Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$537,740

Total expenses

$709,580

Contributions and grants received

$461,574

Grants paid

$182,957

Program service revenue

$65,823

Investment income

$637

Other revenue

$9,706

Total assets, end of year

$434,740

Total liabilities, end of year

$226,318

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$208,422

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$491,391

Management and general expenses

$132,127

Fundraising expenses

$86,062

Program service expenses (Part III)

$491,391

Program services were 69.3% 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 · 2022

• UNITED WAY IMPACTS EDUCATION, HEALTH AND BASIC NEEDS TO HELP OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS. EDUCATION; MAKING SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN COME TO SCHOOL PREPARED TO SUCCEED, SUPPORTING THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL CAREER, AND HELPING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES GAIN JOB SKILLS, CREATING A RIPPLE EFFECT OF SUCCESS THROUGHOUT OUR UNITED WAY COMMUNITIES. HEALTH; PROMOTING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE QUALITY PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND DENTAL HEALTH CARE; PROMOTING INDEPENDENT LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROGRAMS, AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT TEACH HEALTHY BEHAVIORS AND PROMOTE WELLNESS TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBLEMS. BASIC NEEDS; SUPPORTING AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A GOOD LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

  Expenses $420,243 · Grants $182,957

• UNITED WAY COORDINATES AND FUNDS THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM. UNITED WAY HAS OVER 2,500 PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ENROLLED (FROM BIRTH TO AGE 5). THESE CHILDREN RECEIVE AN AGE APPROPRIATE BOOK THROUGH THE MAIL EACH MONTH. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP CHILDREN BUILD VOCABULARIES AND DISCOVER READING. IT ALSO BUILDS BONDS BETWEEN PARENTS AND ADULT RELATIVES AND THE CHILDREN AS THEY HELP FOSTER THE LOVE OF READING. THERE IS NO COST TO FAMILIES TO ENROLL THEIR CHILD AND THE CHILD RECEIVES 12 BOOKS A YEAR UNTIL THEIR 5TH BIRTHDAY. THIS IS ONE WAY UNITED WAY'S EDUCATION INITIATIVE HELPS PREPARE CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN.

  Expenses $65,554

• EMPOWER: WOMEN UNITED IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE UNITED WAY AND UNITES WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THE PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE WOMEN ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST PRESSING NEEDS, ENGAGE WOMEN AS PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS AND ACTIVE COMMUNITY INVESTORS AND EMPOWER WOMEN TO BE A PART OF POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEIR CURRENT FOCUS IS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF PREPARING AREA CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN. EMPOWER BEGAN TEN YEARS AGO IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF ONLY 50% OF KINDERGARTEN-AGED CHILDREN BEING READY TO START KINDERGARTEN. THE LITCHFIELD BRANCH OF EMPOWER BEGAN EIGHT YEARS AGO. THE KANDIYOHI COUNTY EMPOWER GROUP UTILIZES THE DOLLARS THEY RAISE IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS: 5% TO SUPPORT IMAGINATION LIBRARY; 15% FOR GETTING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS INTO THE HANDS OF PARENTS AND FUNDING PRESCHOOL BACKPACKS THAT HAVE TOOLS TO HELP PREPARE PRESCHOOLERS FOR KINDERGARTEN; 30% OF THE FUNDS ARE USED TO PROVIDE EARLY CHILDHOOD GRANTS ADDRESSING SCHOOL READINESS. THE REMAINING 50% GOES TOWARD THE "GROWMOBILE," WHICH IS A MOBILE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ONSITE PRESCHOOL IN TARGETED REGIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES YEAR ROUND. THE LITCHFIELD EMPOWER GROUP HOSTS EVENTS TO RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS IN LITCHFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THIS GROUP USES THE FUNDS RAISED TO PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR AREA CHILDREN WHOSE FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SAFE AND RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM PRESCHOOL.

  Expenses $5,594

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

• WILLMAR COMMUNITY ED & REC

  $56,000

  CHILD GUIDE PROGRAM

• TOTAL GRANTS 5000

  $30,876

• OLIVIA HOSPITAL

  $20,000

  HEALTHCARE

• BOLD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $13,000

  PRESCHOOL SCHOLARSHI

• LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MN

  $13,000

  SENIOR NUTRITION

• KANDIYOHI COUNTY FOODSHELF

  $12,081

  FOOD FOR NEEDY

• AIM

  $10,000

  WELLNESS & INCLUSION

• LITCHFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL

  $10,000

  BAND EXPLORATION

• GIRL SCOUTS OF MN & WI

  $6,000

  GIRL SCOUT PATHWAYS

• LET'S GO FISHING

  $6,000

  SENIOR/YOUTH PROGRAM

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 January 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202410279349300201

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.