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← UNITED CHURCHES ELIZABETHTOWN AREA

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by UNITED CHURCHES ELIZABETHTOWN AREA.

Totals

Total revenue
$360,577
Total expenses
$375,609
Contributions and grants received
$201,596
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$157,587
Investment income
$1,394
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,482,269
Total liabilities, end of year
$952,310
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,529,959
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$360,410
Management and general expenses
$15,049
Fundraising expenses
$150
Program service expenses (Part III)
$360,410

Program services were 96.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $201,596

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LICENSE FEES

    total $136,688 · related or exempt $136,688

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MOW FEES

    total $20,899 · related or exempt $20,899

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,394 · excluded $1,394

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $66,549 · program services $59,894 · management and general $6,655

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,759 · program services $4,283 · management and general $476

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,206 · program services $4,685 · management and general $521

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,081 · program services $23,019 · management and general $4,062

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $600 · program services $600

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,893 · program services $6,893

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,154 · program services $3,154

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,799 · program services $6,119 · management and general $680

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $15,068 · program services $13,561 · management and general $1,507

  • 20 · Interest

    total $34,334 · program services $34,334

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $84,942 · program services $84,527 · management and general $415

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,326 · program services $6,593 · management and general $733

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEALS - MEALS ON WHEELS

    total $33,194 · program services $33,194

  • 24b · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $24,399 · program services $24,399

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE EXP

    total $21,024 · program services $21,024

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIR

    total $16,123 · program services $16,123

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,158 · program services $18,008 · fundraising $150

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $24,262 · end of year $16,270

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $122,783

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,669,171

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $257,134

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,406,836 · end of year $3,412,037

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $52,877 · end of year $53,962

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,917 · end of year $66,698

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $959,850 · end of year $885,612

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,544,991 · end of year $2,529,959

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO STRIVE FOR WIDER FELLOWSHIP, COOPERATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AMONG THE CHURCHES IN THE ELIZABETHTOWN AREA AND TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS TO MEET THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ELIZABETHTOWN AREA COMMUNITY.

  • CPOW (COMMUNITY PLACE ON WASHINGTON) THIS PROGRAM IS THE PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF UCEA LOCATED AT 53-61 & 105 EAST WASHINGTON STREET IN ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. IT CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE BUILDINGS AND A POLE BARN. CPOW PROVIDES SPACE THROUGH LICENSING AGREEMENTS TO OTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SUPPORT TO THOSE IN NEED AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES. UCEA ALSO PROVIDES BUILDING OVERSITE, VOLUNTEER RECEPTIONISTS, INTERNET, UTILITIES, CLEANING, REPAIRS AND OTHER OVERHEAD COSTS. IN ADDITION, UCEA ALSO PROVIDES SPACE AT LITTLE OR NO CHARGE FOR SERVICES SUCH AS GED CLASSES, COMPUTER LAB, BEAR BAGS, TOAST MASTERS, AND VITA TAX PREPARATION, AND PROVIDES SPACE FREE OF CHARGE FOR A WINTER HOMELESS SHELTER AND A COMMUNITY CLOTHING BARN. FOUR LIVING UNITS WITHIN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WERE RECENTLEY RENOVATED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS.

    Expenses $286,724 · Revenue $136,688

  • FOOD MINISTRY THE BIGGEST PART OF THE FOOD MINISTRY PROGRAM IS THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD OF ELIZABETHTOWN. FOOD IS DISTRIBUTED TWICE A WEEK TO THOSE IN NEED WITHIN THE ELIZABETHTOWN AREA. DURING 2023, OVER 100 VOLUNTEERS, RANGING IN AGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO RETIRED PERSONS, GAVE OVER 2,100 HOURS OF THEIR TIME. OVER 1,800 HOUSEHOLDS (OVER 2,600 INDIVIDUALS) WERE SERVED. THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NEEDING ASSISTANCE HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. FOOD IS DONATED BY INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES AND GROCERY STORES AND CASH IS RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES. CENTRAL PA FOOD BANK GIVES FOOD, GRANTS, AND SPECIAL PRICING TO THE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD OF ELIZABETHTOWN. MEALS ON WHEELS IS ANOTHER PIECE OF THE FOOD MINISTRY. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LANCASTER COUNTY OFFICE OF AGING, MEALS ARE DISTRIBUTED ALMOST EVRY WEEKDAY TO THOSE APPROVED. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 10 VOLUNTEERS WHO DONATE OVER 15 HOURS A WEEK.

    Expenses $57,593 · Revenue $20,899

  • FUNDRAISING FOR UCEA IS ACCOMPLISHED VIA COMMUNITY AWARENESS WHICH INCLUDES NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, PARTICIPATION AT THE ELIZABETHTOWN FAIR, CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS, AND COMMUNITY INVITATIONS TO EVENTS AT CPOW. FUNDRAISING IS ALSO DONE THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCHES IN TWO WAYS - WRITTEN ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THEIR CHURCH BULLETINS AND/OR CHURCH NEWSLETTERS/SPECIAL APPEALS. THE DELEGATES OF UCEA ARE ALSO CHURCH MEMBERS REPRESENTING EACH OF THE CHURCHES. AS SUCH, THEY ARE PERSONALLY REPONSIBLE FOR UCEA INFORMATION TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO CHURCH MEMBERS.

    Expenses $16,093

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • BETH DREYER-DEGOEDE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ROBERT ENCK

    FINANCE CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SUSAN FRITZ

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0

  • DOUG LAMB

    CHAPLAIN

    Total calculated
    $0

  • EVERALD MCDONALD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • DAVID NARKIEWICZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BRUCE RIEFENSTAHL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BARRY STONER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523179349303822

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