UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

P200

Classification

1000

Street

301 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW

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Other organizations at this address

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• THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY

  EIN 53-0219640

• UPO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

  EIN 52-1145355

• UPO INSPIRE

  EIN 90-0634570

Mission and programs · 2024

• COMMUNITY SERVICES - BY PARTNERING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND VOLUNTEERS IN 2023, UPO PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED SELFSUFFICIENCY INTERVENTIONS THAT SERVED A TOTAL OF 52,852 LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS (MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN) IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS AND EIGHT WARDS OF WASHINGTON, DC. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK POST COVID19, UPO REMAINS RESOLVED TO HELPING DC RESIDENTS MAINTAIN OR ACHIEVE ECOMONIC SECURITY. UPO CONSISTENTLY REACHES OUT WITHIN COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THAT EXPERIENCE HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT: ---FIVE (5) UPO COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS---EIGHTEEN DIRECTLY OPERATED HEAD START SITES---TWO PARTNER FUNDED SITES, AND ---THROUGH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH EIGHT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) WORKING AS CSBG SERVICE PROVIDERS. DIRECT SERVICES PROVIDED BY UPO INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE; EARLY EDUCATION; YOUTH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUTH ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT; ADULT EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION; HOUSING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE; BUDGET AND INCOME MANAGEMENT COUNSELING; FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING; EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES; NUTRITION EDUCATION; COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RELATED SERVICES AND LINKAGES TO PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SERVICE PROGRAMS. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, ALL OF UPO'S COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS OPERATED WITH THE GOAL OF ENSURING THAT 1) INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH LOW-INCOME ARE STABLE AND ACHIEVE ECONOMIC SECURITY, 2) COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE WITH LOW-INCOMES LIVE ARE HEALTHY AND OFFER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND 3) PEOPLE WITH LOW-INCOMES ARE ENGAGED AND ACTIVE IN BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. ALTOGETHER, UPO'S COMMUNITY SERVICES NETWORK SERVED A TOTAL OF 53,321 LOW-INCOME MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS AND EIGHT WARDS OF WASHINGTON, DC. AS A RESULT OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED, 795 INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW INCOMES SECURED EMPLOYMENT THAT PLACED THEM IN A BETTER POSITION TO ATTAIN SELF-SUFFICIENCY; 244 INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW INCOMES WHO COMPLETED EXTENSIVE VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING AND RECEIVED NATIONAL CERTIFICATIONS THAT PLACED THEM IN A BETTER POSITION TO SECURE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT; 837 CUSTOMERS RECEIVED TAX PREPARATION SERVICES AND SECURED REFUNDS WITH UPO'S FREE TAX PREPARATION COMPLIMENTED WITH MUCH-NEEDED INCOME MANAGEMENT COUNSELING; 315 YOUTH WHO RECEIVED ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT SERVICES; OVER 1,000 YOUTH MENTORED BY FOSTER GRANDPARENTS; AND 1,064 WHO RECEIVED CASE MANAGEMENT WITH OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES DESIGNED TO ENABLE THEM TO COMPETE FOR, SECURE AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT.UPO COORDINATED COMMUNITY HEALTH INITIATIVES, COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT STRATEGIES, HOME RETENTION EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG) FUNDS WERE ALSO USED TO SUPPORT EARLY HEAD START SERVICE DELIVERY, TRANSPORTATION FOR HOMELESS CUSTOMERS AND COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT. BY PARTNERING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS), LOCAL BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND VOLUNTEERS, UPO PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED INTERVENTIONS THAT LEAD TO INCREASED ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR DC RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LOW INCOMES. UPO'S OUTREACH WAS TARGETED AT RESIDENTS OF MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HIGH LEVELS OF POVERTY AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY. SERVICES PROVIDED FOLLOWING OUTREACH WERE PRIMARILY DELIVERED AT THREE (3) UPO COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTERS, TWELVE DIRECTLY OPERATED EARLY HEAD START SITES, TWO PARTNER-FUNDED SITES, AND THROUGH CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SIX (6) CBOS WORKING AS CSBG SERVICE PROVIDERS. DIRECT SERVICES PROVIDED BY UPO ACROSS THE CITY INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, EARLY EDUCATION, YOUTH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, ADULT EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION, HOUSING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE, BUDGET AND INCOME MANAGEMENT COUNSELING, FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING, EMERGENCY SUPPORT SERVICES, NUTRITION EDUCATION, AND COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT.

