Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$8,047,199

Total expenses

$9,224,079

Contributions and grants received

$7,502,318

Grants paid

$2,121,569

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$378,171

Other revenue

$166,710

Total assets, end of year

$16,048,949

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,193,238

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$13,855,711

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$7,852,343

Management and general expenses

$546,304

Fundraising expenses

$825,432

Program service expenses (Part III)

$7,852,343

Program services were 85.1% 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 · 2024

• COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM - THE COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY. OUR WORK IS ORGANIZED AROUND EDUCATION, IMPROVING FAMILY FINANCIAL STABILITY, ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY, AND FOSTERING HEALTHY BEHAVIORS. IN ADDITION, THIS PROGRAM HELPS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO MEET BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD, SHELTER, PROTECTIVE SERVICES, AND CRISIS INTERVENTION. UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS' (UWCM) STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS, EVALUATE FUNDING PROPOSALS, SELECT THE HIGHEST QUALITY AGENCY PROGRAMS TO FUND, AND MONITOR PROGRAM RESULTS TO ENSURE MAXIMUM COMMUNITY IMPACT.DURING FY 2025, 40 FUNDED PROGRAMS PROVIDED SERVICES IN ONE OR MORE OF OUR FOCUS AREAS.DURING FY25, UWCM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED WAYS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS RECEIVED AFTER SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME SUBGRANT FUNDING FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE FUNDING WAS MADE AVAIALABLE FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN - ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT. A TOTAL OF $2,186,500 WAS PROVIDED FOR 122 AGENCY PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT YOUTH PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN IN PRE-K TO 12TH GRADE. THIS FUNDING WAS PROVIDED TO HELP AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF AND INCREASE ACCESS TO LEARNING AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS THAT IMPORVE ACADEMIC, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH.

  Expenses $4,785,047 · Grants $1,246,000

• WOMEN'S INITIATIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM - THE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON BUILDING, STRENGTHENING, AND SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONFIDENT AND SAFE ADOLESCENT GIRLS, AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT ABOUT LASTING CHANGE. THROUGH EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, GRANTS FOR AREA PROGRAMS, DOLLAR $CHOLAR FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION, AND SPONSORSHIP OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE OF THE UNITED WAY IS A THRIVING VEHICLE OF CHANGE FOR GIRLS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS. THE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM FUNDED 11 COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS AND SPONSORED 6 LOCAL EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. THE DOLLAR $SCHOLAR PRGRAM RAN 16 SESSIONS WITH 725 STUDENTS AND 208 MENTORS.

  Expenses $309,200 · Grants $253,250

• YOUTHCONNECT PROGRAM - YOUTHCONNECT WORCESTER PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY, YEAR-ROUND, NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION, AND CULTURE TO ISOLATED AND UNDER-SERVED WORCESTER YOUTH AGED 5-24. FOCUSING ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH RESIDING IN WORCESTER'S MOST AT RISK NEIGHBORHOODS, WE DO THIS THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEAMLESS, INCLUSIVE YOUTH-SERVING CONSORTIUM. MODELED ON BEST PRACTICES AND UTILIZING A COMMON SYSTEM OF MEASURES TO DRIVE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES, THE PRGRAM IS BUILT ON A FRAMEWORK THAT DELIVERS POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND FAMILY STABILITY. PARTNERS INCLUDE: BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER, FRIENDLY HOUSE, GIRLS INC. OF WORCESTER, YMCA OF CENTRAL MA, Y.O.U. INC., YWCA OF CENTRAL MA, AND WORCESTER YOUTH CENTER.

  Expenses $752,561

• UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MA (UWCM) OPERATES ITS COMMUNITY SERVICES AND LABOR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS, SUPPORTS THE MASS 211 STATE WIDE INFORMAITON AND REFERRAL HOTLINE, AND SERVES AS FISCAL SPONSOR FOR THE WORCESTER EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE, INVESTING IN GIRLS ALLIANCE, WORCESTER HEALTHY BABIES COLLABORATIVE, AND AMOR PARA PUERTO RICO. IN ADDITION, UWCM GRANTED ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR SAFTEY NET PROGRAMS THROUGH ITS COMMUNITY SUPPORT CAMPAIGN. 14 GRANTS WERE AWARDED. THE COMMUNITY SERVICES' WOOSERVES PROGRAM PROVIDED VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH AGED 13 TO 18. 55 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED DONATING OVER 1,300 SERVICE HOURS FOR 51 PROJECTS AT 12 NONPROFIT PARTNERS AGENCIES.THE COMMUNITY SERVICES' DAY OF CARING ENLISTED OVER 750 VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON 40 PROJECT AT 38 NONPROFIT PARTNER AGENCIES IN 7 TOWNS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS.

  Expenses $2,005,535 · Grants $622,319

As filed on the 2024 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

• UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

  $294,490

  PROGRAM GRANT 527

• UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

  $242,209

  PROGRAM GRANT 528

• WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL

  $220,000

  PROGRAM GRANT HEATING

• BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WORCESTER

  $205,304

  PROGRAM GRANT YC

• YWCA CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC

  $115,500

  PROGRAM GRANT CI

• GIRL'S INC OF WORCESTER

  $106,222

  PROGRAM GRANT YC

• WORCESTER COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCES INC

  $100,000

  COMMUNITY SUPPORT WCHR

• CENTRAL MASS HOUSING ALLIANCE

  $100,000

  COMMUNITY SUPPORT CMHA

• UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MA

  $95,281

  PROGRAM GRANT 527

• COMMUNITY LEGAL AID INC

  $84,500

  PROGRAM GRANT CI

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

30 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611259349302281

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