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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,407,600
Total expenses
$3,341,290
Contributions and grants received
$3,341,455
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$43,925
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$22,220
Total assets, end of year
$4,531,606
Total liabilities, end of year
$970,243
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,561,363
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,836,820
Management and general expenses
$504,470
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,836,820

Program services were 84.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,501,327

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $840,128

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARENT FEES

    total $43,925 · related or exempt $43,925

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $22,220 · excluded $22,220

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $22,220

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,871,555 · program services $1,804,813 · management and general $66,742

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $196,954 · program services $189,930 · management and general $7,024

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $129,697 · program services $125,072 · management and general $4,625

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,702 · management and general $1,702

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,677 · management and general $28,677

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $266,762 · program services $57,323 · management and general $209,439

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,743 · program services $30,619 · management and general $15,124

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,510 · program services $20,101 · management and general $2,409

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,536 · program services $14,684 · management and general $6,852

  • 17 · Travel

    total $43,877 · program services $40,730 · management and general $3,147

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,423 · program services $6,303 · management and general $120

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $76,342 · management and general $76,342

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $52,237 · program services $25,210 · management and general $27,027

  • 24a · Other expenses: STIPENDS

    total $203,286 · program services $201,036 · management and general $2,250

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SUPPLIES

    total $149,138 · program services $128,220 · management and general $20,918

  • 24c · Other expenses: NUTRITION AND FOOD

    total $114,092 · program services $108,936 · management and general $5,156

  • 24d · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $60,310 · program services $46,475 · management and general $13,835

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50,449 · program services $37,368 · management and general $13,081

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,047,947 · end of year $2,428,042

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,524,414 · end of year $486,319

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,542 · end of year $4,459

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

    $2,184,539

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

    $588,106

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,672,776 · end of year $1,596,433

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $10,542 · end of year $16,353

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $258,120 · end of year $376,690

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $195,838 · end of year $593,553

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,688,851 · end of year $3,444,951

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $116,412 · end of year $116,412

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS (UCC) IS A SOCIAL JUSTICE DRIVEN COMMUNITY CENTER THAT HAS BEEN WOTKING WITH RESIDENTS IN THE EAST NEW YORK (ENY) NEIGHBORHOOD OF BROOKLYN FOR OVER 60 YEARS. OUR MISSION IS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND CULTURES TO ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S CHALLENGES, CELEBRATE IT STRENGTHS, AND PROVIDE SERVICES THAT IMPROVE LIVES. WE HAVE ORGANIZED AND ADVOCATED FOR CHILD CARE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, IMIGRATION, TRANSPORTATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND FOOD JUSTICE.

  • THE PROJECT HOPE COPING WITH COVID CRISIS COUNSELING PROGRAM WAS A FEMA FUNDED PROGRAM CREATED TO HELP PEOPLE CLOSELY AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 CRISIS. WE WERE ONE OF THE ONLY PROVIDERS IN EAST BROOKLYN. DURING THE YEAR AND HALF OF OPERATION THROUGH UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS, OUR CRISIS COUNSELORS CONDUCTED OUTREACH THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN, PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND REFERRALS TO THOSE IN NEED. WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN OUR WORK, REACHING SEVERAL THOUSAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND HAVING OUR CONTRACT EXTENDED TWICE BEFORE IT CONCLUDED IN MID 2022.

    Expenses $2,836,820

  • OUR SUBSIDIZED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVES FAMILIES IN EAST NEW YORK. WE HAVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 2-5 INCLUDING 3K AND PRE-K CLASSES. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH CHILDREN CAN LEARN TO LIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND CAN DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES AND OF THEIR WORLD.

  • THE EAST NEW YORK FARMS PROJECT (ENYF) HAS BEEN A PART OF UCC'S WORK FOR 25 YEARS. THE PROJECT'S MISSION IS TO ORGANIZE YOUTH AND ADULT RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS FOOD JUSTICE IN OUR COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING LOCAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND COMMUNITY-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE DO THIS THROUGH A PAID INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, A ROBUST GARDENER NETWORK, VOLUNTEER NETWORK, AND A COMMUNITY COMPOSTING PROJECT. WE ARE WORKING TO CREATE A CIRCULAR AGRICULTURE-BASED LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY IN EAST NEW YORK.

  • OTHER PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PROTECTING THE EAST IS A COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT OF UCC WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIV PREVENTION AND SEXUAL HEALTH. THE MISSION OF PROTECTING THE EAST IS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN EAST NEW YORK IN WHICH YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CREATE SAFE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. WITH A LARGE PAID PEER EDUCATOR PROGRAM, WE ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE REFERRALS AND LINKAGES TO HEALTHCARE, PROVIDE AT-HOME HIV TESTING KITS, STI TESTING KITS, PREGNANCY TESTS, AND CONDOMS.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kim Bylander

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarita Daftary-Steel

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anita Faulding

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gemma Garcia

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Golan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mel Grizer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelleen Kiely

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelebohile Nkhereanye

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Neugebauer

    INTERIM EXE.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401369349318115

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