  Expenses $15,235,887

• HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START - UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION'S (UPO) HEAD START PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 1964 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PILOT PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 2012, THE UPO OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING (UPO-OEL) WAS AWARDED A BIRTH-TO-FIVE GRANT THAT PROVIDES SEAMLESS SERVICES FOR 1,200 CHILDREN AGES 6 WEEKS TO 3 YEARS OLD INCLUDING EXPECTING FAMILIES. UPO-OEL DIRECTLY OPERATES 17 EARLY LEARNING CENTERS AND PARTNERS WITH FIVE (5) NONPROFIT CHILDCARE AGENCIES THAT HAVE CONTRACTS. UPO IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF EARLY HEAD START (EHS) SERVICES IN WASHINGTON, DC. UPO-OEL IS ALSO A HUB FOR THE OFFICE OF THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT (0SSE) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT NETWORK (QIN) EARLY HEAD START CHILDCARE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. THE QIN-HUB INITIATIVE PROVIDES TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 12 EARLY LEARNING AND 14 FAMILY EARLY LEARNING PARTNERS IN DC TO SUPPORT THEM IN IMPLEMENTING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES FOR 466 FUNDED CHILDREN. THE QIN-HUB IS A QUALITITY IMPROVEMENT NETWORK INITIATIVE. HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START ARE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

  Expenses $22,473,031 · Grants $719,715

• HOMELESS - UPO ACTIVELY STANDS ON THE FRONTLINES OF HOMELESSNESS CARE AND PREVENTION. THE AGENCY CURRENTLY OPERATES A FLEET OF SHELTER TRANSPORT VEHICLES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE DIRECT, MANAGED SUPPORT TO UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. THIS FLEET IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY'S CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR THE HOMELESS.

  Expenses $3,131,752

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $42,513,429

  Expenses

  $48,882,589

  Contributions

  $42,374,444

  Grants paid

  $719,715

• 2023

  Revenue

  $48,707,737

  Expenses

  $51,007,583

  Contributions

  $48,441,264

  Grants paid

  $578,103

• 2022

  Revenue

  $41,526,616

  Expenses

  $40,810,721

  Contributions

  $41,208,345

  Grants paid

  $473,640

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $57,125,608

  Expenses

  $54,653,983

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,237,350

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $39,543,643

  Expenses

  $38,738,609

  Assets (EOY)

  $21,957,692

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $36,245,395

  Expenses

  $35,838,216

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,252,127

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $34,478,108

  Expenses

  $34,432,656

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,136,868

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $30,750,935

  Expenses

  $30,166,981

  Assets (EOY)

  $18,546,646

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $31,410,548

  Expenses

  $31,237,649

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,493,275

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $30,391,072

  Expenses

  $30,195,604

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,530,554

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $30,566,184

  Expenses

  $30,387,550

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,423,392

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $36,678,514

  Expenses

  $36,833,705

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,496,801

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $37,947,447

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,575,481

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• SPANISH EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CTR EHS

  $272,800

  2024 · EARLY LEARNING

• SPANISH EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  $235,211

  2022 · CLIENT ASSISTANCE

• SPANISH EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  $194,656

  2023 · CLIENT ASSISTANCE

• HEALTHY BABIES PROJECT INC

  $188,531

  2022 · CLIENT ASSISTANCE

• EMERGENT PREPARATORY ACADEMY

  $146,607

  2023 · CHILD STABILIZATION

• HEALTHY BABIES PROJECT INC

  $145,642

  2023 · CHILD STABILIZATION

• JEWEL'S NEW BEGINNING LEARNING CENTER LLC

  $132,749

  2024 · EARLY LEARNING

• NEWLEN EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL REDINESS

  $101,760

  2024 · EARLY LEARNING

• ST PHILIP'S CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

  $78,614

  2024 · EARLY LEARNING

• NEWLEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

  $55,680

  2024 · EARLY LEARNING

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND

  $1,500,937

  2022 · BACK TO WORK GRANT

• GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $225,500

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $16,353

  2022 · FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS

• THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · HUNGER

• THE ALBERTSONS COMPANIES FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2023 · HUNGER

• FORGOOD INC

  $9,971

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $6,326

  2023 · FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS

• GREATER DC DIAPER BANK

  $0

  2024 · PROVIDING ESSENTIALS FOR FAMILIES TO THRIVE

• GREATER DC DIAPER BANK

  $0

  2022 · PROVIDING ESSENTIALS FOR FAMILIES TO THRIVE

• GREATER DC DIAPER BANK

  $0

  2023 · PROVIDING ESSENTIALS FOR FAMILIES TO THRIVE

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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