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Merger On July 1, 2020, the United Way of Greater Kansas City (UWGKC) acquired the net assets of United Way of Wyandotte County, Inc. (UWWC). UWWC is a not-for-profit organization that is focused on community impact, seeking to increase the Wyandotte County community's understanding of human needs and to mobilize resources to meet those needs. UWWC works collaboratively with a wide range of community partners to achieve lasting results through a combination of organization initiatives and funding of health and human service programs. As a result of the acquisition, UWGKC seeks to further its mission by effectively and efficiently serving and addressing the needs of the Kansas City metropolitan area and expanding its service area to include counties adjacent to those it currently serves. The acquisition was accomplished by UWGKC becoming the sole member of the acquired organization, and no consideration was or will be transferred for the acquisition. Eviction Prevention United Way of Greater Kansas City (UWGKC) facilities a variety of programs to address basic needs of area low-income households with a focus on supporting housing stability and preventing homelessness. In the past year this work has expanded significantly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UWGKC has received public and private funding to provide information and referral screening for prospective applications needing assistance, administrative support for legal representation, and an eviction prevention and utility in arrears fund. |
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United Way of Greater Kansas City focuses human service needs of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The first of these involves providing annual financial support to programs delivering health and human service outcomes for individuals and families in three key areas: health, education, and financial stability. Programs are screened based on uniform criteria that assess the strength of programs' methodology, capacity, participant outcomes and fit with United Way community impact agenda. through a second approach, united way engages human service providers and other community partners (including government, foundations, planning agencies, and others) in collaborative work aimed at changing community conditions that result in health and human services needs. This work is organized under the three priority outcomes identified above and uses a toolbox of strategies aimed at specific target issues. The toolbox approach involves public policy advocacy, direct service programming, systems change work, and donor and volunteer engagement. United Way has identified a specific community change outcome and target population in each area. They are as follows: health: improve access to health care service physical, mental and dental. Promote wellness and healthy living. Offer support to victims of abuse/neglect and violence to help them regain a healthy and productive life. Help people avoid or overcome substance abuse and addiction. Support seniors and people with disabilities to live as independently as possible. education: PROVIDE CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. PROVIDE ENHANCED ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR STRUGGLING STUDENTS. PROVIDE CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH EXTRA STRUCTURE AND PERSONAL INTERACTION WITH CARING ADULTS. OFFER EDUCATION AND SKILLS Training TO PREVENT TRAUMA FROM VIOLENCE AND ABUSE/NEGLECT. FINANCIAL Stability: PROMOTE FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE WORKING POOR, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND AT-RISK YOUNG ADULTS. PROVIDE ESSENTIAL, LIFE SUSTAINING BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS FINANCIAL AID, FOOD AND CLOTHING TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES DURING CRISES. PROVIDE ACCESS TO SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, AND SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN PERMANENT HOUSING. |
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United Way 211 is an easy-to-remember central phone number connecting people with available health and human services and volunteer opportunities. United Way 211 is available 24/7/365, and is completely free and confidential. Trained, professional community resource navigators work with callers to determine the most appropriate referral(s), utilizing a comprehensive resource database. United Way 211 provides language translation capacity in 150 languages. United Way of Greater Kansas City 211 serves residents of 16 counties in Missouri (Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Dekalb, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Platte, Saline, Ray) and 7 counties in Kansas (Donaphan, Franklin, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte). United Way 211 makes it possible for people in need of information or services to navigate the complex and fragmented human services delivery system. The goal is to empower individuals to become their own advocate and foster self-sufficiency. Short-term success is measured by utilization of the service and engagement indicators such as call volume, needs presented, and unmet needs. In addition, follow-up calls are conducted on a targeted percentage of calls to determine satisfaction with the service, whether the caller received assistance as a result of the referral(s), and how the caller heard of United Way 211. in the year ended June 30th, 2021, call volume reached 89,291 calls and 104 emails. |
