Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$10,859,446

Total expenses

$11,426,314

Contributions and grants received

$10,638,862

Grants paid

$4,591,532

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$204,964

Other revenue

$15,620

Total assets, end of year

$14,568,690

Total liabilities, end of year

$5,646,692

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,921,998

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$9,025,007

Management and general expenses

$977,861

Fundraising expenses

$1,423,446

Program service expenses (Part III)

$9,025,007

Program services were 79.0% 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

• UNITED WAY IS FOCUSED ON THREE PRIORITY AREAS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE ESSENTIAL BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A GREAT LIFE: HEALTH ACCESS, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY. OUR APPROACH IS UNIQUE BECAUSE WE INVEST IN PROGRAMS THAT MEET A NEED, ACHIEVE RESULTS AND ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF RESOURCES. VOLUNTEERS, WHO ARE DONORS AND LEADERS, REVIEW AND ASSESS PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE FUNDING. EACH YEAR, PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS. OVER THE PAST YEAR, UNITED WAY FUNDING ENSURED HELP WAS AVAILABLE TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $4,823,627 · Grants $4,591,532 · Revenue $15,620

• UNITED WAY PROGRAMSTHE VOLUNTEER CENTER ASSISTS THE ORGANIZATION BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMS NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROVIDES A NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED INITIATIVE LED BY THE ORGANIZATION AIMED AT TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS INTO CENTERS FOR CREATING NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE STRATEGY, SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY THRIVE AS A UNIT TO ACHIEVE STUDENT SUCCESS. THIS TRANSFORMATION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH ROBUST FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMPLEMENTED BY THE INTEGRATION OF ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICES. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS UNITED CURRENTLY SERVES DOROTHY HEIGHT, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND BREWER EARLY INNOVATION ACADEMY IN MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA, AND PHENIX CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN RUSSELL COUNTY, AL. THESE SCHOOLS ARE EACH SUPPORTED WITH A FULL-TIME COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR, THROUGH AN ORGANIZATIONAL EMPLOYEE. IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, HOME FOR GOOD: THE ALLIANCETO END HOMELESSNESS IS CHARGED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE 10-YEAR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS. THE 10-YEAR PLAN PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK FOR ADVANCING THE COMMUNITY FROM A MODEL OF MANAGING THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF HOMELESSNESS TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH LONG-TERM PLANNING AND KEY STRATEGIES.211 UNITED WAY CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY PROVIDES A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ACCESS ASSISTANCE WITH ONLINE AND TELEPHONE ACCESS 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK. INDIVIDUALS WILL RECEIVE ACCESS TO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, SELF-HELP AND QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES, CHILDCARE AND MANY OTHER HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. THE PROGRAM WILL SERVE 8 COUNTIES AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES OF EVERYDAY LIVING AS WELL AS THOSE THAT DEVELOP DURING TIMES OF DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES.THE C4C/CHIPS INITIATIVE WAS CREATED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY THE $280 BILLION CHIPS (CREATING HELPFUL INCENTIVES TO PRODUCE SEMICONDUCTORS) AND SCIENCE ACT. THE C4C EFFORT BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 WHEN THE FIRST STAKEHOLDERS WERE ENGAGED IN THE CONCEPT OF CREATING A REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY HUB FOR SEMICONDUCTOR AND OTHER ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY AS A PART OF THE UNITED WAY'S POVERTY REDUCTION INITIATIVE TO REDUCE BY HALF THE REGIONS' 20% POVERTY RATE WITHIN 10 YEARS BY JOB CREATION. C4C HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH GEORGIA TECH AND OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT.

  Expenses $4,201,380

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

• BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY

  $607,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• EASTER SEALS OF WEST GEORGIA INC

  $578,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• GIRLS INC OF COLUMBUS AND PHENIX CITYRUSSELL CO

  $392,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• FEEDING THE VALLEY INC

  $385,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• HOPE HARBOUR (COLUMBUS ALLIANCE FOR BATTERED WOMEN)

  $275,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• FAMILY CENTER OF COLUMBUS INC

  $275,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• YMCA OF METROPOLITAN COLUMBUS

  $250,400

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• HOUSE OF TIME INC

  $218,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

  $188,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

• MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS

  $178,000

  SUPPORT OF DONEE PROGRAMS

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202530519349300843

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