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• YOUTHWORKS

  $26,500

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• NORTHERN LIGHTS COUNCIL

  $20,000

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• MORTON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING

  $17,000

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $15,000

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• GIRL SCOUTS - DAKOTA HORIZONS

  $15,000

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• BURLEIGH COUNTY SENIOR ADULTS PROGRAM

  $14,000

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• DACOTAH FOUNDATION

  $13,500

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• GREAT PLAINS FOOD BANK

  $12,500

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

• WELCOME HOUSE

  $7,500

  MEET HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICE NEED

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

3 June 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202501559349301655

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