Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,452,829

Total expenses

$3,633,111

Contributions and grants received

$3,390,478

Grants paid

$2,353,803

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$62,116

Other revenue

$235

Total assets, end of year

$8,475,294

Total liabilities, end of year

$340,727

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$8,134,567

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,752,745

Management and general expenses

$352,848

Fundraising expenses

$527,518

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,752,745

Program services were 75.8% 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 · 2023

• Community Impact Programs: United Way of Portage County will focus on three key areas of Community Impact: Education, Financial Stability and Health. The United Way Vision of these focus areas include: Education - From prenatal through young adulthood, (cradle to career), education provides the basis for individual development, advances an inclusive and culturally diverse mindset, supports transition to family-sustaining employment, and builds a strong community. Financial Stability - Financial security and capability is vital to supporting individual and family life, maintaining employment, achieving career aspirations, and building assets for the future. Health - Good mental and physical health is fundamental to an individual's capacity to enjoy their lives, provide for their families, contribute to society, and realize their dreams. A healthy community is built upon a foundation of health equity that fosters safe, stable, and nurturing relationships for all community members. In order to fulfill these visions, United Way of Portage County supports 28 local nonprofit organization programs and initiatives, including its own Learn for Life Program. A collaboration between United Way of Portage County and Portage County schools, the program is designed to help increase reading achievement in the community. In addition, United Way of Portage County supports three investment teams that identify specific priorities in each area and devise strategies to affect community change. Included in Community Impact is the United Way of Portage County's In-A-Fix and Diaper Drive Programs. The In-A-Fix program provides monetary assistance for car repairs and/or tire repair and replacement for income eligible individuals who are employed and living in Portage County. Assistance is limited to $500 per calendar year while funds last. The Diaper Drive program fills a need many local agencies identified as a top issue facing struggling families-not being able to provide their children with diapers. This can often result in health issues for infants and toddlers whose diapers are not changed as frequently as they should.

  Expenses $2,582,441 · Revenue $111,000

• Volunteer Center: United Way of Portage County's Volunteer Center matched 594 people to volunteer opportunities in 2013, providing more than $50,000 worth of volunteer service. Through its VolunteersRock.org website, the Volunteer Center connected people to hundreds of local volunteer opportunities, including those with Project Fresh Start and Make a Difference Day. Research shows that when more people volunteer, the benefits and impact on the community are measureable. In 2023, the Volunteer Center continues to offer Strategic Volunteer Opportunities at area employer businesses. The Volunteer Center works with local businesses to help them promote employees using their Volunteer Time Off.

  Expenses $107,956 · Revenue $17,432

• Learn for Life. : In this program, United Way matches trained volunteer tutors with third grade students in need of help with their reading skills. They work together on the student's reading proficiency for a minimum of 30 minutes per week during the school year. The program is in place in nearly all Portage County schools. During the summer school session in the Stevens Point School District, students going into third grade and students going into fourth grade who need help with their reading proficiency are served in the program for the duration of the six week summer school session. The program puts United Way one step closer to its goal of helping children succeed.

  Expenses $59,675 · Revenue $5,500

• 2-1-1 Program: By providing one central easy-to-remember phone number (2-1-1), United Way's 2-1-1 program connects individuals with the most appropriate community-based health and human service resources for their specific situations. These individuals are often unaware of these programs, so by asking questions that arise in everyday situations or during hard times, they can become connected to any of the more than 600 programs listed in the Portage County 2-1-1 directory. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, this free and confidential service is available to all Portage County residents. In addition, the service helps reduce misdirected calls to other organizations such as health and human services, police department, library, and city hall. By reducing non-crisis calls to police dispatch, 2-1-1 helps reserve these resources for emergency calls.

  Expenses $2,673 · Revenue $2,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

