Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$699,023

Total expenses

$706,499

Contributions and grants received

$676,054

Grants paid

$275,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$22,776

Other revenue

$193

Total assets, end of year

$1,143,237

Total liabilities, end of year

$25,048

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,118,189

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$576,167

Management and general expenses

$61,134

Fundraising expenses

$69,198

Program service expenses (Part III)

$576,167

Program services were 81.6% 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

• UNITED WAY OF CASS COUNTY PROVIDES FUNDING THAT FURTHERS THE EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE ANNUAL FUNDING TO PARTNER AGENCIES THAT SERVE CASS COUNTY AND APPLY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROCESS. ORGANIZATIONS SEEKING FUNDING MUST ALIGN WITH THE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROGRAM(S) MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS AND GENERATE POSITIVE OUTCOMES. THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWS AGENCY APPLICATIONS, ATTENDS THE AGENCY'S PRESENTATION, AND MAKES FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD VOTES ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE THREE AREAS OF FOCUS ARE EDUCATION, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND HEALTH.

  Expenses $470,160 · Grants $275,000

• CASS COUNTY READING RAILROAD IS AN EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM THAT HELPS CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND EMPOWERS PARENTS TO BE THEIR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER. THIS IS DONE THROUGH FOUR PROGRAMS, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. OVER 3,000 CHILDREN ARE SERVED ANNUALLY THROUGH READING RAILROAD PROGRAMS. BEGINDERGARTEN IS A SUMMER PROGRAM THAT HELPS PREPARE CHILDREN FOR KINDERGARTEN AND IS TAUGHT BY LOCAL TEACHERS. CHILDREN ARE SCREENED AT KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION. THOSE WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION AND SKILL-BUILDING ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. THIS PROGRAM IS FREE TO PARTICIPANTS AND INCLUDES BREAKFAST, LUNCH, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUPPLIES. THIS PROGRAM IS PROIVDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOGANSPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION. DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROVIDES AN AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOK TO CASS COUNTY CHILDREN EACH MONTH. CHILDREN WHO RESIDE IN CASS COUNTY ARE ELIGIBLE FROM BIRTH TO AGE FIVE. THIS PROGRAM HELPS FAMILIES BUILD THEIR HOME LIBRARIES AND PROMOTES READING. THE BUSINESS PARTNER PROGRAM PAIRS A LOCAL VOLUNTEER WITH ONE OF THE 86 PREK THROUGH SECOND GRADE CLASSROOMS. THIS PROGRAM SERVES LOGANSPORT, PIONEER, LEWIS CASS, AND CASTON SCHOOLS. THE VOLUNTEER READS TO THE CLASSROOM ONCE A MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH APRIL. AFTER THE BOOK IS READ, IT IS THEN DONATED TO THE CLASSROOM TO BUILD THEIR CLASS LIBRARY. VOLUNTEERS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON AN ACTIVITY WITH THE CLASS. FIRST GRADE LIBRARY VISITS SERVE LOGANSPORT AND LEWIS CASS SCHOOLS. FIRST GRADE STUDENTS AT THESE SCHOOLS GET TO VISIT THEIR PUBLIC LIBRARY ONCE A MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH HELPS THEM LEARN ABOUT THEIR LOCAL LIBRARY AND PROMOTES READING. CASS COUNTY READING RAILROAD ALSO PARTICIPATES IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS EACH YEAR. READING RAILROAD PROVIDES BOOKS TO CHILDREN AT THESE EVENTS TO FURTHER THE LOVE OF READING AND ENSURE BOOKS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO LOCAL YOUTH.

  Expenses $77,536

• FACILITATE, INITIATE, IMPLEMENT, PARTICIPANT, AND/OR FUND UNITED WAY PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES THAT ALIGN WITH THE UNITED WAY INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING: LIVE UNITED DAY - AN ANNUAL DAY OF ACTION WHERE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS WORK ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. OVER 700 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN 2024. ADVOCACY, VOLUNTEER COORDINATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROCESS, AND COMMUNITY LEVEL WORK.

  Expenses $28,471

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.

Grants on this return

• THE SALVATION ARMY

  $59,633

  FAMILY SAFETY

• FELIX'S PANTRY

  $55,000

  CHILD FOOD PROGRAM

• CASS COUNTY YMCA

  $44,000

  PROGRAM & ASSISTANCE

• CASS COUNTY READING RAILROAD

  $34,620

  CHILDHOOD LITERACY

• CASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC

  $29,380

  ELDERLY & DISABLED

• FOOD FINDERS FOOD BANK

  $22,000

  DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD

• OTHER 501C3'S LESS THAN 5000

  $10,367

• BOY SCOUTS

  $10,000

  EDUCATION & HEALTH

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

28 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

202543019349300919

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