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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by United Way of Geauga County.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,044,488
Total expenses
$965,251
Contributions and grants received
$748,800
Grants paid
$430,273
Program service revenue
$289,688
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$6,000
Total assets, end of year
$1,262,357
Total liabilities, end of year
$607,604
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$654,753
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$701,364
Management and general expenses
$116,294
Fundraising expenses
$147,593
Program service expenses (Part III)
$701,364

Program services were 72.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $748,800

  • 2a · Program service revenue: INFORMATION, REFERRAL & EMPLOYMENT SVCS

    total $289,688 · related or exempt $289,688

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $6,000 · excluded $6,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $430,273 · program services $430,273

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,321 · management and general $1,321

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,749 · management and general $14,749

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,157 · program services $3,157

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,458 · program services $60,917 · management and general $5,541

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,462 · program services $7,928 · management and general $8,717 · fundraising $7,817

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,657 · management and general $8,657

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,874 · program services $19,774 · management and general $17,142 · fundraising $13,958

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,832 · management and general $4,832

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,549 · program services $1,157 · management and general $1,333 · fundraising $59

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,066 · management and general $5,066

  • 24a · Other expenses: REIMBURSED PAYROLL EXPENSES

    total $349,330 · program services $178,158 · management and general $45,413 · fundraising $125,759

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $2,039 · management and general $2,039

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $1,484 · management and general $1,484

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $74,848 · end of year $46,776

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $709,895 · end of year $739,101

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $16,325

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $16,325

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $412,118 · end of year $460,155

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,841 · end of year $495,362

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $638,289 · end of year $112,242

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $549,002 · end of year $642,404

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,729 · end of year $12,349

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

UNITED WAY OF GEAUGA COUNTYS MISSION IS TO BE THE LEADER IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY UNITING PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN GEAUGA COUNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO UNITE PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN GEAUGA COUNTY.

  • COMMUNITY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY IMPACT PROGRAM GRANTS - UNITED WAY OF GEAUGA COUNTY FUNDS PROGRAMS THAT MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN GEAUGA COUNTY. UNITED WAY CONDUCTS EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES. INFORMATION, REFERRAL AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES - IN ADDITION TO FUNDING PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY, UNITED WAY OF GEAUGA COUNTY PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE GREATER GOOD WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE UNITED WAY 211 PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP THE PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONALS FIND, UNDERSTAND AND ACCESS COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR CLIENTS. WORKPLACE RESOURCE COORDINATION SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE BRIDGES@WORK PROGRAM WHICH HELPS EMPLOYEES GET TO WORK, STAY FOCUSED AT WORK AND ADVANCE IN THE WORKPLACE. FINALLY, THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER OFFERS A SINGLE SOURCE FOR INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND OLDER ADULTS REGARDLESS OF INCOME.

    Expenses $701,364 · Grants $430,273 · Revenue $289,688

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sharon Sobol Jordan

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $431,315
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $355,929
    Other
    $75,386
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $355,929 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $49,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,886 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $431,315 related
  • Deborah Enty

    CHIEF FINANCE, CFO

    Total calculated
    $241,962
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $206,032
    Other
    $35,930
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $206,032 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,200 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,730 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $241,962 related
  • Kenneth Surratt

    CHIEF COMM. INVEST. & RESOURCE

    Total calculated
    $227,307
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $169,592
    Other
    $57,715
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $169,592 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,450 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $43,265 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $227,307 related
  • Kristin Popelmayer

    CHIEF BRAND MKTG. & COMMUN.

    Total calculated
    $196,107
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $132,498
    Other
    $63,609
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $132,498 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,696 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $41,913 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $196,107 related
  • Michael Brown

    Senior Director of HR

    Total calculated
    $160,229
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,241
    Other
    $38,988
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $121,241 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $163 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $38,825 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $160,229 related
  • Ruth Dobranic

    Senior Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $150,113
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $123,800
    Other
    $26,313
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $123,800 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,599 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,714 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $150,113 related
  • Charles Ellsworth

    Director of IT

    Total calculated
    $138,857
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $117,681
    Other
    $21,176
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Chris Adams

    CHAIR, MKTG. & BRAND STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Andrew J Paine III

    TREASURER & CHAIR, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Kim Meisel Pesses

    VICE CHAIR, COMMUNITY INVEST.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Monte Repasky

    VICE CHAIR, RESOURCE DEVELOP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Enid B Rosenberg

    CHAIR, GOVERN. & NOMINATING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Vanessa L Whiting Esq

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Sonali B Wilson Esq

    ASST SEC & CHAIR, POLICY & ADV

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Jeffrey D Zimon

    CHAIR, HR COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Kevin Clayton

    CO-CHAIR, STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • J David Heller

    CO-CHAIR, STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Ira C Kaplan

    CO-CHAIR, STRATEGIC PLANNING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Michele Connell

    VICE CHAIR, GOVERN. & NOMINAT.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Jerome Grisko

    VICE CHAIR, COMMUNITY INVEST.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • James A Ratner

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Taras G Szmagala Jr

    VICE CHAIR, POLICY & ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Paul J Dolan

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Victor Ruiz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 2 related
  • Harriet Applegate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Craig Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Michael Baston

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Edward J Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Justin Bib

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Kip Bollin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Maynard A Buck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Matt Carroll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Nabil Chehade

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Jenice Contreras

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • John R Corlett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Colleen Cotter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Karen Cronin

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • David C Fulton Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Patrick Gareau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Eric S Gordon

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Andre Gremillet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Howard W Hanna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Dee Bagwell Haslam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Elizabeth Hijar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Stephen Hoffman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Andrea M Hogben

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Joy Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Susan D Krantz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Steffany Larkins

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Keith J Libman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Cecil J Lipscomb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Melissa Maki

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Kevin Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Jessica Matia

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Bonnie C Hughes McNee

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Tomislav Mihaljevic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • David Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Warren Morgan

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Daniel O'Malley

    DIRECTOR (THRU 9/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Shari Obrenski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Patrick M Pastore

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Jeffery K Patterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Ryan Puente

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Allison Taller Reich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Ronald B Richard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Brian J Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Erika Rudin-Luria

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • George A Sample

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Jasmin Santana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Beverly J Schneider

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • India Birdsong Terry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Felton Thomas Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Daniel P Walsh Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Paul L Wellener IV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Lorna Wisham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3:
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND, A 501(C)(3) AFFILIATE, PAID COMPENSATION TO THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL. UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND HAS ESTABLISHED THE COMPENSATION OF THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL USING COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349313791

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