Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$4,365,267

Total expenses

$3,801,248

Contributions and grants received

$2,915,265

Grants paid

$471,033

Program service revenue

$626,018

Investment income

$990,996

Other revenue

-$167,012

Total assets, end of year

$16,959,684

Total liabilities, end of year

$564,811

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$16,394,873

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,085,610

Management and general expenses

$329,653

Fundraising expenses

$385,985

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,085,610

Program services were 81.2% 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 FOR LITERACY: SINCE 1923, UWSBC HAS WORKED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, AND EDUCATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN CREATING A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, UWSBC WORKS IN TANDEM WITH LOCAL DISTRICTS TO NARROW THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR STUDENTS IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES. UWSBC PROVIDES THREE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS K-12, INCLUDING THE FUN IN THE SUN SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM, THE UNITED LEARNING CENTER TUTORING SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND THE BRIDGE THE BREAK PROGRAM. WITHIN EACH PROGRAM IS A FOCUS ON DATA-DRIVEN ACADEMIC CURRICULUM, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND ACCESS TO THE ONGOING TOOLS AND SUPPORT THAT STUDENTS NEED TO BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE. AS THE NEEDS OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY EVOLVE, UWSBC ADAPTS ITS PROGRAMMATIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO BEST SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WE SERVE.

  Expenses $495,626 · Revenue $60,347

• FUN IN THE SUN: THE FUN IN THE SUN SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM IS UNITED WAY'S LARGEST ACADEMIC PROGRAM, WITH OVER 28 YEARS OF PROVIDING HUNDREDS OF LOCAL STUDENTS IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES WITH A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THE SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDES A FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALIZED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AND LITERACY REMEDIATION, FIELD TRIPS AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, AND A ROBUST SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM. FUN IN THE SUN SERVES OVER 500 STUDENTS FROM TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE AND THEIR FAMILIES AT SIX CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, WITH SITES AT LOCAL SCHOOLS IN CARPINTERIA, GOLETA, GUADALUPE, SANTA BARBARA, AND SOLVANG.

  Expenses $1,330,813 · Revenue $565,671

• FINANCIAL SECURITY: UWSBC'S MISSION IS FOCUSED ON CREATING A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY. AT THE CORE OF THIS APPROACH IS HELPING LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BUILD A STRONG FINANCIAL FOUNDATION TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY TO MEET BASIC NEEDS AND ACHIEVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY. UWSBC'S FINANCIAL SECURITY INITIATIVE INCLUDES PROGRAMS LIKE THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH ADDRESS THE OBSTACLES THAT FACE THOSE IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES COUNTYWIDE. WITH ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CORPORATIONS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UWSBC CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH A NETWORK OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO INCREASE INCOME, BUILD SAVINGS, AND GAIN AND SUSTAIN ASSETS.

  Expenses $206,799 · Grants $1,000

• RESILIENCY GRANTS PROGRAM: COMMUNITY WORK IN BUILDING UP AND SUSTAINING THE LOCAL CHILDCARE SECTOR, WHICH ADDRESS THE OBSTACLES THAT FACE THOSE IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES COUNTYWIDE. WITH ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CORPORATIONS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UWSBC CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH A ROBUST NETWORK OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO INCREASE INCOME, BUILD SAVINGS, AND GAIN AND SUSTAIN ASSETS.

  Expenses $503,748 · Grants $133,857

• COMMUNITY RESILIENCY: AS A RESULT OF UNITED WAY'S EXPANDED FOCUS IN THE FIELD OF CRISIS RESPONSE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS MAGNIFIED ITS ROLE AS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN RECOVERY EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO RECENT DISASTERS. FROM THE EXPANSION OF ESTABLISHED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS IN AREAS OF BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE, RENT RELIEF, AND CHILDCARE, UNITED WAY LEVERAGES A DIVERSE NETWORK OF PARTNERS AND RESOURCES TO QUICKLY ADAPT TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF RESIDENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH AND RECOVERY FROM A DISASTER. UNITED WAY OPERATES IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, DISASTER RESPONSE OFFICIALS, AND THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA. UNITED WAY REMAINS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING EMERGING CHALLENGES, ESTABLISHING DEDICATED NETWORKS OF RESOURCES AND LEADERS, AND INVESTING IN NEW COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT FAMILIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEED.

  Expenses $548,624 · Grants $336,176

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

• GUADALUPE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $100,000

  BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

  $79,894

  BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• LEAN ENGAGE ADVOCATE PARTNER

  $75,000

  BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• LITTLE ANGELS PRESCHOOL

  $15,200

  BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• COASTAL FAMILY PRESCHOOL

  $15,000

  BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

18 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620509349301422

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