• Fred Hebblewhite

  CEO

  Total calculated

  $114,899

  From this org

  $105,176

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $9,723

  Hours/week

  45 + 45 related

• Mae Nachman

  Vice President of Community Impact

  Total calculated

  $85,718

  From this org

  $78,941

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $6,777

  Hours/week

  45 + 45 related

• Rachelle Hanson

  Vice President of Finance

  Total calculated

  $84,808

  From this org

  $72,334

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $12,474

  Hours/week

  45 + 45 related

• Joe Kinsella

  Past President

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• Sue Wille

  Treasurer

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• Craig Aittama

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Paul Gwidt

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Andrew Halverson

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Alex Okray

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Tina Peters

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Suzanne Rathe

  President

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  4

• Bob Smith

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• London Cooper

  Vice President

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Alexis Bushman

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Paula Erickson

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Vanessa Garcia-Preciado

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Cory Hirsbrunner

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Ariel Welling

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Justin Adamski

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Webster Francois

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Jessica Hoerter

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Todd Huspeni

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Patrick Johnson

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Steve Kunst

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Teri Marki

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Joe Martino

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Matt Paulus

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Michelle Przybylski

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Ross Rettler

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Steven Thompson

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• Elisha Williams

  Director

  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

• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

  $662,287

  Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Child and Family Counseling Program provides counseling services to all residents of Portage County on a sliding fee basis. Their Family Outreach and Support Services program provides a combination of support services to parents. Parenting classes for parents of children birth to 12 and parenting classes for parents of teens are offered. The program also provides voluntary in home parent education programs for families. This program provides extra help for parents caring for their children and connects families to services and support within the community.

• CAP Services Inc

  $394,538

  The Family Crisis Center operates 24 hour crisis counseling and shelter to victims of domestic violence. The Center also offers support groups to help families identify long term strategies to eliminate the violence and its causes. The Ministry Dental Clinic is designed to serve patients with Badgercare or Medicaid health coverage. The Skills Enhancement Program is designed to provide part time educational and skills training opportunities for individuals working in low wage jobs. The Mental Health Navigator offers mental heath patients help in assessing mental health care and information, facilitating adherence to treatment plans, providing consistent emotional support and promoting community connection through participation in support groups, classes, etc. The Uplift Program promotes the educational success of Hmong children and parents through a family literacy model. The VITA Program provides free tax help for low to moderate income residents.

• Stevens Point Area YMCA

  $280,325

  The YMCA Scholarship Assistance Program allows at risk youth and adults from low income households to join the YMCA on a sliding scale fee basis. The Adaptive Recreation Program offers special programs to people with varying disabilities, including Special Olympics sports, swimming lessons, exercise programs, arts and crafts, and more. The Youth and Teen Program focuses on providing participants with a sage environment, positive adult role models, and encourage character development and leadership skills. The Child Care Youth Scholarship Program awards scholarships on a sliding scale fee to low income and at risk families participating in full day child care, before and after school child care, preschool programs, and summer camp programs, so they benefit from quality, affordable, and accessible child care.

• Boys & Girls Club of Portage County Inc

  $218,306

  Program provides youth development and guidance in five core areas, Character and leadership development, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, and education and career. The grant supported programming in Stevens Point, Plover, Almond Bancroft, and Rosholt

• Salvation Army

  $174,483

  The Salvation Army Hope Center assists needy families and individuals with shelter, food, clothing, and other emergency needs.

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Wisconsin Inc

  $164,447

  Community Based Match Program-based mentoring matches volunteers (ages 16 and up) with children ages 6 to 17 years in one-to-one mentoring relationships. Volunteers are enrolled by trained professional staff to determine the best child for the match. School based mentoring (site-based mentoring) is an option in which a volunteer mentor meets with a child at the same time each week at a school or other designated site. They may meet before, during or after school, and may have a combined academic and recreational focus.

• Aging & Disability Resource Center of Portage County

  $90,563

  The Aging & Disability Resource Center Nutrition Program delivers meals to homebound older adults in Portage County. The meal delivery not only provides well balanced nutritious meals but also an important daily check on the well being of the recipient. The Aging and Disability Resource Center Adult Day Center provides supervised activities and programming for isolated, medically frail, cognitively impaired, or physically disabled older adults. Volunteer Caregivers provides a variety of services to elderly and disabled Portage County residents, including transportation, shopping, friendly visiting, letter writing, reading, yard work, news on disc, and senior home repairs. The Health Promotions Program assists adults, age 55 and older, in maintaining their independence through participation in prevention programs and volunteer activities.

• Meals on Wheels

  $77,693

  Meals on Wheels provides home delivered to the homebound, frail, chronically ill, convalescent elderly, or disabled persons in the Stevens Point area.

• United Way of Marathon County

  $47,940

  United Way of Marathon County provides a call center for non-emergency information and referral services. People can assess this service by dialing 211. United Ways 211 is here to help answer questions and connect people to existing community services, such as financial assistance, counseling, services for youth or elderly, volunteer opportunities, and much more.

• Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes

  $29,253

  The Girl Scout leadership experience systematically prepares girls to become leaders of their own lives and of our community through outcomes and learning based programs designed specifically for girls.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

20 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202421729349301232

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