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← UNITED WAY OF MERCED COUNTY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNITED WAY OF MERCED COUNTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,597,150
Total expenses
$5,575,634
Contributions and grants received
$4,809,085
Grants paid
$3,326,543
Program service revenue
$667,181
Investment income
$64,549
Other revenue
$56,335
Total assets, end of year
$4,246,774
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,718,018
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,528,756
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,270,994
Management and general expenses
$301,688
Fundraising expenses
$2,952
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,270,994

Program services were 94.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $3,257

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,805,828

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Interpreting

    total $547,606 · related or exempt $547,606

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Administrative Support

    total $119,575 · related or exempt $119,575

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $64,549 · related or exempt $64,549

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $3,257

  • 11a · Other revenue: Sublease Income

    total $51,700 · related or exempt $51,700

  • 11b · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $4,635 · related or exempt $4,635

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $56,335

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,412,242 · program services $1,412,242

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,914,301 · program services $1,914,301

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $183,176 · program services $43,206 · management and general $138,120 · fundraising $1,850

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,223,584 · program services $1,179,112 · management and general $44,238 · fundraising $234

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $116,729 · program services $101,425 · management and general $15,132 · fundraising $172

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $110,949 · program services $96,402 · management and general $14,382 · fundraising $165

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,788 · program services $15,456 · management and general $2,306 · fundraising $26

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $144,407 · program services $144,407

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $45,977 · program services $45,977

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $96,008 · program services $84,310 · management and general $11,565 · fundraising $133

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $134,084 · program services $117,304 · management and general $16,535 · fundraising $245

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,191 · program services $9,724 · management and general $1,451 · fundraising $16

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,999 · program services $1,687 · management and general $11,312

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5 · program services $5

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,751 · program services $4,997 · management and general $746 · fundraising $8

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,542 · program services $21,324 · management and general $3,181 · fundraising $37

  • 24a · Other expenses: United Way Worldwide Dues

    total $31,940 · management and general $31,940

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues fees subscriptions

    total $71,112 · program services $65,074 · management and general $6,038

  • 24c · Other expenses: Meetings and meals

    total $11,446 · program services $10,748 · management and general $698

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,403 · program services $3,293 · management and general $4,044 · fundraising $66

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,867,533 · end of year $1,256,594

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $296,063

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $80,893 · end of year $278,289

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $273,340 · end of year $121,177

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,684 · end of year $49,853

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

    $204,993

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

    $49,040

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,734 · end of year $155,953

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,289,156 · end of year $2,088,845

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $112,067 · end of year $184,374

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,648,741 · end of year $456,163

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,282,292 · end of year $2,077,481

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,253,845 · end of year $1,406,156

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $253,395 · end of year $122,600

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We fight for the health, education, and financial stability of all Merced county residents.

  • California Creative Corps is a 4.2 million dollar economic and workforce recovery pilot program intended to support pandemic recovery and the environmental, civic and social engagement of Californias most disproportionately impacted communities. Using a variety of art forms, including visual, performing, and traditional arts, artists will advance positive community outcomes by creating locally focused, contextually and culturally sensitive public messaging and work. As the Administering Organization for the three counties, United Way of Merced County will regrant funds to arts and social service organizations and to individual artists and cultural workers throughout Merced, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties. The Heartland Creative Corps represents an unprecedented collaboration between County-designated arts agencies from all three counties. The arts agencies will work cooperatively to support program administration and serve as primary partners, service providers

    Expenses $3,366,913 · Grants $3,079,621 · Revenue $3,366,913

  • The Language Care program employs fourteen bilingual staff members who offer interpreting services to local hospitals, clinics, and emergency rooms. Available 24/7, these services include face-to-face interpretation in six languages. Through a partnership with Dignity Health, the program achieves the highest standards of medical interpreting, enhancing the primary healthcare services for Merced Countys residents. This initiative guarantees that patients who do not speak English have access to equal levels of service and healthcare rights as English-speaking individuals.

    Expenses $573,400 · Revenue $547,606

  • Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization proactively addressed community needs in Merced County by mobilizing funds from individuals, businesses, corporations, foundations, and other entities. These efforts supported a range of relief programs, including the provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) to frontline workers, assistance with rent, mortgages, and utilities, grants for non-profit stabilization, support for community food distribution, tele-education, and the supply of essential items to residents.

    Expenses $374,012 · Grants $110,000 · Revenue $524,674

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Hypes

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $99,011
    From this org
    $88,036
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,975
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jonathan Towell

    Chief Finance Officer

    Total calculated
    $86,015
    From this org
    $77,760
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,255
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sheilah Brooks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Harmon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Will Kelly

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teri Kleinen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christie Hendricks

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Colton Dennis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashely Smith-Jenkins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Moran

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Alexander

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Walsh

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • Right Edge Fun & Fitness

    no cash amount reported

    COVID-19 Business Stabilization

  • Joe On The Go Cafe

    no cash amount reported

    COVID-19 Business Stabilization

  • JS Randhawa Inc

    no cash amount reported

    COVID-19 Business Stabilization

  • Mariposa Community Foundation

    no cash amount reported

    Fire assistance

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510869349300601

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