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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UTILITY EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,670,038
Total expenses
$6,427,493
Contributions and grants received
$6,670,038
Grants paid
$2,435,731
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,365,262
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,518,297
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$153,035
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,894,666
Management and general expenses
$532,827
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,894,666

Program services were 91.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,452,295

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,217,743

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,435,731 · program services $2,435,731

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,507,405 · program services $2,178,701 · management and general $328,704

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $403,649 · program services $349,076 · management and general $54,573

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $297,730 · program services $257,477 · management and general $40,253

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,825 · program services $24,063 · management and general $3,762

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,834 · program services $9,834

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $460,660 · program services $398,379 · management and general $62,281

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $205,965 · program services $178,119 · management and general $27,846

  • 20 · Interest

    total $26,846 · program services $23,452 · management and general $3,394

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,787 · management and general $5,787

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $46,061 · program services $39,834 · management and general $6,227

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $892,433 · end of year $508,080

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,939,877 · end of year $2,619,685

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $69,675 · end of year $69,675

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

    $235,029

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

    $94,284

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $146,532 · end of year $140,745

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $27,077 · end of year $27,077

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,342,937 · end of year $791,937

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,128,237 · end of year $2,726,360

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$930,932 · end of year -$688,387

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $535,352 · end of year $535,352

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To provide housing stabilization to individuals and families in crisis by providing utility assistance and other housing stabilization programs.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Provide direct financial to residence unable to pay utility and housing bills.

  • Long-term housing which consists of the following: Oil Assistance Program UESF providers direct assistance for oil to low-income individuals and families who are unable to afford the cost of an oil delivery Philadelphia Works Partnership Since February 2010, UESF has partnered with Philadelphia Works to assist their workforce development clients with utility, rental/mortgages, and security deposit assistance.

    Expenses $585,599

  • Veterans Program-UESF works with veterans and veteran families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of losing their homes. UESF's range of services helps them acquire the resources to become stable.

    Expenses $4,452,975

  • Front Door programs which consist of the following: Utility Settlement Program-UESF provides financial assistance to low-income individuals and families who are facing utility terminations or who have had their utilities shut off. UESF provides assistance for PECO, Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) and Philadelphia Water Département (PWD) applicants up to $1,500 per applicant through various grants including The Department of Housing and Urban Development, The Office of Homeless Services and Philadelphia Works, PECO, PGW, and PWD provide contributions to UESF to provide support to UESF to Provide support to UESF to run the program. Water Conservation Housing Stabilization Program Low-income families with high water usages and high bills often get behind on their bills and face having their water turned off. UESF helps water customers facing these problems.

    Expenses $232,060

  • Youth and Family programs which consists of the following Family Stabilization Programs, partnering with the United Way of Philadelphia and South Jersey and the Siemer Institute. The program focuses on families with students in the Philadelphia School District. The goal is to improve a family's long-term housing stability, thereby reducing school mobility for children thus increasing a child's academic success.

    Expenses $624,032

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Rowe

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $169,366
    From this org
    $169,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,366
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $169,366

  • Virigina Sims-Riley

    Director Of Operations & Finance

    Total calculated
    $115,228
    From this org
    $115,228
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,228
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $115,228

  • John Hanssens

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laura Copelamd

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patricia King

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tyra Jackson

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sara Pontoski

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 July 2026
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202612019349300996

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