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Promise 1000 - an initiative of United Way of Greater Kansas City, Children's Mercy Hospital and Health Forward Foundation - connects families within the Kansas City region to agencies with special training to provide in-home support. The primary population served is low-income families during pregnancy through the first 3 years (which is also the first 1,000 days) of their child's life in the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan region, which primarily includes Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas and Jackson, Platte, and Clay in Missouri. Promise 1000 serves parents who may not already have the support they need in place. Experienced home visitors partner with Promise 1000 families by providing support that results in: strengthened family resilience to challenging life circumstances; strong parent-baby/child bonding that stimulate brain development and learning; parents who are equipped to knowledge and skills to support optimal child development; mothers who are engaged in their own health care; improved child health and well-being through enhanced relationships between parents and healthcare providers; families who are able to connect with community resources as needed; and improved maternal depression rates and mental health outcomes through in-home cognitive behavioral therapy. HOME VISITING Agencies (HVAs) participating in Promise 1000 serve low-income families with children prenatal through 36 months of age who are at highest risk of experiencing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). In addition to meeting income requirements, eligibility criteria include risk factors that are associated with ACEs including single mothers, low income current or previous issues related to substance abuse, teen parents, mental health issues, domestic violence, first time parents, childhood history of abuse, and low education status. PRESENTATIONS ON Promise 1000 Collective Impact Home Visiting are regularly offered to various local and state entities. Parents or providers can make a referral online at Promise1000.org or by phone through United Way of Great Kansas City 211. Referrals can be matched with an agency of choice or matched based on eligibility factors, such as: pregnancy status, age of child, location of family, and needs. FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021, 609 CHILDREN WERE SERVED. |
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United Way of Greater Kansas City serves as partner to various city and county governments throughout the Kansas City metropolitan region in the implementation of the US Treasury Department's Coronavirus Relief and Emergency Rental Assistance Programs. This work includes four components: administrative support legal representation coupled with an eviction prevention fund; information and referral and screening for prospective applications to the programs; and landlord engagement through which landlords may seek assistance on behalf of one or more tenants. The nation's eviction crisis has worsened as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, causing a growing number of households in the Greater Kansas City region to be a risk of eviction. United Way has partnered with local legal aid providers to identify households with an eviction that has been filed and provide them with an attorney, and the financial assistance needed to settle their rent debt. Additionally, United Way has coordinated services to landlords who seek assistance on behalf of tenants who are behind on rent payments. Every week, United Way 211 receives more than 1,000 requests for assistance. More than half of these requests are for housing-related needs, including rent assistance, utility assistance, housing-related legal help, assistance finding affordable housing, or help getting connected to shelter or transitional housing. Many of these households are candidates for the federal rent and utility assistance program. United Way 211 community navigators will provide callers with information about the program, inform them of the documentation requirements and application sites, and identify agencies who are assisting with the implementation of the program. |
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DUE TO THE MERGER WITH UNITED WAY OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, THE BY-LAWS WERE AMENDED AS OF 7/1/2020. THE NEW BYLAWS STATE THAT TRUSTEES SHALL BE COMPOSED OF A BROAD SPECTRUM OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY INCLUDING GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY FROM WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS AND ONE LABOR REPRESENTATIVE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN CONSULTATION WITH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AFL-CIO LABOR COUNCIL (AS A VOTING TRUSTEE). |
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INITIAL COMPILATION OF THE INFORMATION FOR THE RETURN IS COMPLETED BY THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR PREPARATION. THE DRAFT RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE, AND THEN PROVIDED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO FILING THE RETURN. |
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THE STATEMENTS INCLUDE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, BOTH WITH UNITED WAY AND ALSO BETWEEN BOARD MEMBERS, AND IS COMPLETED BY BOARD MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS CHARGED WITH REVIEWING THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENTS AND DETERMINING IF THE CONFLICTS ARE MATERIAL AND WOULD IMPACT THE DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY OF ANY BOARD MEMBER OR KEY EMPLOYEE. THOSE MEMBERS HAVING CONFLICTS WITH UNITED WAY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO VOTE ON ANY ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO THEIR CONFLICT OF INTEREST. |
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IN FALL 2019, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD REVIEWED SALARY DATA FROM OTHER UNITED WAY ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE AS WELL AS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO. IN SPRING 2021, THE CEO SELECTION COMMITTEE REVIEWED SALARY DATA FROM OTHER UNITED WAY ORGANIZATIONS OF SIMILAR SIZE, THE RECENTLY RETIRED CEO SALARY, AND OBTAINED SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EXTERNAL FIRM WHO CONDUCTED THE CEO SEARCH TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO. |
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THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. THE FORM 990 AND THE ORGANIZATION'S ANNUAL AUDIT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. |
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UNITED WAY OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY ACQUISITION $1,670,801 MINIMUM PENSION LIABILITY ADJUSTMENT ($ 779,649) CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN TRUST ($ 4,306) ------------- $ 886,846 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.