Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$897,390

Total expenses

$872,214

Contributions and grants received

$920,800

Grants paid

$423,454

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,962

Other revenue

-$27,372

Total assets, end of year

$850,044

Total liabilities, end of year

$449,857

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$400,187

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$660,578

Management and general expenses

$81,801

Fundraising expenses

$129,835

Program service expenses (Part III)

$660,578

Program services were 75.7% 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 HAD THE FOLLOWING IMPACT ON DOUGLAS AND POPE COUNTIES IN 2023-2024.-PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD TO KIDS OVER THE WEEKENDS IN DOUGLAS & POPE COUNTIES THROUGH THE BACKPACK ATTACK PROGRAM. 540 CHILDREN PER WEEK DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR ARE SERVED.-PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD TO DOUGLAS & POPE COUNTY RESIDENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS THROUGH OUR FOOD DROP. 2,163 HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED.-TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER AND MEALS TO THOSE WHO NEED IT OVER THE WINTER MONTHS THROUGH THE HOPE HAVEN PROGRAM. WE DID NOT HOLD THIS PROGRAM OVER THE WINTER THIS YEAR BUT THERE WERE A FEW MINOR INCOME AND EXPENSE ITEMS THAT CAME IN.-PROVIDED 328 BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO STUDENTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH THE STUFF THE BUS PROGRAM.-INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES SPONSOR CHILDREN TO BUY THEM PRESENTS DURING THE HOLIDAYS THROUGH OUR HOLIDAY GIFT PROGRAM. DONATIONS ALSO CAME IN TO BUY GIFTS. 852 CHILDREN WERE SPONSORED THIS YEAR.-OVER 330 8TH GRADE STUDENTS WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HELP RESIDENTS WITH YARD WORK THIS SPRING.-PROVIDE RESOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ALLOW THEM TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT THROUGH OUR EQUIPPED TO WORK PROGRAM. 45 INDIVIDUALS SERVED THIS YEAR.-WARM WINTER WEAR IS PROVIDED TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED IT IN THE COLD MONTHS. 204 HOUSEHOLDS WITH 735 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED.-LICENSED TEACHERS AND AN INTERN PROVIDE 90 MINUTES OF LEARNING AT EACH OF THE 10-12 AREA PARKS WEEKLY FOR 10 WEEKS OF THE SUMMER. THIS IS FREE PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGES 3-10 YEARS OLD. TEACHERS READ BOOKS, DO CRAFTS, PLAY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES, PROVIDE A SNACK AND CHILDREN GET TO TAKE HOME A BOOK AT THE END OF EVERY SESSION. 1,319 CHILDREN ATTENDED LAST SUMMER.

  Expenses $660,578 · Grants $423,454

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.

Grants on this return

• WEST CENTRAL MN COMMUNITIES ACTION

  $38,000

  TO REDUCE EFFECTS OF POVERTY, HELP PEOPLE ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

• SOMEPLACE SAFE

  $33,000

  ASSISTS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, EXPLOITATION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER CRIMES.

• NORTH COUNTRY FOOD BANK

  $29,000

  PROVIDES FOOD TO PEOPLE IN NEED THROUGH ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER AGENCIES

• LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES

  $26,000

  PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ASSIST ADULTS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

• LEGAL SERVICES

  $20,000

  PROVIDER OF COMPREHENSIVE CIVIL LEGAL AID SERVICES AT NO COST TO LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND SENIORS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

• VILLAGE FAMILY SERVICES

  $18,500

  PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO CHILDREN, ADULTS, FAMILIES, AND COUPLES.

• ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $18,000

  TO PROVIDE EARLY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS TO PRESCHOOLERS.

• SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN

  $12,500

  TO HOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND CREATE EXTENDED FAMILY LIKE SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES.

• BRANDON EVANSVILLE SCHOOLS

  $10,000

  TO PROVIDE EARLY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS TO KIDS.

• MINNEWASKA ECFE

  $8,000

  TO PROVIDE EARLY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS TO KIDS.

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

23 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202520279349300032

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